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
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Historische Skizze der Alchemie ...
H. Wackenroder, University of Glasgow. Library
1838German
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Karl Arnold Kortum, der Arzneiwiss. Doktor und Arzt in Bochum
Karl Arnold Kortum, University of Glasgow. Library
1789German
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Les sept nuances de l'oeuvre philosophique-hermétique, suivies d'un traité sur la perfection des métaux mis sous l'avant-titre L.D.D.P.
Etteilla, University of Glasgow. Library
1785French
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Microscopium Basilii Valentini, sive commentariolum et cribrellum ©ơber den grossen Kreuzapfel der Welt [?], ein Euphoriston der ganzen Medicin, ex theoria et praxi Gravinii ... Ein Compendium der ganzen chymischen Scienz und Physica hermetica concentrata
Anton Joseph Kirchweger
1790
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Questione sull' alchimia
Benedetto Varchi, University of Glasgow. Library
1827Italian
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Scherzi degli spiriti animali dettati con l'occasione de l'oscurazione de l'anno 1605
Raffaello Gualterotti
1605Italian
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Taschenbuch f©ơr Alchemisten, Theosophen und Weisensteinforscher, die es sind und werden wollen
University of Glasgow. Library
1790German
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Th©♭ories & symboles des alchimistes
Albert Poisson, University of Glasgow. Library
1891French
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Ueber die Alchemie
Richard Félix Marchand, University of Glasgow. Library
1847German
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Versuch einer Charakteristik des Verh©Þltnisses der Alchemie zur Magie, Astrologie und verwandten ©Þhnlichen Wissenschaften, mit besonderer Ber©ơcksichtigung der alchemistischen Zeichen
Johann Rudolph Wild, University of Glasgow. Library
1841German
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Was ist die Alchemie?
University of Glasgow. Library
1786German
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Magie, oder, Die Zauberkräfte der Natur
Johann Samuel Halle, Harry Houdini Collection DLC, Pre-1801 Imprint Collection DLC, Duke University. Library. Jantz Collection. German Baroque Literature
1783German
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The Anatomy of the Body of God
Frater Achad
Date unknown
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The Black Pullet
Anonymous
Date unknown
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The Hymns of Hermes
George Robert Stowe Mead
Date unknown
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The Secret Doctrine, Volume III
H. P. Blavatsky
Date unknown
The secrets of alchemy
Lawrence Principe, Lawrence M. Principe
2012
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A Commentary on Plato’s Timaeus: Exploring the Origins of the Cosmos
Thomas Taylor
1828
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A Suggestive Inquiry Into the Hermetic Mystery
Walter Wynn Westcott
1886
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Of the great mysterie of antimonie
Alexander von Suchten
1600
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The practise of the new and old phisicke
Conrad Gessner
1599
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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: The White Stone; A Hermetic Alchemical Treatise
Anonymous
1620
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Van Helmonts Workes
Jean Baptiste van Helmont
1664
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A Dissertation on the Mysteries of the Eleusinian and Other Ancient Initiation Rites
Thomas Taylor
1811