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
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The esoteric philosophy of love and marriage
Violet M. Firth, Dion Fortune
1924
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A key to physic, and the occult sciences
Ebenezer Sibly, Royal College of Physicians of London, Nicholas Culpeper
1794
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Die christliche Mystik
Joseph von Görres
1836German
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The book of the magi
Francis F.R.C. Barrett, University of Glasgow. Library
1896
- Read free
The secret of the sects : a few words on mesmerism, psychomancy, etc.
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
1882
- Read free
Der Diskurs um die Waldorfpädagogik
Thomas Damberger, Tomáš Zdražil
2026German
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Histoire de la philosophie hermetique
Nicolas Lenglet Dufresnoy, Eirenaeus. Selections. French & Latin. 1742 Philalethes, Pre-1801 Imprint Collection DLC
1742French
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Histoire philosophique et politique de l'occulte
Félix Fabart, Félix. nr2001032305 Fabart
1800French
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Tableau historique, analytique et critique des sciences occultes. Où l'on examine l'origine, le développement, l'influence et le caractère de la divination, de l'astrologie, des oracles, des augures, de la kabbale, la féerie, la magie, la sorcellerie, la démonologie, la philosophie hermétique, les phénomènes merveilleux, etc
Ferdinand Denis
1842French
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The esoteric
Harry Houdini Collection
1887
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An essay on capacity and genius; to prove that there is no original mental superiority between the most illiterate and the most learned of mankind; and that no genius ... is innate, but solely produced by and dependent on circumstances. Also, an enquiry into the nature of ghosts. And other appearances supposed to be supernatural
1820
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The harmony of the world
John Heydon, Thomas Cross
1662
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Les vrayes centuries et propheties ...
Nostradamus, L. C. D. J
1691French
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Stanislas de Guaita et sa bibliothèque occulte
Stanislas de Guaita
1899French
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Histoire des sciences occultes: depuis l'antiquité jusqu'a nos jours
Auguste Debay
1860French
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
1890
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The lives of alchemystical philosophers
Francis Barrett
1815
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Allgemeine kritische geschichte der religionen
Christoph Meiners
1806German
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The full assurance that the Kingdom of Christ is at hand, from the signs of the times
Joanna Southcott
1806
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Freemasonry and the Orient
De Poli, Barbara | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-
2019
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Versuch einer Antwort auf die Frage, Giebt es Gespenster, erscheinungen von Verstorbenen, oder von Geistern an Lebende?
J. H. A. H
1819German
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The other world
Frederick George Lee
1875
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The secrets of the invisible world disclos'd: or, an universal history of apparitions sacred and prophane, under all denominations
Daniel Defoe
1729
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Daimonologia, or, A treatise of spirits
Jacques de Daillon, Jacques de comte du Lude Daillon
1723