Tradition 04 of 35
Alchemy and Hermeticism
Alchemy, Hermetic philosophy, Hermetica, and spiritual or laboratory transformation traditions.
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- Books
- 4,255
- Earliest
- 1 CE
- to 2026
- Read free
- 63%
- 2,689 with public full text
- With covers
- 68%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match3,059
- Metadata match180
- Query match1,010
- Source classification (retained through merging)6
Every placement records its evidence — the controlled subject queries that found the book at its sources and the bibliographic metadata retained through merging. Each book page shows its own. How the rationale system works.
Key subjects
- Alchemy1.7K
- Early works to 1800796
- History239
- Chemistry237
- Alchemy, Magic and Kabbalah (C.G. Jung collection)229
- occultism200
- Alchimie160
- Medicine152
- Alchemie141
- Philosophy121
- Hermetism119
- Social Sciences110
- Magic102
- Art101
- Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric96
- Arts and Humanities86
- Literature69
- Early works to 190062
- Rosicrucians58
- Astrology56
- Hermeticism51
- Text51
- Archeology50
- Art history46
Top languages
- German1,278 · 30%
- English884 · 21%
- Latin799 · 19%
- French402 · 9%
- NOT356 · 8%
Notable authors
All authors- Paracelsus273 in this tradition294 books
- Trismegistus Hermes76 in this tradition90 books
- Basilius Valentinus52 in this tradition53 books
- Michael Maier48 in this tradition54 books
- University of Glasgow. Library39 in this tradition73 books
- Ramon Llull36 in this tradition43 books
- Johann Joachim Becher35 in this tradition36 books
- George Starkey34 in this tradition36 books
- Jābir ibn Ḥayyān32 books
- Pierre Joseph Macquer29 books
- Johann Rudolf Glauber27 in this tradition30 books
- Roger Bacon27 in this tradition30 books
4,255 books
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The Golden Bough
James George Frazer, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Antoine-François de Fourcroy, William Nicholson
1804
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The secret teachings of all ages
Manly Palmer Hall, J. Augustus Knapp
1928
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Memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds
Charles Mackay
1800
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Malleus Maleficarum
Heinrich Institoris, Jakob Sprenger, Heinrich Kramer
1486Latin
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The magus, or celestial intelligencer; being a complete system of occult philosophy. In three books: containing the antient and modern practice of the cabalistic art, natural and celestial magic, &c. ...
Francis Barrett, Francis. n 87131016 Barrett, Johannes Trithemius, Francis F.R.C. Barrett, University of Glasgow. Library
1801
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Atalanta fugiens
Michael Maier, Simon Brandl, Matthaeus Merian
1687Latin
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The works of the highly experienced and famous chymist John Rudolph Glauber
Johann Rudolf Glauber, Christopher Packe
1689
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Theatrum chemicum Britannicum
Elias Ashmole, Isaac Newton, Henry Carrington Bolton
1652
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De Occulta Philosophia
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Donald Tyson, Willis F Whitehead, Harry Houdini Collection DLC, Henry Morley, Harry Houdini Collection
1531Latin
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A true & faithful relation of what passed for many yeers between Dr. John Dee ... and some spirits
John Dee, Meric Casaubon, Edward Kelly, Edward Kelley
1659
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The Philosophy of Spiritual Intercourse: Being an Explanation of Modern Mysteries
Andrew Jackson Davis, Andrew Jackson. Author Davis
1851
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Dogme et rituel de la haute magie
Eliphas Lévi, Arthur Edward Levi Eliphas; Waite, Arthur Edward Waite
1856French
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Selected works
Paracelsus, Arthur Edward Waite
1894NOT
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Alchemy
Arthur Edward Waite
1100
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In the outer court
Annie Wood Besant, Annie Besant
1895
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Collectanea Chemica
George Starkey, George Ripley, Arthur Edward Waite, Francis 1550-1623 Anthony, Eirenaeus Philalethes, William Cooper
1684
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Hidden symbolism of alchemy and the occult arts
Herbert Silberer, Smith Ely Jelliffe
1917
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The tarot of the Bohemians
Papus
1889
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The works of Jacob Behmen, the Teutonic theosopher
Jacob Boehme, Jakob Böhme, William Law
1763
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The alchemical writings of Edward Kelly
Edward Kelly, Edward Kelley, Arthur Edward Waite
1597
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Die alchemie in älterer und neuerer zeit
Hermann Franz Moritz Kopp, Hermann Kopp
1886German
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A suggestive inquiry into the hermetic mystery
Mary Anne South Atwood, Mary Anne Atwood
1850
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The mirror of alchimy
Roger Bacon
1597
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Mysteria
Otto Henne am Rhyn, Joseph Fitzgerald
1895