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
Gleanings of a mystic
Max Heindel
1919
- Read free
A True and Faithful Relation of What Passed for Many Yeers Between Dr. John Dee and Some Spirits
Edward Kelley, John Dee, Meric Casaubon, Edward Kelly
1659
- Read free
A history of magic and experimental science
Lynn Thorndike
1923
- Read free
The Rosicrucian mysteries
Max Heindel
1911
- Read free
Reformation, Revolution, Renovation
Lyke de Vries
2022
The history of spiritualism
Arthur Conan Doyle
1926
- Read free
Clairvoyance and occult powers
Swami Panchadasi, William Walker Atkinson
1916
Ursprung und Anfänge der Kabbala
Gershom Scholem, R. J. Zwi Werblowsky, Allan Arkush, Project Muse, Gershom Gerhard Scholem, David Biale
1900
- Read free
Nelly Thüring
Malin Arvidsson
2024Swedish
- Read free
Techniken der Täuschung
Katharina Rein
2020German
- Read free
Divination on stage
Folke Gernert
2021
- Read free
Crystal Gazing
Northcote W. Thomas
1905
- Read free
Esoteric Catholicism / Esoterischer Katholizismus
Viktoria Vitanova-Kerber, Helmut Zander
2025
- Read free
The Arcane Schools
John Yarker
1909
- Read free
Witch, Warlock, and Magician
W. H. Davenport Adams
1889
- Read free
Occult Roots of Religious Studies
Yves Mühlematter, Helmut Zander
2021
- Read free
Essays in Anarchism and Religion
Matthew Adams, Alexandre Christoyannopoulos, Matthew S Adams
2018
- Read free
In the Seven Mountains
Henry W Shoemaker
1913
- Read free
Making the Void Fruitful
Patrick J Keane
2021
- Read free
Paranormal Britain
Christopher D Bader, Joseph O Baker, Tom Clark
2026
- Read free
Storied and Supernatural Places
Daniel Sävborg, Ülo Valk
2018
- Read free
The Kybalion
Three Initiates
1908
- Read free
The esoteric philosophy of love and marriage
Violet M. Firth, Dion Fortune
1924
- Read free
Der Diskurs um die Waldorfpädagogik
Thomas Damberger, Tomáš Zdražil
2026German