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
Siegfried the mystic
Ida Worden Wheeler
1896
Spiritualism exposed
Samuel B. Emmons
1889
Spiritualism, anti-spiritualism, and the occult
Harry Houdini
1892
Strange customs
Rudolph Brasch
1990
Strange histories
Darren Oldridge
2005
Studies in occultism
H. P. Blavatsky
1895
Summons to a high crusade
George Trevelyan
1986
Supernatural disappearances
Rodney Davies
1995
Synergy
David Spangler
1975
Światło i ciemność
Elżbieta Biernat, Monika Rzeczycka
2001
The 'occult' experience and the new criticism
Clive Bloom
1986
The Buddhist Tantras
Alex Wayman
2020
The Christ, psychotherapy and magic
Anthony Douglas Duncan
1969
The Findhorn community
Carol Riddell
1990
The Story of Witches
Wilow Winsham
2025
The age of Saturn
Peter Brown
1991
The angelical guide
John Case
1697
The answer of the Lord to the powers of darkness
Joanna Southcott
1802
The certain predictions of the great Alcos, astrologer and mathematician in ordinary to the Duke of Parma
Alcos
1681
The chakras & esoteric healing
Zachary F. Lansdowne
1986
The controversy of the spirit with the worldly wise
Joanna Southcott
1811
The discouerie of witchcraft, wherein the lewde dealing of witches and witchmongers is notablie detected, the knauerie of coniurors, the impietie of inchantors, the follie of soothsaiers, the impudent falsehood of cousenors, the infidelitie of atheists, the pestilent practices of Pythonists, the curiositie of figurecasters, the vanitie of dreamers, the beggerlie art of alcumystrie, the abhomination of idolatrie, the horrible art of poisoning, the vertue and power of naturall magike, and all the conueniances of legierdemaine and iuggling are deciphered: and many other things opened, which haue long lien hidden, howbeit verie necessarie to be knowne
Reginald Scot
1584
The esoteric aspect of the social question
Rudolf Steiner
2001
The esoteric origins of the American renaissance
Arthur Versluis
2001