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
- Read free
Lapis Lydius Philosophico-Pyrotechnicus
Johann Samuel Carl
1704Latin
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Lapis Metaphysicus, Aut Philosophicus
Gerhard Dorn
1570NOT
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Lavrentii Ventvrae Veneti, Artivm Et Medicinae Doct. De Ratione conficiendi Lapidis philosophici, liber Vnus
Lorenzo Ventura
1571Latin
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Le Messager De La Verité Traité
J. B. D. F. Y. C
1723French
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Le Pimandre
Trismegistus Hermes
1579NOT
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Le grand esclairissement de la pièrre philosophale pour la transmultation de tous les metaux
Flamel N.
1628French
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Lehrbuch der allgemeinen und medicinischen Chymie . 1
Joseph Franz von Jacquin
1803German
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Lehrbuch der allgemeinen und medicinischen Chymie . 2
Joseph Franz von Jacquin
1803German
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Les Admirables Secrets D'Albert Le Grand, Contenant Plusieurs Traittez sur la Conception des Femmes, & les Vertus des Herbes, des Pierres precieuses, & des Animaux
Magnus Albertus
1707French
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Les Secrets les plus cachés de la Philosophie des anciens découverts et expliqués
Francesco Maria Pompeo Colonna
1722NOT
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Letztes Testament, Fr. Basilii Valentini Benedictiner Ordens
Valentinus Basilius
1651German
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Lexicon Alchemiae Sive Dictionarivm Alchemisticvm
Martin Ruland
1612Latin
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Leçons De Chymie
Peter Shaw
1759French
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Leçons de chymie de l'université de Montpellier
Antoine Fizes
1750French
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Libelli aliquot chemici
Raimundus Lullus
1600NOT
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Libellus de dentibus
Bartolomeo Eustachi
1563NOT
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Libellus de urinarum ac pulsuum iudiciis
Paracelsus
1568NOT
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Liber Mineralium Domini Alberti Magni, Alemanni, ex Laugingen oriundus
Magnus Albertus
1518Latin
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Liber Sermonum in Antichristos Et Pseudoprophetas Veteris & Novi Testamenti. Das ist: Ein Büchlein wider die Antichristen, Falsche Propheten unnd Lehrer so wohl altes als newes Testaments Philippi Theophrasti Paracelsi, ab Hohenheim
Paracelsus
1619NOT
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Liber de priscorum philosophorum verae medicinae materia praeparationis modo
Joseph Du Chesne
1603NOT
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Liber quadripartiti Ptholemei
Claudius Ptolemaeus
1493Latin
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Liber qui Codicillus seu Vademecum inscribitur
Raimundus Lullus
1563Latin
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Libri Duo, Aureoli Theophrasti Paracelsi, utriusq[ue] medicine Doct. praestantiss
Paracelsus
1566NOT
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Libri II de Causa et origine morborum
Paracelsus
1566German