Spirits celestial influences and signs

Trarames

Spiritual actions identified through sound without visible appearance.

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A Chymical Dictionary

Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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At a Glance

  • The wordSpiritual actions identified through sound without visible appearance.
  • In the bookVisio, by contrast, names a supernatural apparition seen by people.
  • A place to readThe historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 45; facsimile PDF page 373.

Historical definition

Trarames are actions of spirits that are heard but not seen.

Meaning

The relative clause characterizes how the actions are perceived. They are heard while their source or action remains unseen. The definition does not identify a particular sound.

Use in the book

Visio, by contrast, names a supernatural apparition seen by people. The pair separates auditory and visible descriptions within the dictionary’s vocabulary of spirits.

Places to read

  1. TraramesRead the complete historical definition and its commentary.
  2. VisioA visible apparition described as supernatural and spiritual.

Source note

Historical source. 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 45; facsimile PDF page 373 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Trarames; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 373; compare Visio