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
Chymischer Glücks-Hafen, oder, Grosse chymische Concordantz und Collection, von funffzehen hundert chymischen Processen
Johann Joachim Becher
1682German
Chymisches Laboratorium, oder Unter=erdische Naturkündigung
Johann Joachim Becher, Hans-Werner Schütt
2002German
Chymisticvm artificivm naturæ, theoricum & practicum
Gerhard Dorn
1568Latin
Clara fidelisque admonitoria disceptatio practicae manualis experimento veraciter comprobata
Ludovico Conti
1664Latin
Clavis philosophiae et alchymiae Fluddanae, sive, Roberti Fluddi ... ad epistolicam Petri Gassendi Theologi exercitationem responsum
Robert Fludd
1633Latin
Clavis philosophiæ et alchymiæ flvddanæ, sive, Roberti Flvddi Ad epistolicam Petri Gassendi Theologi exercitationem responsum
Robert Fludd
1633Latin
Clavis totivs philosophiæ chymisticæ
Gerhard Dorn
1567Latin
Coelum philosophorum
Philippus Ulstadius
1543Latin
Coelum philosophorum, von Heymlicheyt der Natur
Philippus Ulstadius
1536German
Coelvm philosophorvm, sev, Liber de secretis naturæ
Philippus Ulstadius, Ramon Llull, Arnaldus de Villanova, Albertus Magnus, Marsilio Ficino
1553Latin
Commentatio perbrevis & perspicua in apertorium Raimundi Lullii
Johann Gerhard
1641Latin
Commentationvm metallicarvm libri qvatvor de natvra metallorvm, mercvrio philosophorvm, azotho, et lapide sev tinctura physicorum conficienda è rervm natvra, experientia, et avtorum praestantium fide studio & labore Andreae Libavii M.D.P. et physici Rotembvrgici depromti & expositi, more veteris philosophiae cum perspicuitate euidente
Andreas Libavius, Modestinus Fachs, Georg Agicola
1597Latin
Compendium, oder, Ausszug der Secreten, Gehaymnissen und verborgenen Künsten
Leonardo Fioravanti
1604German
Consilio[rum] co[n]sumatissimi artiu[m] & medicine doctoris d[omi]ni Joa[n]nis Matthei de gradi Mediolanensis secundum viam Avicenne ordinator[um] utile rep[er]toriu[m]. Additis antiquissimi medici Rabbi Moysi De regimine vite quinq[ue] tractatibus ad Sultanu[m] inscriptis. Necnon sacri doctoris Raymundi Lulij de insula Maioricar[um] De secretis nature libris duobus : nu[n]c primu[m] in luce[m] editis. Que o[mn]ia nouissime recognita
Giovanni Matteo Ferrari da Gradi
1514Latin
Cosmopolite
Michał Sędziwój
1723French
Cosmopolite, ou, Nouvelle lumiere chymique
Michał Sędziwój
1723French
Cours de chymie de P. Thibaut dit Le Lorrain ... ; corrigé de plusieurs fautes
P. Thibaut
1672French
Curieuse und rare chymische operationes
Johann Isaac
1714German
Curieuse vollständige chymische Schriffte
Jābir ibn Ḥayyān
1710German
Currus triumphalis antimonii ..
Basilius Valentinus
1646Latin
Člověk a kultura
C. G. Jung
2025Czech
D. G. MorhofI. De metallorum transmutatione ad virum nobilissimum & amplissimum Joelem Langelottum, serenissimi principis Cimbrici archiatrum celeberrimum epistola
Daniel Georg Morhof
1673Latin
D. Petrus Arlensis de Scudalupis Enucleatus, oder, Kurter Auszug der alchymistischen Processe und anderer Curiositäten ...
Petrus Arlensis de Scudalupis
1715German
D. Petrus Arlensis de Scudalupis enucleatus, oder, Kurtzer Auszug der alchymistischen Processe und anderer Curiositäten
Petrus Arlensis de Scudalupis
1715German