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
Conversations with Nostradamus. Volume I
Dolores Cannon, Michel de Nostredame, Nostradamus
1989
Le livre des médiums
Allan Kardec, Emma A. Wood, Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection, Didier et cie, Dentu Ledoyen, Imprimerie P.-A. Bourdier et Cie
1861
- Read free
The Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross
Arthur Edward Waite
1924
- Read free
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
Vivien Alcock, William Smith
1890
- Read free
Transcendental magic
Eliphas Lévi, Arthur Edward Waite
1896
- Read free
Witchcraft, magic & alchemy
Grillot de Givry, Émile-Jules Grillot de Givry, J. Courtenay Locke
1931
Il pendolo di Foucault
Umberto Eco
1980
- Read free
[Portuguese fortune book]
1700Portuguese
The Book of Thoth
Aleister Crowley
1944
A Century of James Frazer’s The Golden Bough
Stephanie Lynn Budin, Caroline J Tully
2025
Alas Poor Ghost
Gillian Bennett
1999
Cultures of Witchcraft in Europe from the Middle Ages to the Present
Jonathan Barry, Owen Davies, Cornelie Usborne
2017
- Read free
Scientific Evidence for Reincarnation, NDEs, and Karma with Personal Stories by Open Research Consortium
Open Research Consortium
2024
- Read free
Die schönsten Sagen des klassischen Altertums
Gustav Schwab
1838
- Read free
Dorian Grayn muotokuva
Oscar Wilde, Helmi Krohn
Date unknownFinnish
- Read free
Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde, Richard Zoozmann
Date unknownGerman
- Read free
Het portret van Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde, Elizabeth Couperus-Baud
Date unknownDutch
- Read free
Collection of Kabbalah and Hekhalot Texts
R. Jacob Lagarto
1635Hebrew
Forgotten experts
A. Tunç Şen
2025
Illusion in Cultural Practice
Katharina Rein
2021
Kabbalah and Catastrophe
Hartley Lachter
2024
Killing the dead
John Blair
2025
Mental healthcare in Brazilian spiritism
Helmar Kurz
2024
Prophecy
S. J. Parris
2017