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
Light: A Journal devoted to the Highest Interests of Humanity, both Here and Hereafter [Vol. 3, 1883]
Limited Eclectic Publishing Company
1883
- Read free
Light: A Journal devoted to the Highest Interests of Humanity, both Here and Hereafter [Vol. 4, 1884]
Limited Eclectic Publishing Company
1884
- Read free
Light: A Journal devoted to the Highest Interests of Humanity, both Here and Hereafter [Vol. 5, 1885]
Limited Eclectic Publishing Company
1885
- Read free
Mellon MS 37, De consideratione quinte essentie
Johannes de Rupescissa
1556
- Read free
Natural And Supernatural
John Bascom
1883
- Read free
Paul Foster Case - Seven Step In Practical Occultism - 1936
Paul Foster Case
1396
- Read free
Power, protection and magic in Thailand : the cosmos of a southern policeman
Australian National University Press, Craig J Reynolds
2019
- Read free
Realizing Islam
Zachary Valentine Wright
2020
- Read free
Rituals in Slavic Pre-Christian Religion
Enrique Santos Marinas, Juan Antonio Álvarez-Pedrosa
2023
- Read free
Scientific Religion ( 1888) Laurence Oliphant
Laurence Oliphant
1888
- Read free
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
1886
- Read free
Sympneumata By Laurence Oliphant
Laurence Oliphant
1885
- Read free
Techniques of Spiritual Experience
Jean-Pierre Brach, Thierry Zarcone
2025
- Read free
The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ
Levi H. Dowling
1908
- Read free
The Aquarian Message
Samael Aun Weor
1960
- Read free
The Beetle
Richard Marsh
1897
- Read free
The Cloud Upon the Sanctuary
Karl Von Eckartshausen
1802
- Read free
The Comte De Saint Germain
Isabel Cooper-Oakley
1912
- Read free
The Lady of the Shroud
Bram Stoker
1909
- Read free
The Lair of the White Worm
Bram Stoker
1911
- Read free
The Magus, Book 2
Francis Barrett
1801
- Read free
The Monk: A Romance
Matthew Lewis
1796
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The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage
Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers
1900
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The Secret Doctrine of the Rosicrucians
William Walker Atkinson
1918