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
De l'alchimie
Paracelse
2000French
De l'alchimie à la chimie
Olivier Lafont
2000French
De la matière à la lumière
Patrick Burensteinas
2009French
De la transformation metalliqve
Nicolas Flamel, Jean de La Fontaine, Jean de Meun
1561French
De lapide philosophico
Johann Bernhard Hildebrandt
1618German
De lapide philosophorvm tractatvs dvodecim, è naturæ fonte, & manuali experientia deprompti
Michał Sędziwój, Duveen Alchemy and Chemistry Collection
1611Latin
De miraculis occultis naturae, libri IIII
Levinus Lemnius
1574Latin
De occultis naturae miraculis, libri IIII
Levinus Lemnius
1574Latin
De re metallica
Christoph Entzelt
1551Latin
De re metallica, hoc est, De origine, varietate, & natura corporum metallicorum, lapidum, gemmarum, atq[ue] aliarum, quae ex fodinis eruuntur, rerum, ad medicinae usum deseruientium, libri III
Christoph Entzelt
1551Latin
De roode leeuw, of, Het sout der philosophen
Goossen van Vreeswyk
1672Dutch
De secretis naturae
Ramon Llull
1542Italian
De summis naturae mysteriis commentarii tres
Paracelsus
1584Latin
De transfiguratione metallorvm, et occvlta, svmmaqve antiqvorvm philosophorum medicina, libellvs
Morienus
1593Latin
De veritate et antiqvitate artis chemicæ et pvlveris sive medicinæ philosophorvm vel avri potabilis
Robertus Vallensis
1593Latin
De' secreti rationalidell'eccellentiss. dottore, e caualliero M. Leonardo Fiorauanti Bolognese libri cinque ...
Leonardo Fioravanti
1640Italian
Del compendio de' secreti rationali dell'eccell dottore, e caualiero M. Leonardo Fiorauanti Bolognese libri cinque ...
Leonardo Fioravanti
1597Italian
Democritus Abderyta Graecus De rebus sacris naturalibus et mysticis
Democritus
1717Ancient Greek
Der Hermetische Triumph, oder, Der siegende philosophische Stein
Alexandre-Toussaint Limojon de Saint-Didier
1707German
Der Rosenpfad der Erkenntnis
Raimond Orlan
2025German
Der entlarvete Jacob Böhm, oder, Gründliche Anzeigung
E. I. H
1693German
Der entlarvete Jacob Böhm, oder, Gründliche Anzeigung
Institute of Armenian Music
1693German
Der gelehrte Criticus über allerhand curieuse Dubia und Fragen
Erdmann Uhse
1706German
Der längst gewünschte und versprochene chymisch-philosophische Probierstein
Hermann Fictuld
1740German