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
Occultism, semi-occultism, and pseudo-occultism
Annie Wood Besant
1898
Of the chymical transmutation, genealogy and generation of metals & minerals
Paracelsus, Stephen Trigg, Ramon Llull, Andreas Tentzel, Robert Turner
1657
On a method of predicting by graphical construction occultations of stars by the moon, and solar eclipses, for any given place, together with more rigorous methods of reduction for the accurate calculation of longitude
F. C. Penrose
1869
On a new method of calculating the parallaxes for occultations of the fixed stars
Carl Rümker
1821
On the mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians
Iamblichus
1895
Opera omnia medico-chemico-chirurgica
Paracelsus
1658
Oxford book of the supernatural
D. J Enright
1994
Paracelsus his Aurora, & Treasure of the philosophers
Paracelsus, Johann Siebmacher, Giles Calvert, James Howell, Gerhard Dorn, Thordarson Collection
1659
Poor Robins prophesies and divertisements
Poor Robin
1677
Pre-raphaelites in the spirit world
J. B. Bullen, Rosalind White, Lenore A. Beaky
2021
Prophecies
Joanna Southcott
1803
Psychics, mediums & ghost stories
Edward Kwiatkowski
2002
Psychology of botany
Charubel
2017
Reflections on the Christ
David Spangler
1981
Relationship & identity
David Spangler
1978
Restoring paradise
Arthur Versluis
2004
Revelation
David Spangler
1974
Revisiting the "Nazi occult"
Monica Black, Eric Kurlander
2015
Rhetoric, science, & magic in seventeenth-century England
Ryan Stark
2009
Sacred times
William Bloom
1990
Satan's invisible world discovered, or, A choice collection of modern relations, proving evidently, against the atheists of this present age, that there are devils, spirits, witches, and apparitions ..
George Sinclair
1789
Scot 's discovery of vvitchcraft
Reginald Scot
1651
Scriptures which shew for what Christ died
Lover of truth
1812
Seven essays on the subject of your practical forces
Ernest Loomis, William James, Ernest Loomis and Company
1897