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
金丹救劫度人寶懺
Dongbin Lü, 王履階, 瑪瑙講寺南房
1775Chinese
金丹示掌初編
Dongbin Lü, 王履階, 瑪瑙講寺南房
1775Chinese
金仙證論
柳華陽, 李宗鏡
1846Chinese
間脳幻想
藤原, 肇, 藤井, 尚治
1988Japanese
黄金と生命
鶴岡, 真弓
2007Japanese
黄金の人生をつくる12の秘法
Cherry Gilchrist, 白幡, 憲之, 栗木, さつき
2007Japanese
"Whose this peece should be"
James Dallas Reed
2009
A catalogue of the Ferguson collection of books
University of Glasgow. Library. Ferguson collection
1943
A testament of alchemy : being the revelations of Morienus, ancient adept and hermit of Jerusalem, to Khalid ibn Yazid ibn Mu'awiyya, King of the Arabs, of the divine secrets of the magisterium and accomplishment of the alchemical art.
Khalid Morienus
1974
Actes de la "II Trobada Internacional d'Estudis sobre Arnau de Vilanova"
2005Catalan
Alchemy
Arthur John Hopkins
1934
Alchemy
Laurinda Dixon
2010
Alchemy
Charles Thompson
1974
Alchemy
1994
Alchemy
Amy Pickworth, Rhode Island School of Design Musem of art
2016
Alchemy
Richard Grossinger
1979
Alchemy and Chemistry in the 16th and 17th Centuries
P. M. Rattansi, Antonio Clericuzio
1994
Alchemy and medicine in the Middle Ages
Chiara Crisciani
1996
Alchemy and metallic medicines in Āyurveda
Vaidya Bhagwan Dash
1986
Alchemy and pyramids
Joseph Davidovits
1983
Alchemy and sacred geography in the Medieval Deccan
Arion Roșu
1992
Alchemy and the Society of Jesus in the seventeenth century
Martha R Baldwin
1993
Alchemy and the historian of science
Allen G. Debus
1967
Alchemy during the first half of the sixteenth century
Lynn Thorndike
1938