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
Pandora magnalium naturalium aurea et benedicta, de benedicto lapidus philosoph. mysterio
Benedictus Figulus
1608German
Papyrus de Leyde
Robert Halleux
1981
Perspiratio dicta Hippocrati per universum corpus anatomice illustrata ...
Abraham Kaau-Boerhaave
1738Latin
Peryferie filozofii żydowskiej
Jerzy Ochman
1997Polish
Petri Johannis Fabri ... operum voluminibus duobus exhibitorum
Pierre-Jean Fabre
1652Latin
Petri Johannis Fabri mediciatq philosophi acutissimi Sapientia universalis quatuor libris comprehensa
Pierre-Jean Fabre
1656Latin
Pharmacopoea spagyrica
Johann Rudolf Glauber
1654Latin
Pharmacopoeia Augustana reformata
Johann Zwelfer
1672Latin
Philosophia mystica
Paracelsus, Valentin Weigel
1618German
Philosophische Schau-Bühne
Adolph Christoph Benz
1706German
Philosophisches Bedencken von dem kalten Feuer, oder wunderbahrlichen Alkahest
Mars pseud
1708German
Phosphorus hermeticus, sive Magnes luminaris Christiani Adolphi Balduini ...
Christian Adolph Balduin
1675Latin
Plusieurs experiences utiles et curieuses
Francesco Maria Pompeo Colonna
1718French
Praxis alchymiae hocest
Andreas Libavius
1604Latin
Problema chymicum, oder, Des weyland (tit.) Herren General Lieutenants O.A. v. P. chymnischer Proces, wodurch nach Proportion eines Quentleins praeparirten Sulphuris Antimonii, anderthalb Loth Bley in das schöneste und feineste Gold verwandelt worden
Otto Arnold von Paykull
1719German
Prodromus rhodo-stavroticus, parergi philosophici, das ist, Vortrab und Entdeckung derer hocherleuchten, gottseligen, und weitberühmten Brüderschafft vom Rosen Creutz, philosophischen Parergi sonsten Lapis philosophorum genandt
Daniel Mögling
1620German
Propositiones tentationum: sive propædeumata de vitis et fæcunditate compositorum naturalium
Timothy Willis
1615Latin
Propvgnacvlvm alchymiae
Pierre-Jean Fabre
1645Latin
Psychologia a alchemia
Carl Gustav Jung
1999Polish
Psychologia przeniesienia
Carl Gustav Jung
1993Polish
Qu'est-ce que l'alchimie ?
Pierre Laszlo
1996French
Quadratum alchymisticum, das ist, Vier auserlesene rare Tractätgen vom Stein der Weisen ...
Ali Puli, Johann Otto von Hellwig
1705German
Quatre livres des secrets de medecine, et de la philosophie chimique
Conrad Gessner, Jean Liébault
1573French
Quatre livres des secrets de medecine, et de la philosophie chymique
Conrad Gessner, Jean Liébault
1593French