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
Avrevm vellvs, oder, Guldin Schatz vnd Kunst-Kammer
Salomon Trismosin
1708German
Azoth et ignis, das ist das wahre elementarische wasser und feuer
Hermann Fictuld
1749German
Aḥada ʻashara kitāban fī ʻilm al-iksīr al-aʻẓam li-Jābir ibn Ḥayyān
Jābir ibn Ḥayyān
1892Arabic
Basilius Innovatus, das ist; Fr. Basilii Valentini, Ordin. Benedict. Chymische Schrifften/ Anjetzo zum vierdten mahl zusammen gedruckt/ aufs fleissigste aus einigen alten MS. gecorrigiret/ mit vielen in vorigen Editionen ausgelassenen Passagen und Tractaten, auch etlichen Figuren, vermehret/ mit einem generalen vollständigen Register versehen/ und in Drey Theile verfasset
Basilius Valentinus, Benedikt Nikolaus Petraeus, Heinrich Eschenreuter
1717German
Beaumarchais, espion du roi
C. de Man
1997French
Berliner Blau: Chemische Dominanz der preußischen Uniformfärbung
Cengiz Jacob
2026German
Bernhardus Innovatus, das ist, Dess hocherfahrnen, vortrefflichen vnd waaren Philosophi chemici Herrn Bernhardi, Grafen von der Marck vnd Tervis, Chemische Schrifften von der hermetischen Philosophia, oder Vom gebendeiten Stein der Weisen
Bernard of Trevisan
1643German
Bibliotheca chemica contracta ex delectu & emendatione
Nathan d' Aubigné
1653Latin
Bibliotheca chimica
Pierre Borel
1654Latin
Bibliotheca chimica. Sev Catalogvs librorvm philosophicorvm hermeticorvm
Pierre Borel
1654Latin
Bibliotheque des philosophes chimiques
Nicolas Lenglet Dufresnoy, J. M. d. R, Nicolas Salmon, William Salmon
1741French
Bibliotheque des philosophes chimiques
William Salmon
1740French
Bibliothèque des Philosophes Chymiques
William Salmon
1672French
Bifolium metallicum
Pantaleon
1676Latin
Breve historia de la alquimia
María Guillermina Martín Reyes
2004Spanish
Calendarium naturale magicum perpetuum profundissimam rerum secretissimarum contemplationem, totiusque philosophiæ cognitionem complectens
Johann Babtista Grosschedel ab Aicha, Matthaeus Merian, Johann Theodor de Bry
1620Latin
Capricci medicinali di M. Leonardo Fieravanti medico Bolognese divisi in tre libri
Leonardo Fioravanti
1561Italian
Carnet d'alchimie
Georges Marty
2008French
Casp. Bartholini De terra, aere, et igni institutio physica succincta
Caspar Bartholin
1624Latin
Cesarz alchemików
Jacqueline Dauxois
1997Polish
Cheiragogia Heliana
Raphael Eglin
1612Latin
Christophori Bechtlin ... Epigrammatum
Christoph Bechtlin
1698Latin
Chymia experimentalis curiosa
Johann Helfrich Jüngken
1684Latin
Chymischen Schauplatzes Vortrab, das ist, Gründliche Anleitung zu der waren Chymie
Johann Gerhard Leursen
1681German