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
O alchymii a českých alchymistech
Otakar Zachar
1911Czech
Om muligheden af, ved chemisk Kunst at forvandle det ene Metal til det andet
Christian Henrik Biering
1839Danish
Opera chymiatrica, qvae hactenvs in lvcem prodiervnt omnia, a plvrimis, qvae in prioribus editionibus irrepserant, mendis vindicata, et selectissimis medicamentis aucta, inque vnum fasciculum collecta. Quorum catalogum versa indicabit pagina
Johannes Rhenanus
1635Latin
Opus aureum
Giovanni Francesco Pico della Mirandola
1979Italian
Opvscvle tres-excellent, de la vraye philosophie naturelle des metaulx, traictant de l'augmentation et perfection d'iceux, auec aduertissement d'euiter les folles despences qui se font ordinairement par faute de vraye science
Denis Zachaire, Bernard Trevisan
1574French
Polvere d'inferno
Peter Kolosimo
1988Italian
Praxis alchymiæ, hoc est, Doctrina de artificiosa præparatione præcipvorvm medicamentorum chymicorum
Andreas Libavius
1604Latin
Recherches sur les structures de la pensée alchimique, gestalten et leurs correspondances dans le conte du Graal de Chrétien de Troyes et l'influence de l'Espagne mozarabe de l'Ebre sur la pensée symbolique de l'oeuvre
Paulette Duval
1975French
Redevoering over het geloof in de alchemie en het misbruik daarvan
Hendrik Cornelis Dibbits
1895Dutch
Secreti diversi et miracolosi
Gabriele Falloppio, Borgaruccio Borgarucci
1578Italian
Sefer ha-tamar
Aflah Abu
1926German
Speculum astrologiae, hoc est, in scientiam genethliacam sive physicam iudiciariam introductio perspicua, qua ... vera ac legitime praesagiendi methodus statuitur, et quam multae in genethliaca Arabum doctrina vanitates lateant, ostenditur
Henricus à Lindhout, Gotthard Arthus
1608Latin
Tadbīr al-iksīr al-aʻẓam
Jābir ibn Ḥayyān, Pierre Lory, جابر بن حيان
1988Arabic
Tau meditatie en innerlijke alchemie
Jonker, taoïsme
1981Dutch
Thomae ReinesI ... Variarum lectionum libri III. priores
Thomas Reinesius
1640Latin
Théories & symboles des alchimistes
Albert Poisson
1969French
Tractatvs nobilis secvndvs omnibus medicinae studiosis utilissimus continens Apologiam, quæ maculam à D. Guilhelmo Bökelio ... hermeticae seu chemicae medicinae, temerè aspersam abstergit diluit, atque repurgat ; atq[ue] simul arguit
Peter Amelung, Guilhelmo Bökelio
1608Latin
Traité des trois essences premières ; Le trésor des trésor des alchimistes ; Discours de l'alchimie & autres écrits
Paracelsus
1981Italian
Traité de chymie, philosophique et hermetique, enrichi des opérations les plus curieuses de l'art
1725French
Uit de geschiedenis der alchemie
Albert Jacques Joseph Van de Velde
1942Dutch
Van alchemie tot industrie
Willem Marius Kruseman
1955Dutch
Von den dreyen Anfangen der Metallen
Johann Rudolf Glauber
1666German
Vray discours des interrogatoires faicts en la présence de Messieurs de la Cour du Parlement, par les docteurs regénts en la Faculté de medecine en l'Université de Paris
Roch Le Baillif, Paris Descartes University faculty of medicine
1579French
W laboratoriach współczesnej alchemii
Włodzimierz Kusch
1977Polish