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
The Upper Berth; By the Waters of Paradise
F. Marion Crawford
Date unknown
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The Wave of Scepticism and the Rock of Truth
Matthew Henry Habershon
Date unknown
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The Wind in the Rose-Bush, and Other Stories of the Supernatural
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Date unknown
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The Wizard's Son, Vol. 1 (of 3)
Mrs. Oliphant
Date unknown
- Read free
The Wizard's Son, Vol. 2 (of 3)
Mrs. Oliphant
Date unknown
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The Wizard's Son, Vol. 3 (of 3)
Mrs. Oliphant
Date unknown
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The mummy and Miss Nitocris : a phantasy of the fourth dimension
George Chetwynd Griffith
Date unknown
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The story hunter
Ernest Ernest Richard Suffling, Paul Hardy
Date unknown
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The supernatural in early Spanish literature, studied in the works of the court of Alfonso X, el Sabio
Frank Callcott
Date unknown
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Three Books of Occult Philosophy
James Freake, Donald Tyson, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Eric Purdue
1531
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Three John Silence Stories
Algernon Blackwood
Date unknown
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Three More John Silence Stories
Algernon Blackwood
Date unknown
- Read free
True Tales of the Weird: a record of personal experiences of the supernatural
Sidney Dickinson, Gertrude Ogden Tubby
Date unknown
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War and the Weird
Forbes Phillips, R. Thurston Hopkins
Date unknown
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Axiomes de medicinne
1750French
- Read free
Les prophéties
Vincent Sève
1605French
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Magia philosophica, hoc est Francisci Patricii svmmi philosophi Zoroaster et eius 320 oracula chaldaica: Asclepii dialogus et philosophia magna. Hermetis Trismegisti. Poemander, Sermo sacer, Clavis, Sermo ad filium, Sermo ad Asclepium, Minerva mundi, et alia miscellanea
Zoroaster
1593Latin
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Mellon MS 9, Medical and alchemical miscellany and herbal
1440Arabic
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The Theosophist, Volume 1, 1879-1880
1879
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Tractatus posthumus Jani Jacobi Boissardi Vesvuntini de divinatione et magicis præstigiis: quarum veritas ac vanitas solidè exponitur per descriptionem deorum fatidicorum qui olim responsa dederunt; eorundemque prophetarum, sacerdotum, Phoebadum, Sibyllarum et divinorum qui priscis temporibus celebres oraculis exstiterunt
Johann Theodor de Bry
1611Latin
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Commentarius de praecipuis generibus diuinationum, in quo a prophetiis autoritate diuina traditis et à physicis coniecturis, discernuntur artes et imposturae diabolicae, atque observationes natae ex superstitione et cum hac conjunctae. Et monstrantur fontes et causae physicarum praedictionum. Diabolicae vero ac superstitiosae confutatae damnantur
Burndy Library
1572Latin
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Sod Ha Nahash: the Secret of the Serpent
Joseph Gikatilla
1300
- Read free
Avreoli Philippi Theophrasti Paracelsi philosophorum atque medicorum excellentissimi De summis naturæ mysterijs libri tres, lectu perquàm vtiles atque iucundi
Gerhard Dorn
1570German
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De miracvlis occvltis natvrae, libri IIII: Item de vita cvm animi et corporis incolvmitate recte instituenda, liber vnus
Levinus Lemnius
1593Latin