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Spara

A mineral power related to the first being of metals.

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A Chymical Dictionary

Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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Orientation

At a Glance

  • The wordA mineral power related to the first being of metals.
  • In the bookCompare Stannar, where an occult fume is called the mother of metals.
  • A place to readThe historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 43; facsimile PDF page 371.

Historical definition

Spara is the mineral virtue from the first being of metals.

Meaning

Virtue names efficacy or active power. The definition relates that power to an originating condition, the first being of metals, rather than naming a finished metal or an ordinary mine.

Use in the book

Compare Stannar, where an occult fume is called the mother of metals. Both entries use a language of origin; their different terms and relations should remain visible.

Places to read

  1. SparaRead the complete historical definition and its commentary.
  2. StannarAn occult fume described as the mother of metals.
  3. TruphatA hidden mineral power understood through its appointed end.

Source note

Historical source. 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 43; facsimile PDF page 371 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Spara; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 371; compare Stannar, Truphat