imaginatio, n.Definitions

Imaginatio (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not fantasy spun into the blue but the real power to create images true to their nature — an authentic work, an opus; 'imagine this with true and not with fantastic imagination.'

Imaginatio (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠for the Paracelsists, the active power of the star or higher man within, the mental operation by which the artifex accompanies his chemical work, purging impurity and strengthening the mind.