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
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
- 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
Heart secrets revealed, or, Mind-reading made easy
McManus-Young Collection
1875
Henry Cornelius Agrippa, his fourth book of occult philosophy
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim
1655
Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus his Divine pymander
Hermes Trismegistus
1657
Hermetic philosophy
Jonathan S. McDonald
1890
Herrman's [sic] black art
Alexander Herrmann
1891
Håndbok for hekser
Susan Bowes
2001
Informal work talks and teachings 1940 to 1950
Maurice Nicoll
1995
Investigating the supernatural
Sofie Lachapelle
2011
Joanna Southcott's answer to Garrett's book
Joanna Southcott
1805
Joanna Southcott's answer to five charges in the Leeds Mercury
Joanna Southcott
1805
Kabbalah
Tim Dedopulos
2005
Le Corbusier and the occult
Jan K. Birksted
2009
Lilies Prophetick occurences, or, An extract of some passages in Mr. Lilies astrological judgment for the year 1677
William Lilly
1682
Links with space
David Spangler
1975
Lulu Hurst
Lulu Hurst
1897
Magic, pretended miracles, and remarkable natural phenomena
1855
Magic, pretended miracles, and remarkable natural phenomena
Thomas O. Summers
1857
Magic, pretended miracles, and remarkable natural phenomena
Daniel P. Kidder
1848
Magic, pretended miracles, and remarkable natural phenomena. Remarkable delusions, or, Illustrations of popular errors
Religious Tract Society
1848
Man's spiritual possibilities, or, The triumph of the spirit over physical conditions
Augusta W. Fletcher
1895
Manifestation
David Spangler
1975
Memoir on a new and certain method of ascertaining the figure of the earth by means of occultations of the fixed stars
Antonio Cagnoli
1819
Memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds / c by Charles Mackay
Charles Mackay
1852
Mesmerism in connection with popular superstitions
John William Jackson
1858