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
The stars down to earth
Theodor W Adorno, Stephen Crook
2002
The stars of Robert Burns
Catherine P Smith
2008
The supernatural
Anthony North
1998
The supernatural Highlands
Francis Thompson
1997
The symbolism of the tarot
P. D Ouspensky, A. L Pogossky
1976
Towards a planetary vision
David Spangler
1977
Western Esotericism
Kocku von Stuckrad
2016
What Is Occultism?
Papus
1913
Wisdom's children
Arthur Versluis
1999
Wisdoms
Dorothy Maclean
1975
Witchcraft and demonology in Scott's fiction
Coleman Oscar Parsons
1964
Yeats's celtic mysteries
Lucy Shepard Kalogera
1979
occult roots of Nazism
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
2004
super-enlightenment
Dan Edelstein
2010
"Les Detours ... menent au sentier"
Michel Rolland
1962French
"Reponds, Pie XII ...!"
Rodolphe Werner
1946French
ABC illustre d'occultisme. Premiers Elements d'Etudes des grandes Traditions initiatiques. Par Papus (pseud.) (G. Encausse)
Gerard Encausse
1922French
Aberglaube, Geheime Wissenschaften, Wundersucht
Franz Heinemann
1907German
Akasa
Wilhelm Ottawa
1948German
Alphysik
Arnold Keyserling
1985German
An der Grenze des Jenseits
Gustav Meyrink
1923German
An der Pforte des Jenseits
Ulrich Hausila
1922German
Die 4. Dimension
Allan
1953German
Il "Dolce Tempo"
Francesco Gandolfo, Eugenio Battisti
1978Italian