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A Chymical Dictionary
Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordBodies qualified as astral.
- In the bookCompare Visio for apparitions of spirits and Spiritus Animalis for a power of the soul related to the heavens.
- A place to readThe historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 47; facsimile PDF page 375.
Historical definition
Vmbratiles are astral bodies.
Meaning
The definition keeps body and an astral qualification together. It does not directly equate the term with an ordinary visible human body or with a wholly bodiless spirit.
Use in the book
Compare Visio for apparitions of spirits and Spiritus Animalis for a power of the soul related to the heavens. These are different descriptions, despite their participation in a wider celestial vocabulary.
Places to read
- VmbratilesRead the complete historical definition and its commentary.
- Spiritus AnimalisA power of the soul described through likeness to the heavens.
- VisioA visible apparition described as supernatural and spiritual.
Source note
Historical source. 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 47; facsimile PDF page 375 — Facsimile