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

The alchemist's handbook
Frater Albertus, Albert Riedel
1974
Brill's Companion to the Reception of Galen
Petros Bouras-Vallianatos, Barbara Zipser
2019
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Recueil précieux de la maçonnerie adonhiramite ..
Louis Guillemain de Saint-Victor
1783French
Soulless Matter, Seats of Energy
Thomas W.P Dähnhardt, Fabrizio M Ferrari
2016
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Histoire de l'alchimie. XIVe siècle. Nicolas Flamel, sa vie, ses fondations, ses oeuvres. Suivi de la réimpression du Livre des figures hiéroglyphiques [de N. Flamel] et de la lettre de Dom Pernety à l'abbé Villain [avec la réponse de ce dernier]. Série 2
Antoine-Joseph Pernety, Étienne-François Villain
1893French

Gnomon
Nick Harkaway
2018

Science and specters at Salem
Matt Goldish
2025

The secret tradition in alchemy
Arthur Edward Waite
1926

Alchemists through the ages
Arthur Edward Waite
1970

Alchemy Rediscovered and Restored
Archibald Cockren
1940
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L'or et la transmutation des métaux
Adolphe Franck, Gustave Itasse, Théodore Tiffereau
1889French

Alchemy
Stanislas Klossowski de Rola
1973
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English Translation of The Art of Gold-making
Morienus, Source Library, Google Gemini
2026
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Von der hermetischenn philosophia das ist vom Gebenedeiten Stain der Weisen. Der hocherfahrnen und fürtreflichen Philosophen Herren Bernhardi Grauen von der Marck und Tervis ein Buch. Item Dicta Alani, darinn alles hell und klar an tag geben wirdt ex libris Doctoris Henrici Vuolffii. Jetz von vewem widerumb mit fleiss Corigirt und ubersehen
Alain de Lille, Bernard le Trévisan
1582German
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English Translation of The Compass of the Wise
Augustin Anton Pocquieres de Jolyfief, Source Library, Google Gemini
2026
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Miscellany (Grammar/Dictamen, Alchemy, Medicine)
ab Insulis Alanus, de Gordon Bernard, Richard de Bury, de Aragonia Guillelmus, de Rupescissa Johannes, Lemovicensis Johannes, John of Burgoyne, de Aquilegia Laurentius, Ramon Llull, Thomas Merke, medical writer Richard the Englishman, John Sawtry
1425Latin
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A collection of magical and other treatises ascribed mainly to Hermes Trismegistus
Trismegistus Hermes
1300Arabic
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Cinq traités d'alchimie des plus grands philosophes
1890French
Aleister Crowley and Western esotericism
Henrik Bogdan, Martin P. Starr, Wouter J. Hanegraaff
2012
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Lexicon alchemiae
Martin Ruland
1612Latin
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Chymie expérimentale et raisonnée. Tome 1
Antoine Baumé
1773French
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Das buoch geberi Des hoch berümpten Phylosophy vonn der verborgenheyt der Alchimia, kürtzlich in dreyer bücher getheylt, und geschiklicher weiß eroffnet, dise kunst wie sye zu er ergründenn oder zu fynden sy. Auch dreyen hoch verstenlichen wörterenn dise loblich kunst auß trukende. Auch ein epistel des Keysers Alexandri, der erst erfarende, in Gretia Macedonia unnd Persia regniert hat
Ǧābir ibn Ḥayyān ibn ʿAbd Allâh al-Kūfī al-Ṣūfī
1530German
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Traicté des venims ["sic"] de Pierre d'Abano, dict Conciliateur , auquel a esté adjousté la solution d'une très difficile question. Ensemble un traicté de Théophraste Paracelsus des vertus et propriétez merveilleuses des serpents, araignes, crapauds et cancres, avec la cure des taches ou signes tirez du ventre de la mère, de laquelle aucun par ci devant n'a faict encores mention. Le tout traduit de latin en françois par Lazare Boet
Paracelse, Petrus de Abano
1593FRM
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English Translation of On Stones — Albertus Magnus, Ramon Lull & Thomas Aquinas
Pseudo-Albertus Magnus, Ramon Lull, Thomas Aquinas, Source Library, Google Gemini
2026