Tradition 01 of 33
Occultism and esotericism
General occult sciences, esoteric traditions, hidden knowledge, and surveys of the supernatural.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 2,464
- Earliest
- 1200
- to 2026
- Read free
- 42%
- 1,032 with public full text
- With covers
- 54%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match1,943
- Metadata match471
- Query match41
- Source classification (retained through merging)9
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
- occultism1K
- History316
- Early works to 1800262
- Philosophy224
- Magic201
- Social Sciences200
- Arts and Humanities173
- Early works to 1900159
- Occultisme139
- Supernatural132
- Art131
- Spiritualism131
- Alchemy130
- Occult sciences129
- Okkultismus122
- Fiction112
- Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices112
- Astrology107
- Occult104
- Medicine101
- Psychology91
- Literature90
- Mysticism90
- Parapsychology89
Top languages
- English1,410 · 57%
- French255 · 10%
- German204 · 8%
- Latin168 · 7%
- Italian71 · 3%
Notable authors
All authors- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim27 in this tradition46 books
- Joanna Southcott23 in this tradition53 books
- Paracelsus22 in this tradition292 books
- Trismegistus Hermes18 in this tradition89 books
- Levinus Lemnius17 in this tradition35 books
- Papus15 in this tradition24 books
- Amelia Febriany14 in this tradition25 books
- Aleister Crowley13 in this tradition26 books
- Éliphas Lévi12 in this tradition25 books
- Iamblichus12 in this tradition17 books
- Arthur Edward Waite11 in this tradition51 books
- David Spangler11 books
2,464 books
- Read free
The Lancashire Witches, a Romance of Pendle Forest
William Harrison Ainsworth, John Gilbert
1849
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De alchemia dialogi II
Giovanni Braccesco, Espositione di Geber filosofo Latin, Guglielmo Gratarolo
1548Latin
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L'histoire des imaginations extravagantes de Monsieur Oufle causées par la lecture des livres qui traitent de la magie, du grimoire, des démoniaques, sorciers ... des fées, ogres ... phantômes & autres revenans, des songes, de la pierre philosophale, de l'astrologie judiciaire ... Le tout enrichi de figures, & accompagné d'un tres-grand nombre de nottes [sic] curieuses, qui rapportent fidellement les endroits des livres, qui ont causé ses imaginations extravagantes, ou qui peuvent servir pour les combattre
Laurent Bordelon
1710French
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Occult Roots of Religious Studies
Yves Mühlematter, Helmut Zander
2021
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Tractatus posthumus Jani Jacobi Boissardi Vesuntini De divinatione & magicis praestigiis
Jean Jacques Boissard, Johann Theodor de Bry, Hieronymus Galler, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Newbattle Abbey Library
1611Latin
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L'idea del theatro dell' eccellen. M. Givlio Camillo
Giulio Camillo
1550Italian
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New light from the great pyramid
Albert Ross Parsons
1893
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The approaching crisis
Andrew Jackson Davis
1852
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The history of the devils of Loudun
Des Niau, Edmund Goldsmid, Un témoin
1887
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Amphitheatrvm sapientiae aeternae
Heinrich Khunrath, Jan Diricks van Campen, Peter van der Doort, H. F Vries
1609Latin
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Tentamen academicum graduale de magia daemonica ...
Johannes Dahlgren, Lund University
1729Latin
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Tratado da sciencia cabala, ou Noticia da arte cabalistica
Francisco Manuel de Melo, Francisco Manuel de Mello, Mathias Pereyra da Sylva, George Peabody Library, Sheridan Libraries
1724Portuguese
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Soldan's Geschichte der Hexenprozesse
Wilhelm Gottlieb Soldan, Heinrich Heppe, Heinrich Ludwig Julius Heppe
1880German
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Levini Lemnii Occulta naturae miracula
Levinus Lemnius, Jakob Horst
1600German
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The seven creative principles
Hiram E. Butler, Hiram Hiram Erastus Butler
1887
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Essays in Anarchism and Religion
Matthew Adams, Alexandre Christoyannopoulos, Matthew S Adams
2018
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In the Seven Mountains
Henry W Shoemaker
1913
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Making the Void Fruitful
Patrick J Keane
2021
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Paranormal Britain
Christopher D Bader, Joseph O Baker, Tom Clark
2026
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Storied and Supernatural Places
Daniel Sävborg, Ülo Valk
2018
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L'idee parfaicte de la philosophie hermatiqve, ou l'abbregé de la theorie et practique de la pierre des philosophes
Jean Collesson
1631French
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Demoniacal possession in India
William Knighton, Royal College of Surgeons of England
1880
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La concordance des propheties de Nostradamus avec l'histoire, depuis Henry II, jusqu'a Louis le Grand. La vie et l'apologie de cet auteur. Ensemble quelques essais d'explications sur plusieurs de ses autres prédictions, tant sur le present que sur l'avenir
Balthasar Guynaud
1712French
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The Kybalion
Three Initiates
1908