From the book
A New Light of Alchemy
Michael Sendivogius · Diotimos Editions · 2026
Browse this book’s lexicon →Superfluities
superfluitatibus
The author recommends removing excess where addition to an existing compound would require long labour.
- English renderings
- superfluities
Meaning
Form.
The author recommends removing excess where addition to an existing compound would require long labour. The underlying question is whether nature has joined the elements appropriately for the intended end. Removal is therefore governed by natural proportion, not an absolute preference for subtraction. The subsequent mixture and conjunction remain necessary; stripping away everything is not the goal.
Places to read
- Sulphur · The Three Principles · Passage 7LatinRemotis superfluitatibus misce.
From the book
A New Light of Alchemy
Michael Sendivogius · Diotimos Editions · 2026
Browse this book’s lexicon →The superfluous
superfluum
Mercury says that what is superfluous will be removed before describing further treatment of the residue and a medicinal outcome.
- English renderings
- the superfluous
Meaning
Lemma.
Mercury says that what is superfluous will be removed before describing further treatment of the residue and a medicinal outcome. The word distinguishes an excess from what remains useful within that projected sequence. It does not identify the excess as a named modern impurity, nor specify a complete separation method. Its referent must stay attached to the particular speech and its historical claims.
Places to read
- Dialogue of Mercury, the Alchemist and Nature · Passage 12LatinSubtrahetur superfluum.