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Alchemy & Mysticism (Paperback)
by (shelved 129 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.25 — 2,181 ratings — published 1996
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 101 times as alchemy)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,721,186 ratings — published 1988
A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1)
by (shelved 89 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.02 — 568,438 ratings — published 2011
Psychology and Alchemy (Collected Works 12)
by (shelved 79 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.32 — 2,586 ratings — published 1944
Alchemy: An Introduction to the Symbolism and the Psychology (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.37 — 881 ratings — published 1981
Real Alchemy: A Primer of Practical Alchemy (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.13 — 405 ratings — published 2006
The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #1)
by (shelved 61 times as alchemy)
avg rating 3.87 — 169,174 ratings — published 2007
The Forge and the Crucible: The Origins and Structure of Alchemy (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.15 — 819 ratings — published 1956
The Alchemist's Handbook (Manual for Practical Laboratory Alchemy)
by (shelved 48 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.03 — 210 ratings — published 1960
Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.30 — 34,140 ratings — published 2019
The Secrets of Alchemy (Synthesis)
by (shelved 44 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.11 — 527 ratings — published 2012
Alchemy: Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.25 — 248 ratings — published 1960
Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.23 — 17,976 ratings — published 1912
Mysterium Coniunctionis (Collected Works 14)
by (shelved 36 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.56 — 482 ratings — published 1956
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.54 — 196,933 ratings — published 2002
The Emerald Tablet: Alchemy for Personal Transformation (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.17 — 366 ratings — published 1999
Alchemised (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.30 — 340,154 ratings — published 2025
Alchemical Studies (Collected Works 13)
by (shelved 29 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.46 — 389 ratings — published 1966
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 29 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,046,037 ratings — published 1998
Le Mystère des Cathédrales (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as alchemy)
avg rating 3.91 — 647 ratings — published 1926
The Magician (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #2)
by (shelved 28 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.10 — 102,258 ratings — published 2008
Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.30 — 991,511 ratings — published 2024
Middlegame (Alchemical Journeys, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.00 — 32,589 ratings — published 2019
The Accidental Alchemist (Accidental Alchemist Mystery #1)
by (shelved 25 times as alchemy)
avg rating 3.81 — 9,304 ratings — published 2015
Splendor Solis: The World's Most Famous Alchemical Manuscript (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 25 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.35 — 104 ratings — published 1582
The Alchemy Reader: From Hermes Trismegistus to Isaac Newton (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.00 — 56 ratings — published 2003
Shadow of Night (All Souls, #2)
by (shelved 24 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.08 — 277,396 ratings — published 2012
Anatomy of the Psyche: Alchemical Symbolism in Psychotherapy (Reality of the Psyche)
by (shelved 24 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.55 — 343 ratings — published 1985
The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as alchemy)
avg rating 3.91 — 729 ratings — published 1616
The Hermetic Tradition: Symbols and Teachings of the Royal Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.14 — 594 ratings — published 1931
The Iron Witch (The Iron Witch, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as alchemy)
avg rating 3.45 — 9,825 ratings — published 2011
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Alchemy: The Magic and Mystery of the Ancient Craft Revealed for Today (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.18 — 236 ratings — published 2008
The Path of Alchemy: Energetic Healing and the World of Natural Magic (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.07 — 190 ratings — published 2006
This Dark Endeavor (The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as alchemy)
avg rating 3.82 — 12,116 ratings — published 2011
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane (The Physick Book, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as alchemy)
avg rating 3.73 — 59,395 ratings — published 2009
Alchemical Active Imagination (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.31 — 304 ratings — published 1979
Jung and the Alchemical Imagination (The Jung on the Hudson Book series)
by (shelved 21 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.33 — 210 ratings — published 2000
The Apothecary (The Apothecary, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.07 — 15,463 ratings — published 2011
The Black Sun: The Alchemy and Art of Darkness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.15 — 253 ratings — published
On Becoming an Alchemist: A Guide for the Modern Magician (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.27 — 294 ratings — published 2008
Liesl & Po (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as alchemy)
avg rating 3.84 — 10,453 ratings — published 2011
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,741,063 ratings — published 1997
![The Hermetic And Alchemical Writings Of Paracelsus [2-in-1]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348143859l/896381._SX50_.jpg)
The Hermetic And Alchemical Writings Of Paracelsus [2-in-1] (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.16 — 64 ratings — published 1894
The Book of Life (All Souls, #3)
by (shelved 18 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.21 — 223,970 ratings — published 2014
Hermetica: The Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,057 ratings — published -300
Michael Maier's Atalanta Fugiens: Sources of an Alchemical Book of Emblems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.44 — 88 ratings — published 1617
The Book of Alchemy: Learn the Secrets of the Alchemists to Transform Mind, Body, and Soul (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as alchemy)
avg rating 3.56 — 100 ratings — published 2002
Bloodlines (Bloodlines, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.20 — 192,111 ratings — published 2011
The Necromancer (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #4)
by (shelved 18 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.13 — 71,280 ratings — published 2010
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as alchemy)
avg rating 4.01 — 147,435 ratings — published 2017
“An old alchemist gave the following consolation to one of his disciples: “No matter how isolated you are and how lonely you feel, if you do your work truly and conscientiously, unknown friends will come and seek you.”
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“Photography is essentially an act of recognition by street photographers, not an act of invention. Photographers might respond to an old man’s face, or an Arbus freak, or the way light hits a building—and then they move on. Whereas in all the other art forms, take William Blake, everything that came to that paper never existed before. It’s the idea of alchemy, of making something from nothing.”
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