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
Ginæceum chimicum
Jābir ibn Ḥayyān
1679Latin
Glauberus refutatus, seu, Glauberianarum sophisticationum centuria prima eiusdem inutilium processuum centuria primae opposita, das ist, Ein hundert Lugen, or, Ohnnützliche, verführerische, betriegliche chimische Process
Johann Joachim Becher
1661German
Gnosi e alchimia nella Divina Commedia
Rosario Marcello Puglisi
2018Italian
Graf Wolfgang II. von Hohenlohe und die Alchemie
Jost Weyer
1992German
Gründliche Aufflösung von der Natur und Eigenschafft der Elementen
Cornelis Drebbel
1715German
Gustaviansk mystik
Kjell Lekeby
2010Swedish
Götisk kabbala och runisk alkemi
Thomas Karlsson, Stockholms universitet Religionshistoriska institutionen
2010Swedish
Hadriani a Mynsicht ... Thesaurus et armamentarium medico-chymicum
Adrian Seumenicht
1697Latin
Hadriani a Mynsicht ... Thesaurus et armamentarium medico-chymicum
Adrian von Mynsicht
1697Latin
Harmonie mystique, ou, Accord des Philosophes Chymiques, avec les Scholies, sur les plus difficiles passages des Autheurs y allegués, desquels les noms sont és pages suyuantes
David Lagneau
1636French
Hermanni Frid. Teichmeyer ... Programma invitatorium de rhythmis Basilii Valentini vigesimum primum dissertationi inaugurali De sterilitate mulierum ...
Hermann Friedrich Teichmeyer
1743Latin
Hermetis Trismegisti Poemander
Hermes Trismegistus
1854Ancient Greek
Hermetis, Aegyptiorum, et chemicorum sapienta ab
Ole Borch
1674Latin
Hermetis, Ægyptiorum
Ole Borch
1674Latin
Hermetis, Ægyptiorum, et chemicorum sapientia ab Hermanni Conringii animadversionibus vindicata
Ole Borch
1674Latin
Hermetischer Rosenkrantz
Artephius, John of Garland, Arnaldus de Villanova, Bernard of Trevisan
1682German
Hermetyzm
Roman Bugaj
1991Polish
Herrn Georgii von Wellilng Opus mago-cabbalisticum et theosophicum
Georg von Welling
1784Latin
Het cabinet der mineralen, metalen, en berg-eerts
Goossen van Vreeswyk
1670Dutch
Hippocrates chimicus
Otto Tachenius
1668Latin
Hippocrates chymicus
Otto Tachenius
1673Latin
Histoire de l'alchimie, 14e siècle
Albert Poisson
1893French
Histoire de la philosphie hermétique
Nicolas Lenglet Dufresnoy
1742French
Historie des Himmels
Noël Antoine Pluche
1764German