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Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

An Expanded Diotimos Lexicon of Paracelsian and Alchemical Language

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Xeninephidei

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Xeninephidei

Spirits celestial influences and signs · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. Spirits described as revealers of hidden natural properties.

In the book. The definition concerns a claimed source of knowledge.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 48; facsimile PDF page 376.

Historical Definition

Xeninephidei are spirits that delight in revealing the secret or occult properties of nature to people, having been granted that power.

Meaning

The entry assigns the beings both a disposition and an authorized power. They delight in disclosure, and the capacity to disclose is said to have been granted to them. Secret and occult characterize the natural properties revealed.

Use in the Book

The definition concerns a claimed source of knowledge. It does not identify the beings simply through an elemental dwelling, as Sagani and Terrelati do. The difference helps readers distinguish a role in revelation from a location within a cosmological scheme.

Places to Read

Sagani. A collective name for elemental spirits.

Terrelati. Bodily spirits associated with residence in earth.

Visio. A visible apparition described as supernatural and spiritual.

In This Edition

The account is attributed to the historical dictionary. The article does not turn the entry into a claim of present contact or a method for obtaining such revelations.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 48; facsimile PDF page 376 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Xeninephidei; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 376; compare Sagani, Terrelati, Visio

See also. Sagani; Terrelati; Visio

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About This Reading Edition

The complete 706 historical definitions of the 1650 English dictionary, modernised and accompanied by expanded Diotimos commentary, reading routes, 15 textual notes and complete linked indexes.

Historical Text

A Chymicall Dictionary, London 1650, English version associated with John French, based on Gerhard Dorn’s Dictionarium Theophrasti Paracelsi. The containing volume also prints Sendivogius and Paracelsus; neither neighboring work changes this dictionary’s attribution.

About This Edition

Complete 706 definition paragraphs with new introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes; Diotimos Editions, 2026.

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The historical 1650 English text is in the public domain. New introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes are © 2026 Diotimos Editions and published with the site owner’s authorization.