Tradition 04 of 33
Alchemy and Hermeticism
Alchemy, Hermetic philosophy, Hermetica, and spiritual or laboratory transformation traditions.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 4,074
- Earliest
- 1 CE
- to 2026
- Read free
- 61%
- 2,499 with public full text
- With covers
- 67%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match3,013
- Metadata match182
- Query match873
- 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
- Alchemy1.6K
- Early works to 1800770
- History234
- Chemistry231
- Alchemy, Magic and Kabbalah (C.G. Jung collection)229
- occultism197
- Alchimie160
- Medicine150
- Alchemie141
- Philosophy120
- Social Sciences110
- Hermetism109
- Art101
- Magic97
- Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric91
- Arts and Humanities86
- Literature69
- Early works to 190062
- Rosicrucians57
- Astrology56
- Hermeticism51
- Text51
- Archeology50
- Art history46
Top languages
- German1,160 · 28%
- English882 · 22%
- Latin783 · 19%
- French392 · 10%
- NOT344 · 8%
Notable authors
All authors- Paracelsus272 in this tradition292 books
- Trismegistus Hermes75 in this tradition89 books
- Basilius Valentinus49 in this tradition50 books
- Michael Maier48 in this tradition53 books
- University of Glasgow. Library39 in this tradition71 books
- Ramon Llull36 in this tradition42 books
- Johann Joachim Becher34 in this tradition35 books
- George Starkey33 in this tradition35 books
- Jābir ibn Ḥayyān32 books
- Pierre Joseph Macquer29 books
- Johann Rudolf Glauber27 in this tradition30 books
- Roger Bacon27 in this tradition29 books
4,074 books
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Wiederlegung oder vielmehr Warnung vor der groß prallenden explicatio miraculi mundi
Christoph Fahrner
1656NOT
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Wohlangerichtetes Ærarium Chymicum Antiqvo-Novum, oder Alt- erneuert- und reichlichst vermehrte Chymische Schatzkammer
Franciscus Mercurius van Helmont, David Kellner
1702German
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Wolfgang Thomas Rauens Versuch einer Abhandlung von dem Nutzen und Gebrauche des Kochsalzes, Bey Menschen, Thieren und Gewächsen, wie auch in der Chymie , Mechanik, Fabriquen, Land- und Hauswirthschaft
Wolfgang Thomas Rau
1764German
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Wunder-Drey Das ist Beschreibung Dreyer Dem Ansehen nach Unannehmlicher der Practic nach aber wohl Practicabler Particularien
Johann Christian Orschall
1737German
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Wundt vnnd Leibartzenei
Paracelsus
1555German
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Wundt- und Leibartznei
Paracelsus
1549German
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Zachariae Brendelii Med. Doct. & Prof. Publici Chimia In Artis Formam Redacta
Zacharias Brendel
1641Latin
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Zum Gedächtnisse an Theophrastus Paracelsus an dessen 340. Todestage
J. von Kerschensteiner
1881NOT
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Zum Gedächtniß an Theophrastus Paracelsus an dessen 340. Todestage
Josef Kerschensteiner
1881NOT
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Zween underschiedene Tractat
Paracelsus
1608German
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Zwey Bücher Theophrasti Paracelsi des erfarnesten Artzets, von der Pestilentz und jhren zufällen
Paracelsus
1559German
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[Jacobi Curionis Hofemiani] Inscriptus Hermotimi nomine dialogus
Jakob Curio
1570NOT
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Élémens De Chymie . 1
Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal
1796French
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Élémens De Chymie . 2
Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal
1796French
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Élémens De Chymie . 3
Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal
1796French
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Über den Zustand der Heilkunde im Mittelalter und die Bedeutung des Th. B. Paracelsus in der Geschichte der Medicin
Johann Michael Kiderle
1849German
A Discovery of Witches
Deborah Harkness
2011
A Slow Regard of Silent Things
Patrick Rothfuss
2013
A catalogue of chymicall books
William Cooper
1675
Academie de l'espée
Gérard Thibault
1628
Alchemical treatises
Arnaud de Villeneuve, Andrew Rabin, Edgar Hill Duncan
2025
Alchemy
Philip Ball
2025
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Alchemy and the Alchemists
1850
Alchemy, medicine, and commercial book production
Alpo Honkapohja
2017