Uranogee

Meaning

Uranogee is the proposed name of a virgin born from Heaven in earth’s womb, retaining the powers of both parents. The source immediately glosses it as Ciel terrifié, Heaven made earthly. Terrifié here concerns embodiment in earth, not fear.

The name follows the analogy of the child sharing its parents’ humours. What is now earth encloses the heavenly powers by an indissoluble bond and displays their operations. It therefore answers the question whether embodiment destroys celestial efficacy: Nuysement says it preserves it. The modern annotation’s learned-name explanation remains apparatus; the decisive historical definition is the French gloss itself. The entry does not identify Uranogee with an ordinary mineral or a modern compound.