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Baghdad

The historic capital of the Abbasid Caliphate and a major center of learning during the Islamic Golden Age, where Greek philosophical and scientific texts were translated into Arabic. It served as a vital conduit for the transmission of Hermetic and alchemical knowledge to the West.

8 books · 169 mentions

The Great Art of Light and ShadowBodleian Library MS. Arab. c. 90+1 more

Bird of Hermes

8 books · 161 mentions

Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum
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Lehigh Codex (15th c. Naples Alchemical MS)
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Bristol

8 books · 142 mentions

Theatrum Chemicum BritannicumWorks of Jacob Behmen (William Law Edition, 4 vols)+1 more

Belshazzar

The last king of Babylon according to the Book of Daniel, famous for the divine omen of his downfall known as the 'writing on the wall'.

8 books · 141 mentions

Telescope of Zoroaster, or the key to the great divinatory cabala of the magiA Christian and Heavenly Treatise: Containing Medicine for the Soul+1 more

Bellerophon

A Greek hero known for taming Pegasus and defeating the Chimera, often used in Renaissance literature as an emblem of human ambition.

8 books · 111 mentions

Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (1499 Aldine)Alciato: Emblemata (1548 Lyon)+1 more

Botany

8 books · 110 mentions

De simplicibus medicamentis ex Occidentali India delatisCommentarii in libros sex Pedacii Dioscoridis de medica materia+1 more

Bitumen

A naturally occurring petroleum substance used since antiquity for medicinal purposes and as a key ingredient in early modern mineralogical studies.

8 books · 72 mentions

Ten Books on ArchitectureParacelsus: Complete Works (Latin)+1 more

Bramante

7 books · 288 mentions

Palladio: Quattro Libri (1616 Venice)Lomazzo: Trattato (1584 Milan)+1 more

Bright Fortnight (Shukla Paksha)

7 books · 203 mentions

Jataka BharnamDaivajnavallabha+1 more

Beersheba

7 books · 178 mentions

The Book of BrightnessOedipus Aegyptiacus Volume I (1652)+1 more

Barbary

A historical term for the North African coast, frequently cited in early modern texts regarding trade, piracy, and the transmission of Arabic knowledge.

7 books · 171 mentions

Musaeum Hermeticum (1677 Edition)Stanze, Orfeo, and Poems+1 more

Butter of Antimony

7 books · 153 mentions

Miracula chymico-medica (with Sendivogius Novum Lumen)Basilica Chymica (BSB/Hartmann edition)+1 more

Bernard of Treviso

7 books · 142 mentions

Sendivogius: Novum Lumen Chymicum (1611)Miracula chymico-medica (with Sendivogius Novum Lumen)+1 more

Blois

7 books · 134 mentions

Sylva Sylvarum (Latin edition)Oeuvres de Descartes Vol. VI (La Géométrie)+1 more

Balsam of life

7 books · 129 mentions

A Christian and Heavenly Treatise: Containing Medicine for the SoulTriumphant Chariot of Antimony+1 more

Bruges

7 books · 125 mentions

Divine Comedy with Landino Commentary (1487 Incunabulum)More: Utopia (1685 Burnet Translation)+1 more

Beatitudes

7 books · 123 mentions

Declaration on the 13th Chapter of the ApocalypseSepher Maphteah Shelomo (Book of the Key of Solomon)+1 more

Berenice

7 books · 107 mentions

On the Revolutions of the Celestial SpheresDe Revolutionibus (1543 First Edition)+1 more

Bain-Marie

7 books · 102 mentions

Cardano: De Subtilitate (1550)Anatomiae Amphitheatrum+1 more

Bordeaux

7 books · 85 mentions

Landino: Dante Commentary (1481 Florence)Mytho-hermetisches Archiv. Ein periodisches Werk+1 more

Black bile

7 books · 84 mentions

Pico della Mirandola: Opera (1496)Picatrix (Ghayat al-Hakim)+1 more

Batavia

7 books · 80 mentions

Alchymia Triumphans: Defense of Alchemy Against the Parisian FacultyHortus Indicus Malabaricus Vol. 1+1 more

Bethany

6 books · 245 mentions

Horus or Astrognostic Final JudgmentGreek New Testament (Tischendorf Critical Edition)+1 more

Baruch Spinoza

6 books · 184 mentions

Ethic Demonstrated in Geometrical Order (White Translation)Tractatus Theologico-Politicus+1 more

Badarayana

6 books · 183 mentions

Brihat SamhitaBrihat Jataka with Bhattotpala Commentary+1 more

Brittany

A cultural and historical region in northwest France, known in esoteric lore for its Celtic heritage and as a site of various legendary and mystical traditions.

6 books · 135 mentions

Three Books of Occult PhilosophyOeuvres de Descartes Vol. I (Correspondance)+1 more

Burning mirror

6 books · 132 mentions

Magia Naturalis Libri XX (1607)The Great Art of Light and Shadow+1 more

Basilisk

A legendary reptile reputed to be the king of serpents and said to have the power to cause death with a single glance. In alchemical symbolism, it sometimes represents the destructive or poisonous aspect of the prima materia before its purification.

6 books · 129 mentions

Paracelsus: Complete Works (Latin)New Light of Alchemy (with Paracelsus)+1 more

Brandenburg

6 books · 112 mentions

Historical-Theological Considerations of Remarkable TruthsA new and accurate edition of Comenius's Vestibulum. So adorned with the consent of the distinguished philosophical faculty in the royal academy that a Polish translation by the reverend, excellent, and most learned man, Mr. Christoph Liebruder, pastor of the Polish Church in Königsberg, has been added through his care and labor; and through the diligence of the rectors of the Königsberg schools, all the themes are added to the text opposite their primary attributes.+1 more

Bavarian State Library

6 books · 108 mentions

Historia Coelestis Britannica Vol. 2Natural Magic, or On the Miracles of Natural Things+1 more

Battlefield

6 books · 104 mentions

Ar-Lamechs von Sirap der Suendflut entrissene GesaengePrasna Marga+1 more

Beatitude

6 books · 102 mentions

Polygraphie (1561 French)Plato: Complete Works (Ficino Translation)+1 more

Body of Christ

6 books · 98 mentions

Origen Philocalia (Greek)Vera Christiana Religio+1 more

Bowels of the earth

6 books · 95 mentions

Lehigh Codex (15th c. Naples Alchemical MS)Miracula chymico-medica (with Sendivogius Novum Lumen)+1 more

Binah (Understanding)

6 books · 92 mentions

Cabalistarum Selectiora DogmataRecueil de traités de Kabbale (Hebrew Manuscript)+1 more

Bharadvaja

6 books · 92 mentions

Muhurta MartandaMuhurta Darpana+1 more

Berosus

6 books · 90 mentions

On the Ancient Hermetic Medicine of the Egyptians and the New Medicine of the ParacelsiansDe nobilitate et praecellentia foeminei sexus+1 more

Benefic and Malefic planets

6 books · 85 mentions

Brihat Jataka with Bhattotpala CommentaryBrihat Muhurta Sindhu+1 more

Burning mirrors

6 books · 79 mentions

Magia Naturalis Libri XX (1607)The Great Art of Light and Shadow+1 more

Bergamo

6 books · 70 mentions

Cardano: De Subtilitate (1550)Stanze, Orfeo, and Poems+1 more

Borysthenes

6 books · 69 mentions

Lives and Opinions of Eminent PhilosophersOn the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres+1 more

Blank Slate (Tabula Rasa)

6 books · 68 mentions

Harmonices Mundi (1619 First Edition)The Complete Works of Marsilio Ficino+1 more

Barcelona

6 books · 67 mentions

The universal wisdom of Raymundo LullioThe Ecstatic Journey: A Voyage Through the Celestial Realms+1 more

Bosom of Abraham

6 books · 62 mentions

Landino: Dante Commentary (1481 Florence)Pseudo-Dionysius: Opera (1516)+1 more

Being (Ens)

6 books · 51 mentions

Pico della Mirandola: Opera (1496)Ioannis Pici Mirandulae Omnia Opera+1 more

Bharata

5 books · 165 mentions

DattilamSangita Ratnakara (Ocean of Music)+1 more

Barnabas

An early Christian missionary and companion of Paul the Apostle, to whom several apocryphal works, such as the Epistle of Barnabas, were attributed in early modern scholarship.

5 books · 143 mentions

The Latin Works of Giordano BrunoThe Complete Works of Marsilio Ficino+1 more

Bhāskara

5 books · 128 mentions

Graha Laghava with Vishvanatha CommentaryLaghumanasa with Paramesvara Vyakhya+1 more

Balsam of Life

5 books · 118 mentions

Raphael oder Artzt-EngelPhilosophisch güldene Quelle der Natur und Kunst+1 more

Binomial

5 books · 101 mentions

Harmonices Mundi (1619 First Edition)Euclid: Elementa (1482 Ratdolt)+1 more

Bozrah

5 books · 99 mentions

Vera Christiana ReligioBiblia Hebraica: Hebrew Bible with Critical Annotations+1 more

Balsam of Nature

5 books · 89 mentions

Paracelsus: Complete Works (Latin)Philosophy Reformed: Four Profound Tractates+1 more

Bartolus

5 books · 89 mentions

Reg.lat.1278Decretals with Glossa Ordinaria - Medieval Canon Law Manuscript+1 more

Burning water (Aqua Vitae)

5 books · 84 mentions

Turba Philosophorum (1572 Basel)Cardano: De Subtilitate (1550)+1 more

Bernard of Clairvaux

5 books · 82 mentions

Cusanus: De Vera Sapientia (1486-1488)Ioannis Pici Mirandulae Omnia Opera+1 more

Bethulia

5 books · 79 mentions

Petrarch: Sonnets with Commentary (1519)Commentary on Dante (1481 incunabulum)+1 more

Bhadra

5 books · 76 mentions

Bhrigu Samhita Kundali KhandaHora Chakram+1 more

Blind-tooling

5 books · 75 mentions

Magia Naturalis Libri XX (1607)Conciliator Differentiarum Philosophorum et Medicorum+1 more

Barbados

5 books · 75 mentions

Aula Lucis, or The House of LightLectures de Potentia Restitutiva, or of Spring+1 more

Benefic planets

5 books · 74 mentions

TetrabiblosBrhadyogayatra of Varahamihira+1 more