Tradition 04 of 33
Alchemy and Hermeticism
Alchemy, Hermetic philosophy, Hermetica, and spiritual or laboratory transformation traditions.
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- 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
Il cantico della materia
Andreea Chiricheș, Donata Bulotta
2025Italian
Il mito dell'alchimia
Mircea Eliade
1968Italian
Il tesoro degli alchimisti
Jacques Sadoul
1972Italian
In hoc volumine de alchemia, continentur haec
Jabir ibn Hayyan, Roger Bacon, Richard of Wendover, Calidis. Liber secretorum alchemiae, Hermes Trismegistus
1541Latin
Io. Bap. Portae Neopolitani De distillatione lib. IX. Quibus certa methodo, multipliciqúe artificio, penitioribus naturae arcanis detectis, cuiuslibet mixti in propria elementa resolutio, perfectè docetur
Giambattista della Porta
1608Latin
Io. Chrysippi Faniani De arte metallicae metamorphoseos liber singularis, quo omnia quae ad philosophici lapidis opus pertinent, apertissimè describuntur. Item de iure artis alchemiae veterum auctorum et praesertim iurisconsultorum iudicia et responsa ad quaestionem an alchemia sit ars legitima
Joannes Chrysippus Fanianus
1576Latin
Io. Francisci Pici Mirandvlae et concordiae domini, De avro libri tres. Opvs sane avrevm in qvo de auro tum aestimando, tum conficiendo, tum utendo ingeniose et docte disseritur
Giovanni Francesco Pico della Mirandola
1587Latin
Ioannis Avrelii Avgvrelli p. ariminensis Chrysopoeiae libri III et Geronticon liber primvs
Giovanni Aurelio Augurello
1518Latin
Ioannis Hasfurti medici ac astrologi praestantissimi, De cognoscendis, et medendis morbis ex corporum coelestium positione Libri IIII
Johannes Virdung, Marsilio Ficino, Giovanni Paolo Gallucci, Galen. On prognosis, Hermes Trismegistus, Burndy Library
1584Latin
Iodoci Greveri presbyteri secretvm, et Alani philosophi dicta de lapide philosophico
Jodocus Grewer, Alain of Lille, Justus à Balbian
1599Latin
Iohann-Pharam. Rhumelii. Opuscula chymico-magico-medica
Johann Pharamund Rummel
1635German
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Ester S. B. Ferreira, Emma Helfrich, Ingolf Löffler, Anika Retzmann, Annemarie E. Kramell, Christoph Herm
2025German
Jung over parapsychologie en alchemie
Jaffé, Aniela
1969Dutch
L'Alchimiste du nouvel âge
André Karquel
1960French
L'Alquímia catalana
Ignasi Puig Alemán
2017Catalan
L'alchimia
Eugène Canseliet
1985Italian
L'alchimia svelata
Louis Figuier
1988Italian
L'alchimie
Lucien Gérardin
1972French
L'alchimie au moyen âge
Wilhelm Ganzenmueller
1974French
L'alchimie moderne
Théophile Moreux
1924French
L'art de faire de l'or
Cyprien-Théodore Tiffereau
1894French
L'art metallique des anciens, ou L'or artificiel
Jean Mavéric
1982French
L'immaginazione alchemica
Arturo Schwarz
1979Italian
L'élixir de longue vie et la pierre philosophale
Armand Barbault
1948French