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
The evangel of the spheres, and the battle of brotherhood
C. D. French
1853
The fifth book of wonders
Joanna Southcott
1814
The flight from reason
James Webb
1971
The fortune of France
Truswell Mr
1678
The fourth book of wonders
Joanna Southcott
1814
The ghostly land, the medium's secret
Paschal Beverly Randolph
1874
The hermetic order of the Golden Dawn
Felix John Taylor
2026
The late Professor Powell and Dr. Thirlwall on the supernatural. A letter to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop pf St. David's
Robert Bruce Kennard
1864
The life and character of Harvey
Jonathan Swift
1728
The long-wished-for revolution announced to be at hand in a book lately published, by L. Mayer, when, as he says, "God will cleanse the Earth by his judgments, and when all dominions shall serve the Most High"
Joanna Southcott, Lewis Meyer
1806
The magic arts in Celtic Britain
Lewis Spence
1995
The magic books
Anne Lawrence-Mathers
2025
The new age vision
David Spangler
1970
The new mola!
Paschal Beverly Randolph
1873
The pathway of the soul through form life by an oriental spirit
Harry Houdini Collection
1899
The problem of disenchantment
Egil Asprem
2018
The prophecies
Nostradamus
1715
The rosy cross, and other psychical tales
Mina Sandeman
1896
The scientific aspect of the supernatural
Alfred Russel Wallace
1866
The second part of the continuation of Joanna Southcott's prophecies of things which are to come
Joanna Southcott
1813
The secret miracles of nature in four books
Levinus Lemnius
1658
The secrets of mahatma land explained
Samri S. Baldwin
1895
The spectralities reader
María del Pilar Blanco, Esther Peeren
2013
The spiritualists
Ruth Brandon
1983