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A New Light of Alchemy
Michael Sendivogius · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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Diana
Diana is the beautiful virgin bathing in the river formed after Salt wounds Sulphur.
- English renderings
- Diana
Meaning
Lemma.
Diana is the beautiful virgin bathing in the river formed after Salt wounds Sulphur. The prince recognizes a nature like his own, attempts rescue and is drawn under with her. Their souls later await purification of the bodies. The dream supports a pattern of likeness, conjunction, separation and return; the text does not explicitly assign Diana a single modern material identity.
Places to read
- On Sulphur · Passage 16Latin; On Sulphur · Passage 17LatinDiana virgo pulcherrima.
From the book
A New Light of Alchemy
Michael Sendivogius · Diotimos Editions · 2026
Browse this book’s lexicon →Diana
Dianam
The printed accusative of Diana appears as the unclothed figure said to have been seen by people of high and low rank.
- English renderings
- Diana
Meaning
Form.
The printed accusative of Diana appears as the unclothed figure said to have been seen by people of high and low rank. The preface immediately turns to alleged extraction of metallic souls and genuine enduring tincture, but it does not supply a single modern chemical identity for Diana. The image should remain a claim of disclosed mystery rather than a solved material formula.
Places to read
- Preface to the Reader · 1611 · Passage 5LatinViderunt illam sine veste Dianam.