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
L'immaginazione alchemica
Arturo Schwarz
1979Italian
L'élixir de longue vie et la pierre philosophale
Armand Barbault
1948French
La Alquimia ¿Superciencia extraterrestre?
Jacques Carles
1974Spanish
La alquimia
Joaquín Pérez Pariente
2016Spanish
La génération et opération du grand oeuvre pour faire de l'or
1999French
La pensée alchimique et le Conte du Graal
Paulette Duval
1979French
La pietra angolare miriamica
Giuliano Kremmerz
1989Italian
La pietra filosofale . Il pilota dell'onda viva
Lambsprinck
1984Italian
La porta ermetica
Giuliano Kremmerz
1988Italian
La refutation de l'alchemie par Ibn Khaldun
Georges C. Anawati
1974French
La rivelazione segreta di Ermete Trismegisto
Hermes : Trismegistus
2009Ancient Greek
La sapienza arcana dei numi nell'ermetismo classico di verità
Ugo Danilo Cisaria
2015Italian
La vertv et propriete de la qvinte essence de tovtes choses
Johannes de Rupescissa
1549French
Laurentii Venturae veneti, artium et medicinae doct. De ratione conficiendi lapidis philosophici, liber unus ... Huic accesserunt eiusdem argumenti Ioan. Garlandii Angli liber unus. Et ex Speculo magno Vincentii libri duo
Laurentius Ventura, John of Garland, of Beauvais Vincent
1571Latin
Le favole egizie e greche svelate e riportate ad un unico fondamento
Antoine Joseph Pernety
1936Italian
Le grand oeuvre
Émile Grillot de Givry
1960French
Le grand œuvre
Émile Grillot de Givry
1981French
Le meraviglie della natura
Elémire Zolla
1976Italian
Le savoir caché des alchimistes
Cottie Arthur Burland
1969French
Les alchimistes
Michel Caron
1959French
Lettre philosophique
Michael Sedziwój
1920French
Lettre à un ami
1719French
Livres anciens
Librairie Alain Brieux
1960French
Manuel d'alchimie
Évelyne Segaud
2000French