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Alchemy Books

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Alchemy is a timeless spiritual and scientific tradition, merging the quest for inner transformation with the preparation of powerful natural remedies. The books featured here offer a rich exploration of this ancient art.
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General Alchemy

Books that are generally about alchemy and nothing else specifically.

 
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Great starter book if you're just getting into alchemy. Dennis Hauck is one the best out there.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Alchemy
 
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After you read The Idiot's Guide to…, you should read this one next.
The Emerald Tablet: Alchemy for Transformation
 
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Mark Stavish guides readers through both the philosophy and the practical techniques of alchemical transformation, focusing on spiritual growth and energetic healing. The text blends Hermetic philosophy, visualizations, and practical laboratory work ...
The Path of Alchemy: Energetic Healing
 
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A practical manual collecting ancient and classic alchemical formulas, this book gives step-by-step instructions for preparing a variety of spiritual and physical remedies. It is grounded in traditional Hermetic and alchemical philosophy, serving as ...
The Book of Formulas: Alchemical Formulas
 
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This book uses projective geometry and visualization exercises to explore deeper realities within the philosophy of alchemy and spagyric resonance. It offers meditative imagery and spiritual insight, blending art, metaphysics, and alchemical traditio...
Air Does What Warmth Ordains: Projective Ontology
 
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A reprint of a classic work, this volume provides instructions and philosophical context for true alchemical processes—distinguishing genuine preparations from spurious ones. With a focus on practical and medicinal alchemy, it offers invaluable infor...
The Alchemy Collection: Work of Johannes Weidenfeld
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A compendium of Urbigerus's influential writings, this book details alchemical methods for creating elixirs and medicines from metals and plants. It presents both the theory and detailed practice, especially as related to the “Grand Vegetable Elixir ...
The Alchemy Collection: The Works of Urbigerus
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History of Alchemy

 
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Exploring the life and doctrines of Paracelsus, this book covers his groundbreaking view that healing draws on balancing the microcosm (human) and macrocosm (nature). With a focus on spiritual insight and personal transformation, it highlights Parace...
Paracelsus: Alchemist-Physician & Inner Healing
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This collection offers a historical record and manual of laboratory and spiritual alchemy, much of it from the teachings of the Paracelsus College. Readers will find both philosophical perspectives and practical laboratory techniques relevant to the ...
The Parachemistry Collection by Dr. D.A. Schein
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A richly illustrated study of Khunrath, one of Hermetic philosophy's major figures, this volume examines his unique fusion of alchemy, magic, and Kabbalah. It analyzes Khunrath's famous engravings and explores the spiritual importance of combining my...
The Mage's Images: Heinrich Khunrath in His Oratory

Spagyrics

 
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Focused on the practice of plant alchemy, Hauck explains how to work with the living essence of plants. The book delves into laboratory techniques alongside spiritual insights, tying together the scientific and mystical aspects of spagyric work.
Spagyric Alchemy: Isolating Life Force in Plants
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A classic occult text, this book brings spagyric herbal medicine back to its Hermetic roots, featuring over 600 plants and dozens of recipes. It gives in-depth information on astral signatures, timing for harvests, and advanced alchemical techniques,...
Hermetic Herbalism: Art of Extracting Essences
 
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A structured course in the art of spagyric alchemy, this book offers lessons on theory, practice, and spiritual development in plant-based alchemy. It combines esoteric teachings and practical instructions, making it ideal for both beginners and seas...
Spagyrics: Practical Course Lessons 1-48
 
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An extension of Dubuis’s spagyric teachings, this volume dives deeply into mineral alchemy, providing lesson-based instruction on working with minerals in the laboratory and in spiritual practice. It connects the physical processes of transformation ...
Mineral Alchemy: A Practical Course, Lessons 1
 
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Offering practical steps for preparing tinctures and plant essences, this book demystifies herbal alchemy for beginners and enthusiasts. It covers methods for soothing the body, mind, and spirit using natural remedies, emphasizing the esoteric and sp...
By Mr. Scott Rauvers How to Make Tinctures
 
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This book is a straightforward manual for creating spagyric tinctures and herbal formulas, presenting time-tested natural healing techniques. The clear instructions are rooted in alchemical tradition, emphasizing holistic balance for mind, body, and ...
Official Guidebook: How to Make Tinctures & Alchemy
 
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A modern take on traditional spagyric medicine, this guide details how to create herbal remedies for detox, healing, and extended vitality. The author provides an accessible overview of the principles and spiritual philosophy behind spagyrics, making...
Alchemical Medicine: Spagyrics for Detox & Healing
 
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A comprehensive guide to preparing powerful plant extracts using traditional alchemical methods, this book reveals how spagyric processes unlock the full potential of medicinal plants. It connects alchemical, Hermetic, and Ayurvedic traditions, offer...
Spagyrics: Alchemical Preparation of Essences
 
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An accessible introduction to spagyric healing methods, this book explains how to use plant-based alchemical preparations for holistic wellness. It covers both the practical steps for creating medicines and the spiritual philosophy underlying true he...
A Guide to Spagyric Medicine: Alchemy of Healing
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This text is a foundational work on plant-based alchemical medicine, emphasizing the spiritual and energetic dimensions of herbal remedies. It explains how spagyric medicines act on physical, emotional, and spiritual levels to regenerate and harmoniz...
Spagyric Medicine: John Pharamund Rhumelius

Shamanic Work

 
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This book explores the intersection of shamanism and alchemy, focusing on using these paths for deep inner healing and spiritual awakening. It blends ancient wisdom and practical exercises to guide readers through personal transformation and the alch...
Shamanic Alchemy: Inner Transformation
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This book blends shamanic traditions and plant alchemy, showing how the spirit of plants can be accessed and used for healing and spiritual connection. Designed as a course text, it guides readers through experiential exercises to connect with plant ...
Call of the Sacred Drum: Shamanic Plant Alchemy