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
Divine Magic
Doreen Virtue
2006
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A history of magic and experimental science
Lynn Thorndike
1923
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English Translation of Preparation of Drinkable Gold — Marcus Eugenius Bonacina
Marcus Eugenius Bonacina, Source Library, Google Gemini
2026
Hermetica
Timothy Freke, Peter Gandy
1998
Labyrinths
Jorge Luis Borges
1962
Radikaler Pietismus, Alchemie und Freidenkerei 1729-1741
Vera Faßhauer, Martin Mulsow
2026German
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The life of Philippus Theophrastus Bombast of Hohenheim
Franz Hartmann
1887
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English Translation of Flamel — Book of Hieroglyphic Figures & Abraham le Juif
Nicolas Flamel, Source Library, Google Gemini
2026
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English Translation of Hugh of Santalla, Geomancy (Arabic divination)
Hugh of Santalla, Source Library, Google Gemini
2026
Esotérisme
Luc Benoist
1988
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English Translation of Alchemy
Andreas Libavius, Source Library, Google Gemini
2026
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English Translation of Sendivogius — Book of Saturn, 18th-Century German MS
Michael Sendivogius, Source Library, Google Gemini
2026
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English Translation of Picatrix (Ghāyat al-Ḥakīm)
al-Majriti, Source Library, Google Gemini
2026
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English Translation of Books of Alchemy
Geber, Source Library, Google Gemini
2026
Alchemy Of Stones
Robert Simmons
2020
Esoteric Secrets Of Surrealism
Patrick Lepetit
2014
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Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques
Ian H. Witten, Eibe Frank, Mark A. Hall
2011
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English Translation of Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, Ms. Rh. 172
Pseudo-Thomas Aquinas, Source Library, Google Gemini
2026
Fortress of the Soul
Neil Kamil
2005
Practical Alchemy
Cotnoir Brian
2021
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The Occult Imagination in Britain, 1875–1947
Caroline Tully
2017
The Routledge Handbook of Religion and the Body
Yudit Kornberg Greenberg, George Pati
2023
Agony & Alchemy
M. Young Foreword by Robert Beer
2005
Alchemy Of Transformation
Lee Lozowick
1996