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
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
Metaphysische, experimentelle und utilitaristische Traditionen in der Antimonliteratur zur Zeit der "wissenschaflichen Revolution" [1520-1820]
Hermann Fischer
1988French
Mineralisches ABC, Oder vier und zwantzig chymische Theses : von der Geburt, denen Principiis, Unterschied, Vermischung, und Auflösung deren Mineralien, Metallen, und übrigen Unterirdischen Dingen
Joh. Joachim Bechers
1723German
Miraculum mundi, sive plena perfectaque descriptio admirabilis naturæ, ac proprietatis potentissimi subiecti
Johann Rudolf Glauber
1658Latin
Mistrz Twardowski
Antoni Czubryński
1930Polish
Moderante auxilio redemptoris supremi Kirani Kiranides
Kiranus King of Persia
1638Latin
Musaeum hermeticum, reformatum et umplificatum, omues sopho-spagyricae artis discipulos fidelissime erudiens, quo paeto summa illa veraque lapidis philosophici medicina, qua res omnes qualemcunque defectum patientes instaurantur, inveniri et haberi qucat
1749Latin
Mysteria physico-medica
Kiranus King of Persia
1681Latin
Nauki tajemne w Polsce w dobie odrodzenia
Roman Bugaj
1976Polish
Neu-auffgehende Chymische Sonne, samt ihrem Glantz und Schein
Christian Friedrich von Steinbergen
1740German
Neun und siebentzig grosse und sonderbahre Wunder
1725German
Novum lumen chymicum
Johann Rudolf Glauber
1664Latin