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
La espositione di Geber philosopho
Giovanni Braccesco
1544Italian
La lumiere sortant par soy même des tenebres, ou veritable theorie de la pierre des philosophes
Marc Antonio Crassellame, Bruno de Lansac
1687French
La metalliqve transformation
Jean de La Fontaine, Jean de Meun, Nicolas Flamel
1618French
La monade geroglifica
John Dee
1981Italian
La médecine des anciens
David de Planis Campy
1997French
La nature dévoilée, ou Théorie de la nature
Anton Joseph Kirchweger
1772French
La parole des choses
Pierre Laszlo
1993French
La philosophie naturelle restablie en sa pureté
Jean d' Espagnet, Jean Bachou
1651French
La pierre philosophale
Papus
1889French
La pietra dei filosofi
Nella Coletta
2020Italian
La pratique du Grand Œuvre des philosophes
Philippe Rovillac
1997French
La premiere [-troisesme] partie de l'Oevvre minerale
Johann Rudolf Glauber
1659French
La sacra arte dell'alchimia
Paolo Galiano
2018Italian
La toyson d'or, ou, La flevr des thresors
Salomon Trismosin, L. I
1613French
La toyson d'or, ov, La flevr des thresors
Salomon Trismosin, L. I
1627French
La via del cuore
Iole Di Simone
2018Italian
La via in due
Iole Di Simone
2018Italian
La vie et l'âme de la matière
F. Jollivet Castelot
1892French
Labyrinthvs medicorvm errantivm
Paracelsus
1653Latin
Lapis chymicus philosophorum examini subjectus
Bassett Jones
1648Latin
Laurentij Venturae Veneti, artium et medicinae doct. De ratione conficiendi Lapidis philosophici, liber vnus. ... . Huic accesserunt eiusdem argumenti Ioan. Garlandij Angli liber vnus. Et ex Speculo magno Vincentij libri duo
Lorenzo Ventura
1571Latin
Lavrentii Venturæ De ratione conficiendi lapidis philosophici, liber vnus
Lorenzo Ventura
1571Latin
Le "De anima" alchimique du pseudo-Avicenne
Sébastien Moureau, Avicenna
2016Arabic
Le Pimandre de Mercure Trismegiste
Hermes Trismegistus
1579French