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
- 1,342
- Earliest
- 1300
- to 2026
- Read free
- 30%
- 397 with public full text
- With covers
- 50%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match1,015
- Metadata match318
- Query match1
- 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
- Occultism397
- History252
- Social Sciences198
- Philosophy195
- Arts and Humanities171
- Art130
- Okkultismus122
- Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices110
- Occult sciences103
- Occultisme97
- Fiction92
- Magic91
- Supernatural88
- Literature85
- Psychology84
- Occult79
- Medicine76
- Text73
- Alchemy62
- Parapsychology59
- Non-fiction literature58
- Spiritualism56
- Early works to 180053
- Theosophy53
Top languages
- English947 · 71%
- German79 · 6%
- French68 · 5%
- Czech56 · 4%
- Spanish40 · 3%
Notable authors
All authors- Amelia Febriany14 in this tradition25 books
- Aleister Crowley13 in this tradition26 books
- David Spangler11 books
- Jens Schlieter10 in this tradition17 books
- Violet M. Firth8 in this tradition13 books
- Rudolf Steiner7 in this tradition132 books
- Harry Houdini Collection7 in this tradition84 books
- William Walker Atkinson7 in this tradition22 books
- Lewis Spence7 in this tradition14 books
- Owen Davies7 in this tradition13 books
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim7 in this tradition12 books
- Annie Besant6 in this tradition48 books
1,342 books
- Read free
Dracula
Bram Stoker
1897
- Read free
Letters on demonology and witchcraft
Walter Scott, Henry Morley
1830
- Read free
The secret teachings of all ages
Manly Palmer Hall
1928
- Read free
The Occult World
Alfred Percy Sinnett, Harry Houdini Collection
1881
- Read free
The magus, or celestial intelligencer; being a complete system of occult philosophy. In three books: containing the antient and modern practice of the cabalistic art, natural and celestial magic, &c. ...
Francis Barrett
1801
- Read free
The Illustrated Key To The Tarot
Lauron William de Laurence, Pamela Colman Smith
1916
- Read free
Apparitions and Thought-Transference
Frank Podmore
1894
- Read free
Occultism and common-sense
Beckles Willson, William Barrett
1908
- Read free
Reincarnation and the Law of Karma
William Walker Atkinson
1908
- Read free
The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
Andrew Lang, Traugott Konstantin Oesterreich
1897
- Read free
The Vampyre
John William Polidori, John Polidori
1819
- Read free
Là-bas
Joris-Karl Huysmans, J.-Joris-Karl Huysmans, Keene Wallis
1890
- Read free
Practical Psychomancy and Crystal Gazing
William Walker Atkinson
1907
- Read free
Demonology and devil-lore
Moncure Daniel Conway
1879
- Read free
History of Witchcraft
Montague Summers, Richard Turnbull Clark
1926
- Read free
Abraham Abulafia’s Esotericism
Moshe Idel, Warren Zev Harvey
2020
- Read free
New Approaches to the Study of Esotericism
Egil Asprem, Julian Strube
2020
- Read free
Ghosts - or the (Nearly) Invisible
Maria Fleischhack, Elmar Schenkel
2016
- Read free
Carmilla
Sheridan Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, David Brian
1871
- Read free
Elizabethan Demonology
Thomas Alfred Spalding
1880
- Read free
Hidden symbolism of alchemy and the occult arts
Herbert Silberer, Smith Ely Jelliffe
1917
- Read free
Jewish Mysticism
Joshua Abelson
1913
- Read free
Wild talents
Charles Fort
1932
- Read free
De Occulta Philosophia
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Donald Tyson, Harry Houdini Collection, Henry Morley, Willis F Whitehead
1533