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
Tales of the supernatural: Six romantic stories
James Platt
Date unknown
- Read free
Tales of the uneasy
Violet Hunt
Date unknown
- Read free
The Angels of Mons: The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War
Arthur Machen
Date unknown
- Read free
The Centaur
Algernon Blackwood
Date unknown
- Read free
The Complete Herbal
Nicholas Culpeper
Date unknown
- Read free
The Gospels in the Second Century
William Sanday
Date unknown
- Read free
The Haunters & The Haunted
Ernest Rhys
Date unknown
- Read free
The Haunting of Low Fennel
Sax Rohmer
Date unknown
- Read free
The House of Souls
Arthur Machen
Date unknown
- Read free
The King's Messenger
F. Marion Crawford, Frank Snapp
Date unknown
- Read free
The Lost Gospel and Its Contents
Michael Ferrebee Sadler
Date unknown
- Read free
The Metaphysical magazine
1898
- Read free
The Metaphysical magazine
1895
- Read free
The Other World
Frank Frankfort Moore
Date unknown
- Read free
The Other World; or, Glimpses of the Supernatural (Vol. 1 of 2)
Frederick George Lee
Date unknown
- Read free
The Other World; or, Glimpses of the Supernatural (Vol. 2 of 2)
Frederick George Lee
Date unknown
- Read free
The Path, Vol. I.—1886-'7.
Various, William Quan Judge
Date unknown
- Read free
The Power of Conscience, exemplified in the genuine and extraordinary confession of Thomas Bedworth
Thomas Bedworth
Date unknown
- Read free
The Return
Walter De la Mare
Date unknown
- Read free
The Scarecrow, and Other Stories
G. Ranger Wormser
Date unknown
- Read free
The Spook Ballads
William Theodore Parkes
Date unknown
- Read free
The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction
Dorothy Scarborough
Date unknown
- Read free
The Tale of Terror: A Study of the Gothic Romance
Edith Birkhead
Date unknown
- Read free
The Two Tests: The Supernatural Claims of Christianity Tried by Two of Its Own Rules
Lionel Lisle
Date unknown