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
Medicine man's pocket notebook, circa 1700-1850
1700Sanskrit
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Mellon MS 10, Alchemical miscellany
1450Latin
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[Medical and philosophical compilation]
1750
- Read free
Libro per brevem
Accademia fiorentina, Luigi Maria Cagnacci
1689Italian
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Mellon MS 26, Alchemical miscellany
1510French
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Philosophoumena, ē, Kata pasōn aireseōn elenchos = Philosophumena, sive, Haeresium omnium confutatio
Antipope Hippolytus
1860Ancient Greek
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Mellon MS 6, Alchemical miscellany
1435Italian
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Refutationis omnium haeresium librorum decem quae supersunt
Antipope Hippolytus
1859Ancient Greek
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(Ajaz noor Shazli)شمس المعارف الكبرى نسخة اخرى كاملة واضحة ملونة من المكتبة الايرانية
Ahmad al-Buni
1357Arabic
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[Alchemical and medical compilation]
1750French
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La filosophia naturale di molti celebri et antichissimi
1721French
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Metaphysical magazine, a monthly review of the occult sciences and metaphysical philosophy
1895
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[Seals of the planets]
1575German
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De naturae diuinis characterismis, seu, Raris & admirandis spectaculis, causis, indiciis, proprietatibus rerum in partibus singulis vniuersi, libri II
Cornelius Gemma
1575Latin
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Le temple de Satan
Stanislas de Guaita
1891French
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Mellon MS 18, Alchemical miscellany
1478Latin
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Lehmann Aberglaube Und Zauberei Von Den Altesten Zeiten An Bis In Die Gegenwart
Alfred Lehmann
1898German
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Iardin de flores cvriosas, enqve se tratan algvnas materias de humanidad, philosophia, theologia y geographia
Antonio de Torquemada
1570Spanish
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Die mystischen Erscheinungen der menschlichen Natur. Dargestellt und gedeutet von Maximilian Perty
Maximilian Perty
1872German
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Les hauts phénomènes de la magie, précédés du spiritisme antique
Roger Gougenot Des Mousseaux
1864French
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Agrippas' Occult Philosophy
Henry Cornelius Agrippa
1651
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California souvenir. Occult and other poemettes
James P.] [little
Date unknown
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La science des mages et ses applications théoriques et pratiques
Papus
1892French
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Mellon MS 11, Alchemical miscellany
1450Latin