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
The alchemy of revolution
David W Mulder
1990
Western Esotericism and Rituals of Initiation
Henrik Bogdan
2007
Western Esotericism: A Concise History
Antoine Faivre
2010
Yeats, Folklore, and Occultism
Frank Kinahan
2019
A Wiccan Bardo
Paul V. Beyerl
1989
A system of magick
Daniel Defoe
1726
Essays on the superstitions of the Highlanders of Scotland
Anne MacVicar Grant
1811
La science des philosophes et l'art des thaumaturges dans l'antiquité
Albert de Rochas d'Aiglun
1870
New Testament Occultism, or, Miracle Working Power Interpreted As the Basis of an Occult and Mystic Science
John Hamlin Dewey
1895
Paths to Avalon
Vivien Morgan
1990
Sayings of Leo
Leo
1977
Secret wisdom
David Conway
1985
The Indian religions, or, Results of the mysterious Buddhism
Hargrave Jennings
1890
The complete illustrated book of the psychic sciences
Walter B. Gibson, Litzka R. Gibson
1968
The legacy of the beast
Gerald Suster
1988
The virgin of the world
Hermes Trismegistus, E. M. Maitland, Anna Bonus Kingsford
1885
The way down and out
John Senior
1959
The western way
Caitlín Matthews, John K. B. Matthews
1985
"Guru" Hitler
Ralph Tegtmeier
1985German
Accès de l'ésotérisme occidental
Antoine Faivre
1996French
Alfred Schuler, der letzte deutsche Katharer
Franz Wegener, Alfred Wegener
2003German
Att förklara det oförklarliga
Sven-Eric Morhed
2000Swedish
Aus uebersinnlicher Sphäre
Gustav Wilhelm Gessmann, Gustav Wilhelm Geßmann
1890German
Der Adept
Franz Sättler
2004German