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
- 1,478
- Earliest
- 1291
- to 2026
- Read free
- 30%
- 446 with public full text
- With covers
- 49%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match1,116
- Metadata match341
- Query match13
- Source classification (retained through merging)8
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
- Occultism416
- History255
- Social Sciences199
- Philosophy197
- Arts and Humanities172
- Art130
- Okkultismus122
- Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices111
- Occult sciences107
- Occultisme107
- Magic93
- Fiction92
- Supernatural92
- Literature85
- Psychology84
- Occult79
- Medicine76
- Text73
- Alchemy64
- Parapsychology61
- Early works to 180060
- Spiritualism59
- Non-fiction literature58
- Theosophy55
Top languages
- English968 · 65%
- German96 · 6%
- French79 · 5%
- Czech56 · 4%
- Italian46 · 3%
Notable authors
All authors- Amelia Febriany14 in this tradition25 books
- Aleister Crowley13 in this tradition26 books
- David Spangler11 books
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim10 in this tradition22 books
- Jens Schlieter10 in this tradition17 books
- Rudolf Steiner8 in this tradition153 books
- Lewis Spence8 in this tradition15 books
- Carl Du Prel8 in this tradition14 books
- Violet M. Firth8 in this tradition13 books
- Annie Besant7 in this tradition59 books
- William Walker Atkinson7 in this tradition22 books
- Éliphas Lévi7 in this tradition19 books
1,478 books
- Read free
De Occulta Philosophia
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Donald Tyson, Harry Houdini Collection, Henry Morley, Willis F Whitehead
1533
- Read free
Thought-forms
Annie Wood Besant, Charles Webster Leadbeater, Annie Besant
1901
- Read free
Occult Japan
Percival Lowell
1894
- Read free
Accelerating Human Evolution by Theosophical Initiation
Yves Mühlematter
2022
- Read free
Esoteric Buddhism
Alfred Percy Sinnett, Desmond Gahan
1883
- Read free
The Secret Doctrine
H. P. Blavatsky, Helena Blavatsky
1888
- Read free
An encyclopædia of occultism
Lewis Spence
1920
- Read free
Beyond the witch trials: Witchcraft and magic in Enlightenment Europe
Owen Davies, Willem de Blécourt
2004
- Read free
Faith, folk and the far right
Dominic Alessio, Robert Wallis, Robert J. Wallis
2025
- Read free
No Spiritual Investment in the World
Willem Styfhals
2019
- Read free
Performing Magnetism
Eleonora Paklons, Kristof Smeyers, Kurt Vanhoutte, Hannah Welslau, Kürt Johan André Vanhoutte
2026
- Read free
Power, Protection and Magic in Thailand
Craig J Reynolds
2019
- Read free
The Epistemology of Spirit Beliefs
Hans Van Eyghen
2023
- Read free
The Long Lost Friend
Johann Georg Hohman
1820
- Read free
The Malleus Maleficarum and the construction of witchcraft: Theology and popular belief
Hans Peter Broedel
2003
- Read free
The New Age of Russia. Occult and Esoteric Dimensions
Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal, Michael Hagemeister, Birgit Menzel
2012
- Read free
Victorian Alchemy
Eleanor Dobson
2022
- Read free
Witchcraft continued: Popular magic in modern Europe
Owen Davies, Willem de Blécourt
2004
- Read free
Jacob's Ladder
Marina Aptekman
2011
- Read free
Jewish Magic and Superstition
Joshua Trachtenberg
1939
- Read free
Pistis Sophia
George Robert Stowe Mead
1896
- Read free
Practical Mind Reading
William Walker Atkinson
1908
- Read free
The Real History of the Rosicrucians
Arthur Edward Waite
1887
- Read free
The Voice Of Venus
Ernest L. Norman
1995