Tradition 04 of 33
Alchemy and Hermeticism
Alchemy, Hermetic philosophy, Hermetica, and spiritual or laboratory transformation traditions.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 2,793
- Earliest
- 1 CE
- to 2026
- Read free
- 65%
- 1,814 with public full text
- With covers
- 72%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match1,768
- Metadata match131
- Query match893
- Source classification (retained through merging)1
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
- Alchemy538
- Alchemy, Magic and Kabbalah (C.G. Jung collection)227
- History174
- Alchemie140
- Early works to 1800139
- Alchimie125
- Occultism122
- Social Sciences110
- Philosophy105
- Art97
- Arts and Humanities86
- Hermetism86
- Chemistry84
- Literature68
- Magic62
- Medicine53
- Archeology50
- Text50
- Art history46
- Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies46
- Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices44
- Alquimia42
- Hermeticism41
- Alchemia39
Top languages
- German812 · 29%
- English626 · 22%
- Latin426 · 15%
- NOT345 · 12%
- French192 · 7%
Notable authors
All authors- Paracelsus243 in this tradition252 books
- Trismegistus Hermes58 in this tradition62 books
- Basilius Valentinus27 books
- Pierre Joseph Macquer25 books
- Michael Maier24 in this tradition28 books
- Raimundus Lullus21 in this tradition24 books
- Gerhard Dorn17 in this tradition19 books
- Pierre-Jean Fabre16 books
- Carl Gustav Jung14 in this tradition32 books
- George Starkey14 books
- Johann Rudolph Glauber13 in this tradition14 books
- Ǧābir Ibn-Ḥaiyān12 in this tradition13 books
2,793 books
Soulless Matter, Seats of Energy
Thomas W.P Dähnhardt, Fabrizio M Ferrari
2016
Gnomon
Nick Harkaway
2018
Science and specters at Salem
Matt Goldish
2025
The secret tradition in alchemy
Arthur Edward Waite
1926
Alchemists through the ages
Arthur Edward Waite
1970
Alchemy Rediscovered and Restored
Archibald Cockren
1940
Alchemy
Stanislas Klossowski de Rola
1973
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English Translation of The Art of Gold-making
Morienus, Source Library, Google Gemini
2026
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English Translation of The Compass of the Wise
Augustin Anton Pocquieres de Jolyfief, Source Library, Google Gemini
2026
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Miscellany (Grammar/Dictamen, Alchemy, Medicine)
ab Insulis Alanus, de Gordon Bernard, Richard de Bury, de Aragonia Guillelmus, de Rupescissa Johannes, Lemovicensis Johannes, John of Burgoyne, de Aquilegia Laurentius, Ramon Llull, Thomas Merke, medical writer Richard the Englishman, John Sawtry
1425Latin
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A collection of magical and other treatises ascribed mainly to Hermes Trismegistus
Trismegistus Hermes
1300Arabic
Aleister Crowley and Western esotericism
Henrik Bogdan, Martin P. Starr, Wouter J. Hanegraaff
2012
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English Translation of On Stones — Albertus Magnus, Ramon Lull & Thomas Aquinas
Pseudo-Albertus Magnus, Ramon Lull, Thomas Aquinas, Source Library, Google Gemini
2026
Ficciones
Jorge Luis Borges
1945
Alchemy
Marie-Louise von Franz
1980
The Golden Dawn
Israel Regardie, John Michael Greer
1937
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'Ripley Scroll'
1440
Learning ritual magic
John Michael Greer
2004
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English Translation of Mirror of Stones and the Sympathy of the Seven Metals to the Planets
Camillo Leonardi, Petrus Arlensis de Scudalupis, Source Library, Google Gemini
2026
The New Hermetics
Jason Augustus Newcomb
2004
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English Translation of Alchemical and Astrological Texts (Cambridge, University Library, MS Ii.3.17)
pseudo-Avicenna Morienus Romanus, Source Library, Google Gemini
2026
The Tower of Alchemy
David Goddard
1999
The Philosopher's Stone
Israel Regardie, Ellen Cannon Reed
1970
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Theological and classical collections by a Franciscan
pseudo Aristotle, Saint Augustine, the Venerable Bede, Godfridus Coben, of Assisi Francis, pseudo Hermes Trismegistus, of Stella Isaac, Isocrates, Damascenus Johannes, John Johnson, of Athens Menander, pseudo Phalaris, pseudo Phocylides
1500Greek