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
Schießpulver Monopol
Bernd Feuer
2026German
Sebalt Schwertzer als kursächsischer faktor und kaiserlicher berghauptmann
Richard Kell
1881German
Secreti di medicina, chirurgia, ed' alchimia
Gabriele Falloppio
1731Italian
Secretorum naturalium, chymicorum & medicorum, thesauriolus, oder, Schatzkästlein
Martin Schmuck
1652German
Sefer yetsirah leha-ʻArviʼim, o, Even ha-ḥakhamim
S. Rubin
1875Hebrew
Sekrety magii
Stuart Holroyd
1993Polish
Sendschreiben an die hochberühmte naturæ curiosos
Joel Langellott
1672German
Septimana philosophica, qua aenigmata avreola de omni natvrae genere à Salomone Israëlitarum sapientissimo rege, & Arabiae regina Saba, nec non Hyramo, Tyri principe, sibe inuicem in modum colloquii proponunter & enodantur
Michael Maier
1620Latin
Sexuele geheimen
Nik Douglas
1981Dutch
Shudhūr al-dhahab wa-sharḥuhā li-Jildakī
ʻAlī ibn Mūsá Anṣārī
1881Arabic
Siddha-Tradition und südindische Spiritualität
Joshi Deepak
2025German
Sol non sine veste, oder, Das unüberwundene Gold in seiner Tapfferkeit triumphirind aufgeführet
Christoph Brummet
1720German
Sol sine veste, oder, Dreyssig Experimenta dem Gold seinen Purpur auszuziehen
Johann Christian Orschall
1720German
Spagyrik - die Alchemie der Pflanzen: Alchemistische Essenzen als philosophisches Erbe
Iris A.I. Saage
2026German
Speculum alchimiae
Arnaldus de Villanova, Hieronymus Megiser
1602Latin
Speculum astrologiae, hoc est in scientiam genethliacam sive physicam iudiciariam introductio
Henricus à Lindhout, Gotthard Arthus
1608Latin
Splendor solis, oder, Sonnenglanz
Michael Roth, Gudula Metze, Tobias Kunz
2005German
Sudum philosophicum, pro secretis chymicis perspiciendis, sive, Duo libelli concernentes famosum illum modernum scriptorem chymicum per anagramma
Johann Harprecht
1660Latin
Sulle scienze occulte nel medio evo e sopra un codice della famiglia Speciale
Isidoro Carini
1872Italian
Summa perfectionis metallorum, sive, Perfecti magisterii
Jābir ibn Ḥayyān
1475Multiple languages
Supplementum secundum in Physicam subterraneam. Id est: Joannis Joachimi Becheri ... Demonstratio philosophica, seu Theses chymicæ
Johann Joachim Becher
1675Latin
Sympathia septem metallorum, ac septem selectorum lapidum ad planeta
Petrus Arlensis de Scudalupis
1610Latin
Sztuczne złoto
Klaus Hoffmann
1985Polish
Taeda trifida chymica,das ist, Dreyfache chimische Fackel dem wahren Weg zu der edlen Chimi-Kunst bescheinend ...
Johann Wolfgang Dienheim
1674German