Tradition 04 of 35
Alchemy and Hermeticism
Alchemy, Hermetic philosophy, Hermetica, and spiritual or laboratory transformation traditions.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 4,255
- Earliest
- 1 CE
- to 2026
- Read free
- 63%
- 2,689 with public full text
- With covers
- 68%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match3,059
- Metadata match180
- Query match1,010
- 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
- Alchemy1.7K
- Early works to 1800796
- History239
- Chemistry237
- Alchemy, Magic and Kabbalah (C.G. Jung collection)229
- occultism200
- Alchimie160
- Medicine152
- Alchemie141
- Philosophy121
- Hermetism119
- Social Sciences110
- Magic102
- Art101
- Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric96
- Arts and Humanities86
- Literature69
- Early works to 190062
- Rosicrucians58
- Astrology56
- Hermeticism51
- Text51
- Archeology50
- Art history46
Top languages
- German1,278 · 30%
- English884 · 21%
- Latin799 · 19%
- French402 · 9%
- NOT356 · 8%
Notable authors
All authors- Paracelsus273 in this tradition294 books
- Trismegistus Hermes76 in this tradition90 books
- Basilius Valentinus52 in this tradition53 books
- Michael Maier48 in this tradition54 books
- University of Glasgow. Library39 in this tradition73 books
- Ramon Llull36 in this tradition43 books
- Johann Joachim Becher35 in this tradition36 books
- George Starkey34 in this tradition36 books
- Jābir ibn Ḥayyān32 books
- Pierre Joseph Macquer29 books
- Johann Rudolf Glauber27 in this tradition30 books
- Roger Bacon27 in this tradition30 books
4,255 books
Johannis Gerhardi D. Exercitationes perbreves in Gebri arabis summi philosophi chemici libros duos summae perfectionis.
Johann Gerhard
1652Latin
Joseph Ferdinands Kleeblatts Neue Herausgab einiger rar gewordener chymischen sehr nutzbaren Tractätlein ...
1768German
Jung over parapsychologie en alchemie
Jaffé, Aniela
1969Dutch
L'Alchimiste du nouvel âge
André Karquel
1960French
L'Alquímia catalana
Ignasi Puig Alemán
2017Catalan
L'alchimia
Eugène Canseliet
1985Italian
L'alchimia svelata
Louis Figuier
1988Italian
L'alchimie
Lucien Gérardin
1972French
L'alchimie au moyen âge
Wilhelm Ganzenmueller
1974French
L'alchimie moderne
Théophile Moreux
1924French
L'art de faire de l'or
Cyprien-Théodore Tiffereau
1894French
L'art metallique des anciens, ou L'or artificiel
Jean Mavéric
1982French
L'atheisme folie dangereuse
1753French
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