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
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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 history of philosophy: containing the lives, opinions, actions and discourses of the philosophers of every sect. Illustrated with the effigies of divers of them
Thomas Stanley
1701
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A new method of Rosie Crucian physick
John Heydon
1658
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Dictionnaire des sciences occultes ...
J.-A.-S Collin de Plancy, J.-A.-Jacques-Albin-Simon Collin de Plancy, J.-Jacques-Paul Migne, Baltus, Jean François, 1667-1743. Réponse `a l'histoire des oracles de Fontanelle, Benjamin Binet, Jean François Baltus
1846French
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The divine Pymander ... in XVII. books
Hermes Trismegistus
1650
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Thesaurus incantatus
Arthur Machen
1888
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Die philosophie der mystik
Karl Ludwig August Friedrich Maximilian Alfred Freiherr Du Prel, Carl Du Prel
1884German
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Le sabbat des sorciers
Désiré Magloire Bourneville, Bourneville, Edmond Teinturier
1882French
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Modern necromancy
Clement Moore Butler, YA Pamphlet Collection DLC
1854
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Letters, and communications of Joanna Southcott
Joanna Southcott
1804
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The Esoteric Basis of Christianity: Or, Theosophy and Christian Doctrine
William Kingsland, Harry Houdini Collection DLC
1891
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A lecture on the occult sciences: embracing some account of the New England witchcraft
James R. Newhall, James James Robinson Newhall
1845
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Modern necromancy
William Bliss Ashley
1855
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Aurea catena Homeri
Anton Joseph Kirchweger
1723German
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The secret book of the black arts
Henry T. Williams, Harold Jantz Collection. NcD
1878
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Wunder-Buch von der göttlichen Magie
Johannes Trithemius
1850German
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Justice and the religion of truth and justice
John Shaw, Royal College of Surgeons of England
1899
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The history of the supernatural in all ages and nations
William Howitt
1863
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A world of wonders, or, Divers developments, showing the thorough triumph of animal magnetism in New England
Joel R. Peabody, David Claypoole Johnston
1838
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Evphrates, or, The waters of the east
Thomas Vaughan
1655
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Letters on occult meditation
Alice Bailey, Alice A. Bailey
1922
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Magic, white and black
Franz Hartmann
1888
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Psychomancy
Charles Grafton Page, Harry Houdini Collection DLC, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection DLC, McManus-Young Collection DLC
1853
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An historical, physiological and theological treatise of spirits, apparitions, witchcrafts, and other magical practices ...
John Beaumont
1705
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Dyalogus singularissimus [et] perutilis viri occullentissimi D[omi]ni Simphoriani Lugdunen[sis]. in magica[rum] artiu[m] destructionem
Symphorien Champier, Simon de Ulmo, Guillaume Balsarin, Riant comte
1498Latin