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
Era
Chymische Versuche
1767German
De alchemie, de steen der wijzen en Antoon van Dijck
1991Dutch
Hermetischer Rosenkrantz
1659German
Huang ting jing zhu jie
1877Chinese
Le Triomphe hermetique, ou, La pierre philosophale victorieuse
1689
Musaeum hermeticum, reformatum et amplificatum
1678Latin
Rosarivm novvm olympicvm et benedictvm, das ist, Ein newer Gebenedeyter philosophischer Rosengart
1608German
Theatrum chemicum
1659Latin
Theatrum chemicum
1661Latin
Theatrvm chemicvm, praecipvos selectorvm avctorvm tractatvs de chemiae et lapidis philosophici
1602Latin
Theatrvm chemicvm, praecipvos selectorvm avctorvm tractatvs de chemiae et lapidis philosophici
1659Latin
Theatrvm chemicvm, praecipvos selectorvm avctorvm tractatvs de chemiae et lapidis philosophici
1613Latin
Tripvs avrevs, hoc est, Tres tractatvs chymici selectissimi ...
1618Latin
Alchemie
19XXDutch
[Alchemistische Handschrift]
[17--?]
[Miscellanea histórica praesertim ecclesiastica]
S.XIV-XVLatin
[Miscelánea de textos moriscos sobre magia y medicina]
[S. XVI]Arabic
[Recetas, fórmulas y consejos de alquimia]
S. XVIIItalian