Tradition 04 of 33
Alchemy and Hermeticism
Alchemy, Hermetic philosophy, Hermetica, and spiritual or laboratory transformation traditions.
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- 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
Secrets reveal'd, or, An open entrance to the shut-palace of the King
Eirenaeus Philalethes
1669
Sō Kin Gen Dōkyō naitan shisō kenkyū =
Michinobu Matsushita, 松下道信
2019
Strangers nowhere in the world
Margaret C Jacob
2006
Studie in de alchemie
... Saint-Germain
1984
The Alchemy of Fear
Kay Gilley
2012
The Alchemy of Laughter
Glen Cavaliero
2000
The Book of Laws (Kitāb an-Nawāmīs) attributed to Plato
Platon, Georges Tamer, Pascal Held
2026Arabic
The Jewish alchemists
Raphael Patai
1994
The Rosie Crucian secrets
John Dee
2018
The alchemist's handbook
Albert Riedel
1976
The alchemists
Robert Jackson
1997
The alchemy of voice
Stewart Pearce
2010
The apologie, or defence of a verity heretofore published concerning a medicine called aurum potabile
Francis Anthony, John Legat
1616
The chymists key to shut and to open, or, The true doctrin [sic] of corruption and generation in ten aphorismes, illustrated with most plain and faithful commentarie out of the pure light of nature
Heinrich Nolle
1657
The compound of alchymy. Or The ancient hidden art of archemie
George Ripley, Ralph Rabbards, Thomas Orwin
1591
The elements of alchemy
Cherry Gilchrist
1991
The elixir and the stone
Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh
1998
The golden age, or, The reign of Saturn review'd
Hortolanus junior
1698
The hermetic order of the Golden Dawn
Felix John Taylor
2026
The history of alchemy
Carl Philip Passmark
2025
The life and opinions of Bertram Montfichet, Esq
Bertram Montfichet
1761
The marrow of alchemy
George Starkey
1654
The science of alchymy, spiritual and material
Sapere aude
1893
The search of causes
Timothy Willis
1616