Tradition 01 of 35
Occultism and esotericism
General occult sciences, esoteric traditions, hidden knowledge, and surveys of the supernatural.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 2,566
- Earliest
- 1200
- to 2026
- Read free
- 44%
- 1,133 with public full text
- With covers
- 53%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match2,037
- Metadata match478
- Query match41
- Source classification (retained through merging)10
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
- occultism1.1K
- History323
- Early works to 1800270
- Philosophy227
- Magic214
- Social Sciences204
- Early works to 1900190
- Arts and Humanities175
- Occultisme140
- Spiritualism138
- Supernatural136
- Art133
- Alchemy130
- Occult sciences129
- Okkultismus122
- Fiction114
- Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices112
- Astrology111
- Occult104
- Medicine101
- Parapsychology98
- Theosophy94
- psychology93
- Mysticism92
Top languages
- English1,428 · 56%
- French260 · 10%
- German204 · 8%
- Latin169 · 7%
- Italian71 · 3%
Notable authors
All authors- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim28 in this tradition49 books
- Paracelsus24 in this tradition294 books
- Joanna Southcott23 in this tradition53 books
- Trismegistus Hermes18 in this tradition90 books
- Levinus Lemnius17 in this tradition34 books
- Aleister Crowley15 in this tradition30 books
- Papus15 in this tradition24 books
- Amelia Febriany14 in this tradition25 books
- Arthur Edward Waite13 in this tradition58 books
- Éliphas Lévi13 in this tradition28 books
- Iamblichus12 in this tradition21 books
- David Spangler11 books
2,566 books
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The long lost friend
Johann Georg Hohman
1820
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The Vampyre
John William Polidori, John Polidori, George Gordon Byron Byron, John Mitford
1819
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Apparitions and thought-transference: An Examination of the Evidence of Telepathy
Frank Podmore
1894
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Demonology and devil-lore
Moncure Daniel Conway
1879
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Elizabethan demonology
Thomas Alfred Spalding
1880
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History of Witchcraft
Montague Summers, Richard Turnbull Clark
1926
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Letters on demonology and witchcraft
Walter Scott, Henry Morley, George Cruikshank, James Ballantyne and Co. bkp CU-BANC
1830
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Mystic London; or, Phases of occult life in the Metropolis
Charles Maurice Davies
1875
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On miracles and modern spiritualism
Alfred Russel Wallace
1875
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Psychology as a natural science applied to the solution of occult psychic phenomena
Charles Godlove Raue, Harry Houdini Collection DLC, Harry Houdini Collection, Andrew Lang
1889
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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
Andrew Lang, Traugott Konstantin Oesterreich
1897
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The philosophy of mystery
Walter Cooper Dendy, Harry Houdini Collection DLC
1841
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The prophecies of the Brahan seer (Coinneach Odhar Fiosaiche)
Alexander Mackenzie, Alexander Macgregor, Kenneth Mackenzie, Coinneach Odhar
1882
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The secret teachings of all ages
Manly Palmer Hall, J. Augustus Knapp
1928
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Theosophy
Henry Steel Olcott
1885
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Witch, warlock, and magician
W. H. Davenport Adams
1889
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Memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds
Charles Mackay
1800
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Iamblichus on the mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians
Iamblichus, Porphyry, Thomas Taylor, Iamblichus, approximately 250-approximately 330|* Iamblichus, approximately 250-approximately 330 Iamblichus, approximately 250-approximately 330. De mysteriis. English Iamblichus, Emma C. Clarke, John M. Dillon, N. Festa Iamblichus, Édouard Des Places
1497
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Occult science in medicine
Franz Hartmann
1893
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Malleus Maleficarum
Heinrich Institoris, Jakob Sprenger, Heinrich Kramer
1486Latin
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Le magnétisme animal
Alfred Binet, Charles Féré, Charles Samson Féré, Serge Nicolas, Paul Richer, Bernard Andrieu, Christine Clozza
1887French
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The Occult World
Alfred Percy Sinnett, Harry Houdini Collection
1881
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The magus, or celestial intelligencer; being a complete system of occult philosophy. In three books: containing the antient and modern practice of the cabalistic art, natural and celestial magic, &c. ...
Francis Barrett, Francis. n 87131016 Barrett, Johannes Trithemius, Francis F.R.C. Barrett, University of Glasgow. Library
1801
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The Illustrated Key To The Tarot
Lauron William de Laurence, Pamela Colman Smith
1916