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
Magistri Hyeronimi Vicecomitis Lamiarum siue striarum opusculum ad illustrissimum Mediolani ducem Franciscum Sfortiam Vicecomitem Incipit feliciter
Girolamo Visconti, Leonhard Pachel, Sebastian Evans
1490Latin
Magistri Petri Cerueli Hispani, theologi et astrologi insignis
Pedro Ciruelo
1524Latin
Magistri Petri Cerveli Hispani, theologi & Astrologi insignis
Pedro Ciruelo
1524Latin
Maladies et facultés diverses des mystiques
Nestor Charbonnier
1875French
Malleus maleficaru[m]
Heinrich Institoris
1492Latin
Manuductio Hermedico philosophica
I. C. von Vanderbeeg
1739German
Medicinisch-philosophisch- und sympathetische Schriften
Andreas Tentzel, Paracelsus
1753German
Mercvrii Trismegisti liber De potestate et sapientia Dei
Hermes Trismegistus
1491Latin
Methodo par determinar as horas das occulatacoes de estrellas pela lua baseado sobre o conhecimento exacto do instante da conjunccao apperente dos dous astros
Luiz Cruls, Observatório Nacional
1899Portuguese
Misantropus audax, das ist, Der alles anbellende Menschen-Hund
Stanislaus Reinhard Acxtelmeier
1710German
Moc energii
Roger de Lafforest
1993Polish
Modern Occultism in Late Imperial Russia
Юлия Маннхерц
2025
Modernist Alchemy
Timothy Materer
1996
Music and Esotericism
Laurence Wuidar
2010
Mysticvs Aqvilo, sive, Declaratio vaticinij Ieremiȩ prophetae, ab Aquilone pandetur malum super omnes habitatores terrae
Theodor Graminaeus
1576Latin
Necyomantia iurisperiti, sive, De occulta iurisprudentia
Etienne Forcadel
1549Latin
Necyomantia ivrisperiti, sive, De occvlta ivrisprvdentia
Etienne Forcadel
1549Latin
Necyomantia jurisperiti, mira magiae descriptio
Etienne Forcadel
1544Latin
Neue griechische Zauberpapyri
Carl Wessely
1893German
Nie ma pustej przestrzeni
Jan van Rijckenborgh
1995Polish
Nouveau manuel complet des sorciers, ou, La magie blanche, dévoilée par les découvertes de la chimie, de la physique et de la mécanique
Julia de Fontenelle
1841French
Nouveaux entretiens sur les sciences secrétes
Villars abbé de
1684French
Observation de l'opposition de Jupiter
Jean Théodose Bouin
1774French
Occulation de l'étoile & des gémeaux par la lune observée à Rouen le 1. mai 1759
Jean Théodose Bouin
1774French