Tradition 04 of 33
Alchemy and Hermeticism
Alchemy, Hermetic philosophy, Hermetica, and spiritual or laboratory transformation traditions.
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- Books
- 4,074
- Earliest
- 1 CE
- to 2026
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- 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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Three books of occult philosophy
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim
1651
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Einfältige vnd kurtze Antwort vber die aussgegangene Fame vnd Confession der Christlichen hocherleuchteten Brüderschafft des löblichen Ordens vom Rosen Creutz
1615German
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Bennet, John
1806
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Commentarii in Hippocratis Aphorismos septem sectionibus concinnatos, Samuelis Bave Coloniensis, medicinae candidatj anno 1624
Hippocrates
1624Latin
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De mineralibus
Joannes Guidus
1625Latin
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Mellon MS 31, A collection of his alchemical writings, with some additional related matter by others
Christopher of Paris
1540Italian
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Roman de la Rose
Guillaume de Lorris, Jean de Meun
1493
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Vorläufige Darstellung des heutigen Jesuitismus, der Rosenkreuzerey, Proselytenmacherey und Religionsvereinigung
1786German
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Arcana arcanorum
Johannes de Sole
1675German
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Candida Phoenix philosophica, oder auffrichtige Beschreibung der Materiae Lapidis und des Mercurri Philosophorum, durch die Gleich und Geheimnuss des Regenwassers. Vorbenebenst zugleich die ver Principia der hermetischen Philosophiae getreulich deut- und klärlich, wie auch die Operationes gedachter Materiae und des Subjecti Artis sattsam angezeigt und vorgetragen werden
1680German
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A Storehouse Of Physicall And Philosophicall Secrets
Paracelsus
1633
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Geheimnisse einiger Philosophen und Adepten, aus der Verlassenschaft eines alten Mannes. Erster Theil
1780German
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[Alchemical compilation]
Robert Fludd, Ramon Llull, Basil Valentine
1750
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Chymical processes of the Duke of Buckingham
George Villiers Buckingham
1750
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Secrets Revealed Philalethes
Eirenaeus Philalethes
1669
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[Alchemical miscellany]
Arnaldus de Villanova, the African Constantine, Geber, Johan Isaäc Hollandus, Ramon Llull, Guido de Montanor, George Ripley
1582
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Alchemical compendium
Ḥusaynī, Ibrāhīm, active 15th century حسيني، ابراهيم،
1499Arabic
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Chapter 5 Mercury Tonics (Rasāyana) in Sanskrit Medical Literature
Dagmar Wujastyk
2016
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Mellon MS 12, A collection of alchemical texts attributed to Lull, with some additional matter
Ramon Llull
1450Latin
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Secrets relative to arts and trades
1750
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The sceptical chymist; or, Chymico-physical doubts & paradoxes
Robert Boyle
1661
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De re metallica, hoc est de origine, uarietate, et natura corporum metallicorum, lapidum, gemmarum, atque aliarum, quae ex fodinis eruuntur, rerum, ad medicinae usum deseruientium, libri III
Christoph Entzelt
1551Latin
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Hermetic Philosophy McDonald 1890
Jonathan S. McDonald
1890
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Summary of the Rosary
Arnold de Villa Nova, Giano Lacinio
1546