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
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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 demonism of the ages
James Martin Peebles
1904
The Poetic Enigma of Alfred de Vigny - The Rosetta Stone of Esoteric Literature
Denise Bonhomme
2006
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A handbook of cartomancy
Grand Orient
1897
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A warning to the world. Joanna Southcott's prophecies
Joanna Southcott
1804
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An encyclopedic outline of masonic, hermetic, cabbalistic and rosicrucian symbolical philosophy
Manly Manly Palmer Hall, J. Augustus Knapp
1928
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Chaldean Magic: Its Origin and Development; translated from the French
Francois Lenormant
1877
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Children’s Ways; being Selections from the Author’s Studies of Childhood, with some additional matter
James Sully
1897
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Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, 2nd ed., Vol. II
Dugald Stewart
1816
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Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, 6th ed., Vol. I
Dugald Stewart
1818
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Glimpses in the Twilights; being Various-Notes, Records and Examples of the Supernatural
Frederick George Rev Lee
1885
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Grahalaghava
Rameshwar Bhatt, Ganesh Daivajna, Jiya Ram Shastri
1899
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Hallucinations and Illusions: A Study of the Fallacies of Perception
Edmund Parish
1897
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Haunted houses; tales of the supernatural, with some account of hereditary curses and family legends
Charles Charles George Harper
1907
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Heredity: A Psychological Study of its Phenomena, Laws, Causes and Consequences, 3rd ed
Th Ribot
1875
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History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campell
Daniel Defoe
1720
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Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind, in Four Volumes, Vol. I
Thomas Brown
1820
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Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind, in Four Volumes, Vol. II
Thomas Brown
1820
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Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind, in Four Volumes, Vol. III
Thomas Brown
1820
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Letters on the Philosophy of the Human Mind, 1st Series
Samuel Bailey
1855
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MAGICK in THEORY and PRACTICE
Aleister Crowley
1929
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Manual of Phrenolog: an Accompaniment Phrenological Bust, (A New Edition)
J. De Ville’s
1841
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Mental and Moral Science, Part I.- Psychology and History of Philosophy
Alexander Bain
1872
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Mind and Body: The Theories of their Relation, 2nd ed
Alexander Bain
1873
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On Miracles and Modern Spiritualism, Three Essays, 2nd ed
Alfred Russel Wallace
1881