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
Era
Theatrvm chemicvm, praecipvos selectorvm avctorvm tractatvs de chemiae et lapidis philosophici
1602Latin
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