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
Leuini Lemnij occulta naturae miracula
Levinus Lemnius
1601German
Lexicon alchemiæ
Martin Ruland
1612Latin
Libelli aliquot chemici
Ramon Llull
1600Latin
Libellus dialogorum
Johann Rudolf Glauber
1663Latin
Libellus dialogorum; sive, Colloquia
Johann Rudolf Glauber
1663Latin
Liber Secretorum regis Calid
Khālid ibn Yazīd al-Umawī
1615Latin
Liber unus, De secretis antimonij, das ist, Von der grossen Heymligkeit des antimonij die Artzney belangent
Alexander von Suchten, Paracelsus, Michael Toxites
1570German
Licht des Lichtes
Johann Ferdinand von Frydau
1763German
Lithotheōrikos, sive, Nihil, aliquid, omnia, antiquorum sapientum vivis coloribus depicta, philosophico-theologicè
John Thornborough
1621Latin
Litterarische Nachrichten zu der Geschichte des sogenannten Goldmachens
Christoph Gottlieb von Murr
1805
Lo "Speculum alchimiae" di Frate Elia
Elias, Paolo Galiano
2016Italian
Los saberes alquímicos
Juan G. Atienza
1995Spanish
Lumen de lumine
Thomas Vaughn
1693German
Lumen de lumine, oder, Ein neues magisches Liecht geoffenbahret und der Welt
Thomas Vaughan
1693German
Majmuʻu-s-sanāyiʻ
Kāmrān Shīrāzī
1878Persian
Martini Schmuckens ... Wohlangerichtetes Aerarium Chymicum, oder, Reichlich vermehrte Chymische Schatz-Kammer
Martin Schmuck
1686German
Medicina reformata
Henning Scheunemann
1617Latin
Medicinisch-chymisch und alchemistisches oraculum
Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection
1772German
Megalē chymia
Leonhard Thurneisser zum Thurn
1583German
Mercvrii Trismegisti liber De potestate et sapientia Dei
Hermes Trismegistus
1491Latin
Mes idées sur la nature et les causes de l'air déphlogistiqué
Fabre-Dubosquet
1785French
Michaelis Majeri Imperial. Consistor. Comit. Med. ... Secretioris naturae secretorum scrutinium chymicum per oculis et et intellectui accuratè accommodata, figuris cupro appositissimè incisa, ingeniosissima emblemata, hisque confines, & ad rem egregiè facientes sententias, doctissimaque item epigrammata, illustratus ...
Michael Maier
1687Latin
Michaelis Majeri Viatorium
Michael Maier
1651Latin
Michaelis Majeri Viatorium, hoc est, De montibus planetarum septem seu metallorum
Michael Maier
1618Latin