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
Introduction à l'alchimie intérieure taoïste
Isabelle Robinet, Boduan Zhang
1995Chinese
Io. Bap. Portae ... De distillatione lib. IX
Giambattista della Porta
1608Latin
Io. Francisci Pici Mirand. et concor. domini De auro libri tres
Giovanni Francesco Pico della Mirandola
1587Italian
Ioannis Baptistae Portae Neapolitani, De distillationibus, libri IX
Giambattista della Porta
1609Latin
Ioannis Hasfurti medici ac astrologi praestantissimi, De cognoscendis, et medendis morbis ex corporum colestium positione libri IIII
Johann Virdung
1584Latin
Iohannis Rudolphi Glauberi Apologia contra mendaces Christophori Farnneri calumnias
Johann Rudolf Glauber
1655German
Isis' Rauch und das alte Wissen
Aaron Hume
2025German
J. J. Mangeti Bibliotheca Chemica Curiosa
Jean-Jacques Manget
1702Latin
Jacob Böhme - Perspektiven der Forschung
Claudia Brink, Lucinda Martin
2025German
Jenseits der Diätillusion
Alma Finney
2025German
Jo. Jacobi Mangeti ... Bibliotheca chemica curiosa
Jean Jacques Manget
1702Latin
Jo. de Monte-Snyders Metamorphosis planetarum, das ist, Eine wunderbarliche Veränderung der Planeten und metallischen Gestalten in ihr erstes Wesen
Joh. de Monte-Snyder
1774German
Joahnnis Friderichs Schweitzers Guldenes Kalb, welches die gantze Welt anbetet und verehret
Johann Friedrich Helvetius
1668German
Joannis Hasfurti medici ac astrologi praestantissimi, De cognoscendis, et medendis morbis ex corporum coelestium positione libri IIII
Johann Virdung
1584Latin
Joh. Baptistae Portae Neapolitani Magiae naturalis libri viginti
Giambattista della Porta, P.N. Hemey
1664Latin
Joh. Jac. Weckeri, Basiliensis, medici colm., de secretis libri XVII. ex variis auctoribus collecti
Johann Jacob Wecker
1701Latin
Joh. Joach. Becheri ... Opuscula chymica rariora
Johann Joachim Becher, Friedrich Roth-Scholtz
1719Latin
Joh. Joachimi Beccheri D. Spirensis Germani ... Physica subterranea profundam subterraneorum genesin
Johann Joachim Becher, Georg Ernst Stahl
1703Latin
Joh. Joachimi Beccheri, D. Spirensis Germani Sacr. Caes. Majest. Consil. & Med. Elect. Bav. physica subterranea, profundam subterraneorum genesin, è principiis hucusque ignotis, ostendens
Johann Joachim Becher
1703Latin
Joh. Martin Stillers ... Chymischer Natur-Spiegel von denen drey Reichen der Welt ...
Johann Martin Stiller
1685German
Joh. de Monte-Snyders Tractatus de medicina universali, das ist, Von der Universal-Medicin
Joh. de Monte-Snyder
1773German
Johann Joachim Bechers ... Chymischer Glücks-Hafen
Johann Joachim Becher, Georg Ernst Stahl
1755German
Johann Joachim Bechers ... Psychosophia, oder, Seelen-Weisheit
Johann Joachim Becher
1725German
Johann Kunckel von Löwensterns Königl. Schwedischen Berg-Raths und der Kayserl. Leopold. Societät Mit-Glieds, d. Hermes III. V. curiose chymische Tractätlein
Johannes Kunckel
1721German