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
The secret of everlasting life
Richard Bertschinger, Boyang Wei
1994Chinese
The secret of the immortal liquor called alkahest, or ignis-aqua
George Starkey
1683
The spiritual science of alchemy
Adam McLean
1978
The tillage of light· Or, A true discouerie of the philosophicall elixir, commonly called the philosophers stone
Patrick Scot
1623
The tomb of Semiramis hermetically sealed
H. V. D
1684
The way to health, long life and happiness: or, A discourse of temperance, and the particular nature of all things requisite for the life of man
Thomas Tryon
1691
The way to health, long life, and happiness, or A discourse of temperance and particular nature of all things requisite for the life of man
Thomas Tryon
1697
The works of Geber, the most famous Arabian prince and philosopher
Geber
1678
The works of Geber, the most famous Arabian prince and philosopher of the investigation and perfection of the philosophers-stone
Jābir ibn Ḥayyān
1686
The world upside down
Isabelle Robinet, Fabrizio Pregadio
2011
Theatre and alchemy
Bettina Liebowitz Knapp
1980
Theoretical Alchemy
Walter Harrison
2010
Three tracts of the great medicine of philosophers for humane and metalline bodies
Eirenaeus Philalethes
1694
Three tracts of the great medicine of philosophers for humane and metalline bodies ..
George Starkey
1694
Traittez de l'harmonie et constitution généralle du vray sel, secret des philosophes, et de l'esprit universelle du monde
Clovis Hesteau sieur de Nuisement
1657
Transmutations: alchemy in art
Lawrence M Principe, Lloyd DeWitt, Chemical Heritage Foundation
2002
Two books of physick
Jean Prevost
1656
Washington Allston, secret societies and the alchemy of Anglo-American painting
David Bjelajac
1997
Water which does not wet hands - the alchemy of Michael Sendivogius
Zbigniew Szydło
1994
Yeats and alchemy
William T Gorski
1996
Z dziejów chemii i alchemii
Włodzimierz Hubicki, Wanda Brzyska, Zbigniew Hubicki, Michalina Dąbrowska
1991
Compendium Of The Emerald Tablets
Billy Carson
Date unknown
1. Les manuscrits d'Espagne decrits par ---. 2. Les Manuscrits d'Athenes decrits par A. Severyhs
Carlo Oreste Zuretti, Albert Severyns
1928French
5 Curiose Esymische Tractätlein ... Wobey zugleich angehänget wird: Christoph Brummets Tractätlein vom Blut der Natur
Johann Kunckel von Löwenstern, Christoph Brummet
1721German