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
- Read free
An outline of the principles of modern theosophy
Claude Falls Wright
1894
- Read free
The divine Pymander of Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus
Hermes Trismegistus, John Everard
1650
- Read free
Henrici Cornelii Agrippae ab Nettesheym à consiliis & archiuis inditiarii sacrae Caesareae maiestatis
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim
1533Latin
- Read free
The perfect way
Anna Bonus Kingsford
1882
- Read free
The occult family physician and botanic guide to health
Antonette Mrs Matteson, Antonette Matteson
1894
- Read free
Studies in occultism
Елена Петровна Блаватская, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
1895
- Read free
Witchcraft in Salem village in 1692
Winfield S. Nevins
1892
- Read free
The occult sciences
Eusèbe Salverte, Anthony Todd Thomson, former owner. DLC Brooklyn Public Library, Harry Houdini Collection DLC
1829French
- Read free
A modern panarion
Елена Петровна Блаватская, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
1895
- Read free
Tractatus posthumus Jani Jacobi Boissardi Vesvuntini de divinatione et magicis pr©Œstigiis
Jean Jacques Boissard, Johann Theodor de Bry
1611Latin
- Read free
Divination on stage
Folke Gernert
2021
- Read free
Geschichte des neueren Occultismus
Karl Kiesewetter, James Bonwick
1891
- Read free
Religionsphilosophie
Carl August Eschenmayer
1818German
- Read free
The astrologer of the nineteenth century
Raphael pseud, Merlinus Anglicus
1825
- Read free
Harmonics of evolution
Florence Huntley
1897
- Read free
The House of the Seven Gables and the Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales
Nathaniel Hawthorne
1851
- Read free
The astral light
Nizida
1889
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Magia Adamica, or, The antiquitie of magic
Thomas Vaughan
1650
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Within the Temple of Isis
Belle M. Wagner
1899
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A Journey from This World to the Next
Henry Fielding
1798
- Read free
Crystal Gazing
Northcote W. Thomas
1905
- Read free
Esoteric Catholicism / Esoterischer Katholizismus
Viktoria Vitanova-Kerber, Helmut Zander
2025
- Read free
Practical Mind Reading
William Walker Atkinson
1908
- Read free
The Arcane Schools
John Yarker
1909