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
Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy
Date unknown
Dreams of gods & monsters
Laini Taylor
2015
- Read free
Filozofja jogi i okultyzm wschodni
1921Polish
Surrealism and the Occult
Tessel Bauduin, Tessel Marije Bauduin
2014
Thought-reading, or, Modern mysteries explained
Douglas Blackburn, Milton Arlanden Bridges
1884
Days of blood & starlight
Laini Taylor
2014
Að horfa og hugsa
Sigvaldi Hjálmarsson
1973Icelandic
"Heiligenscheine eines elektrischen Jahrhundertendes sehen anders aus..."
Astrid Kury
2000German
"Okkultes" in Thomas Manns Roman Der Zauberberg
Antje Rausch
2000German
Eine Abhandlung über kosmisches Feuer
Alice Bailey, Alice Anne Bailey
1958German
Odisch-magnetische briefe
Karl Freiherr von Reichenbach, J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Karl von Reichenbach, Gustav Theodor Fechner
1852German
"Glorious incomprehensible"
Sheila A. Spector
2001
African magic
Heidi Holland
2001
Das große Buch der Magie und des Okkulten
Susanne Caesar
2026
Die Adepten der 5 Elemente
David Anrias, Walter Guhlmann
2015
Encyclopedia of the unexplained
Richard Cavendish, J.B Rhine
1974
Hidden modernism
Matthias Dusini, Ivan Ristić, Hans-Peter Wipplinger, Agnes Vukovich
2025
History, prophecy, and the stars
Laura Ackerman Smoller
1994
Mr. Lilly's new prophecy, or, Certain notable passages in his writings observed
William Lilly
1678
Mr. Lilly's new prophecy, or, Several strange and wonderful predictions of such things that have and are yet to happen, as well in England, Scotland, and France as in remote countrys
William Lilly
1681
Restoring Paradise: Western Esotericism, Literature, Art, and Consciousness
Arthur Versluis
2004
Seeing the word
Håkan Håkansson
2001
The "nocturnal side of science" in David Friedrich Strauss's Life of Jesus critically examined
Thomas Fabisiak
2015
The Occult in Modernist Art, Literature, and Cinema
Henrik Johnsson, Tessel Marije Bauduin
2018