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 stars down to earth
Theodor W Adorno, Stephen Crook
2002
The stars of Robert Burns
Catherine P Smith
2008
The supernatural
Anthony North
1998
The supernatural Highlands
Francis Thompson
1997
The symbolism of the tarot
P. D Ouspensky, A. L Pogossky
1976
The true prophecies or prognostications of Michael Nostradamus ..
Michel de Nostredame
1672
The unseen world
John Mason Neale
1847
The world turn'd upside down, or, A plain detection of errors, in the common or vulgar belief, relating to spirits, spectres or ghosts, dæmons, witches, &c
Balthasar Bekker
1700
Theosophy and occultism
G. R. S. Mead
1890
Theosophy and occultism, popularly considered
G. R. S. Mead
1893
Thought reading and kindred subjects
James H. Hume
1886
Towards a planetary vision
David Spangler
1977
Two famous prophesies and predictions of Mr. William Lilly, the most judicious and learned astrologer of the age
William Lilly
1680
Western Esotericism
Kocku von Stuckrad
2016
What Is Occultism?
Papus
1913
Wisdom excelleth the weapons of war, and herein is shewn that judgments are the strange works of the Lord, but mercy His darling attribute
Joanna Southcott
1814
Wisdom's children
Arthur Versluis
1999
Wisdoms
Dorothy Maclean
1975
Witch-craft proven, arreign'd, and condemn'd in its professors, professions and marks
John Bell
1697
Witchcraft and demonology in Scott's fiction
Coleman Oscar Parsons
1964
Yeats's celtic mysteries
Lucy Shepard Kalogera
1979
Zenia, the vestal
Margaret Bloodgood Peeke
1893
[ Saducismus triumphatus
Joseph Glanvill
1681
[Book catalogs on the occult sciences]
Thomas Austin, M. L. St. Goar, H. W. Schmidt, George Bumstead, William George's Book Store, Merwin & Co Bangs, V. Hase & Koehler Verlag
1856