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
- 1,478
- Earliest
- 1291
- to 2026
- Read free
- 30%
- 446 with public full text
- With covers
- 49%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match1,116
- Metadata match341
- Query match13
- Source classification (retained through merging)8
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
- Occultism416
- History255
- Social Sciences199
- Philosophy197
- Arts and Humanities172
- Art130
- Okkultismus122
- Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices111
- Occult sciences107
- Occultisme107
- Magic93
- Fiction92
- Supernatural92
- Literature85
- Psychology84
- Occult79
- Medicine76
- Text73
- Alchemy64
- Parapsychology61
- Early works to 180060
- Spiritualism59
- Non-fiction literature58
- Theosophy55
Top languages
- English968 · 65%
- German96 · 6%
- French79 · 5%
- Czech56 · 4%
- Italian46 · 3%
Notable authors
All authors- Amelia Febriany14 in this tradition25 books
- Aleister Crowley13 in this tradition26 books
- David Spangler11 books
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim10 in this tradition22 books
- Jens Schlieter10 in this tradition17 books
- Rudolf Steiner8 in this tradition153 books
- Lewis Spence8 in this tradition15 books
- Carl Du Prel8 in this tradition14 books
- Violet M. Firth8 in this tradition13 books
- Annie Besant7 in this tradition59 books
- William Walker Atkinson7 in this tradition22 books
- Éliphas Lévi7 in this tradition19 books
1,478 books
- Read free
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 4
Edgar Allan Poe
Date unknown
- Read free
Theosophy
Annie Besant
Date unknown
- Read free
Treatise On The Great Art
Antoine-Joseph Pernety
Date unknown
- Read free
Traces of a Hidden Tradition in Masonry and Medieval Mysticism
Isabel Cooper-Oakley
Date unknown
- Read free
Advanced course in Yogi philosophy and oriental occultism,
Ramacharaka, Yogi Ramacharaka
1905
- Read free
The Astral World—Higher Occult Powers
Joel Tiffany
1910
- Read free
Transcendental Magic, its Doctrine and Ritual
Éliphas Lévi, Arthur Edward Waite
1910
- Read free
Mathematical recreations and tours of cards
Jacques Ozanam
1764
- Read free
An den Wurzeln der Tugend: Rheinischer Adel und Freimaurerei 1765–1815
Martin Otto Braun
2016German
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Begegnung mit dem eigenen Tod
Stefan Nadile
2025German
- Read free
Fiends, Ghosts, and Sprites
John Netten Radcliffe
1854
- Read free
Grandes et petites mythologies
Karin Ueltschi, Flore Verdon
2020French
- Read free
Incipit prologus formicarij iuxta edic[i]onem Fratris Ioh[ann]is Nyder
Johannes Nider, Ulrich Zell
1473Latin
- Read free
Mercurii Trismegisti Liber de potestate et sapientia Dei e Graeco in Latinum traductus a Marsilio Ficino Florentino ad Cosmum Medicem patriae patrem. Pimander incipit
Marsilio Hermes Trismegistus ; Ficino
1481Latin
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The Luminance of Explication and Mysteries of Proof in the Understanding of the Paradigms of the Science of Weights and Measures. Part Four.
Ildakī, Aydamur Ibn ʻalī Ibn Aydamur, 1342
1797Arabic
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The Occult Diary.
August Strindberg
1896Swedish
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The Three Books on Alchemy by Geber, the Great Philosopher and Alchemist.
Johann Grüninger, Jābir Ibn Ḥayyān
1531Latin
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[Ghāyat al-murād fī wifq al-aʻdād]
Tustarī, Ṣūfī Kamāl, active 14th century
1462Persian
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Intentional Transformative Experiences
Sarah Perez, Jens Schlieter, Bastiaan van Rijn
2024
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A philosophical treatise of a somnambule upon God: man: & nature
1794
- Read free
Arts and sciences
1777
- Read free
Particular processes from various experiments
1750
- Read free
Collection of extracts related to the fraternity of the RC
Charles Rainsford
1750
- Read free
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
Charles Mackay
1852