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
Opus aureum
de Villa Nova Arnoldus
1604NOT
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Opus chirurgicum
Paracelsus
1564German
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Opus vegetabile
Johan Isaac Hollandus
1659NOT
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Opusculum Raimundinum de auditu Kabbalistico
Raimundus Lullus
1601NOT
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Opvs Chyrvrgicvm, Des Weitberumbten Hochgelehrten vnd Erfarnen Aureoli Theophrasti Paracelsi Medici [et]c. Wund vnd Artzney Buch
Paracelsus
1565German
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Orphei seu Mercurii ter maximi prognostica a terrae motibus
Fiktive Gestalt Orpheus
1586French
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Orpheus antiquissimus et optimus poeta, Philosophus Trismegistus de Lapidibus
Fiktive Gestalt Orpheus
1578NOT
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Osiandrische Experiment von Sole, Luna et Mercuria
Johann Ulrich Resch
1659NOT
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Osvaldi Crollii Veterani Hassi Basilica Chymica
Oswald Croll
1609Latin
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Osvaldi Crollii Vett: Basilica Chymica oder Alchymistisch Königlich Kleynod
Oswald Croll
1629German
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Osvvaldi Crollii Basilica Chymica
Oswald Croll
1634Latin
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Oswaldi Crollii Basilica Chymica
Oswald Croll
1658Latin
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Otium Friedrichstadiense seu Tantalus chemicus
Johann Ludwig Hannemann
1717NOT
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Ottonis Tachenii Antiquissimae hippocraticae medicinae Clavis, manuali experientia in naturae fontibus elaborata
Otto Tachenius
1669NOT
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Ovum Hermetico-Paracelsico-Trismegistum
Johann Ludwig Hannemann
1694Latin
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Palladis Chymicae Arcana Detecta, Siue Mineralogia Naturalis, & Artificialis
Johannes Baptista Marengus
1678Latin
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Palladium Spagyricum Petri Ioannis Fabri, Doctoris Medici, Monspeliensis Philochymici Castronovodarensis
Pierre Jean Fabre
1632Latin
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Panacea Mirabilis, Corrigendi potissimum vitiosi Sanguinis, Seu Quinta Essentia Auri, Rarae Virtutis
Georg Ferdinand von Pernauer
1679Latin
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Panaceae Hermeticae, Seu Medicinae Universalis Assertio Ac Defensio Galeno-Chymica
Johann Gerhard
1640Latin
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Pandora
Hieronymus Reusner
1598NOT
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Pandora, das ist die edelste Gab Gottes
Hieronymus Reusner
1582NOT
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Pandora: Das ist, Die edlest Gab Gottes, oder der werde und heilsame Stein der Weysen
Hieronymus Reusner
1588NOT
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Paracelsus
Heinrich Escher
1838NOT
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Paracelsus
Theodor Curti
1894NOT