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Esoteric and Occult

Alchemy Americana Atlantis Erisian Enochian Fortean Freemasonry Golden Dawn I AM New Thought Nostradamus Piri Re'is Map Oahspe Rosicrucian Tarot Thelema Theosophy UFOs Vampires

Here is a smorgasbord of texts relating to esoteric and occult beliefs. Although miniscule in comparison to even the smallest of the world religions, or even of the Neopagan community with which they are often incorrectly grouped, these groups have a huge presence on the Internet. This page archives some of the best material in this category.

Some of these texts should be taken very seriously; others are completely farcical; we mostly leave it up to the reader to decide which is which.

Featured Books

Paradoxes of the Highest Science
by Éliphas Lévi, translated by Anonymous [1922].
Comments by an Eminent Occultist (H.P. Blavatsky?).

Tertium Organum
by P.D. Ouspensky [1922]

The Secret Teachings of All Ages
by Manley Palmer Hall [1928, copyright not renewed]
A comprehensive introduction to the Esoteric, including the Qaballa, Tarot, Ceremonial Magic, Neo-Platonic Philosophy, Mystery Religions, Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry.

The Divine Pymander
of Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus, translated by John Everard [1650]

The Virgin of the World
of Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus, translated by Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland [1885]

The Art of Worldly Wisdom
by Balthasar Gracian, translated by Joseph Jacobs [1892]

The Way of Power
by Lily Adams Beck [1928, not renewed]

The Chaldæan Oracles of Zoroaster
by W. Wynn Westcott [1895]

The Kybalion
by Three Initiates [1912]

Comte de Gabalis
by Abbé N. de Montfaucon de Villars [1913]
An esoteric classic about the elementals.

A Wanderer in the Spirit Lands
by Franchezzo (A. Farnese) [1896]
What lies beyond the land of the living?

The Human Atmosphere
by Walter J. Kilner [1920]
The first attempt at a scientific study of the human aura.

Mankind United
by Arthur Bell [1936]
A classic California cult.

Tilak of Tibet
by Ann Hackett [1944]
A long-forgotten esoteric novella.

The Most Holy Trinosophia
by Comte de Saint-Germain and Manly Palmer Hall [1933]
A curious book by the supposedly immortal Rosicrucian master, St. Germain.

Alchemy

Alchemy Index
The texts of the alchemists have deeper meaning for those who seek spiritual transformation.

Americana

Americana Index
Texts from the American past with esoteric knowledge.

Atlantis

Atlantis Index
Read classic texts from the 19th Century about lost continents and doomed forgotten civilizations.

Erisian

This loosely affiliated set of anarchistic belief systems can best be described as a dadaist cult of the Goddess of Chaos, Eris. It is closely associated with the contemporary counter-culture, borrowing heavily from (or attributing its beliefs to) Paganism, Shamanism, Ritual Magic, and Cybernetics.

Principia Discordia 133,998 bytes.
This text was a starting point for Erisianism. Robert Anton Wilson had a hand in this text (going beyond just writing the introduction), which is one of the first 'copyleft' documents.

The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism by Hakim Bey 287,797 bytes
Hakim Bey's anarchistic-shamanistic-neotribal views greatly influenced rave culture and the tatooing/body piercing craze of the nineties.

Enochian Magic

Enochian Magic was originally developed by Dr. John Dee, (1527-1608). This is a complex system of ceremonial magic, utilizing an otherwise unknown language chanelled by Dee.
The Calls of Enoch
These angelic invocations, the central text of Enochian Magic, are not to be taken lightly.

Fortean

The works of Charles Fort
Charles Fort's books were the original X-Files; he cataloged and attempted to explain all kinds of anomolous phenomena.

Freemasonry

Please refer to the sacred-texts Freemasonry index.

Golden Dawn

Historic Lecture by W. Wynn Westcott 10,291 bytes

I AM

Unveiled Mysteries
by Godfré Ray King, (pseud. Guy Warran Ballard) [1934]
A trip through time and space with St. Germain, Ascended Master.

New Thought

New Thought now has its own index:
New Thought

Nostradamus

The predictions of Nostradamus
The quatrains of Nostradamus are some of the most famous prophetic books in history. Nostradamus' writings are presented here in both French and English.

Piri Re'is Map

The Piri Re'is Map
The best known evidence for a global ice age civilization.

Oahspe

The Book of Oahspe
Oahspe is a 'channelled' 19th century book.

Rosicrucian

Rosicrucian Texts.
One of the first secret societies, revived in modern times.

Tarot

Tarot Index Read up on the Tarot, then get a tarot reading. Includes Waite's Pictoral Key and several other books on the Tarot, extensive images of the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot deck (plus an extensive FAQ about the RWS copyrights).

Thelema

Texts of Thelema
by famous occultist Aleister Crowley who founded the organization A.'. A.'. (Argentium Astrum -- the Silver Star) as well as others by members of the OTO (Ordo Templi Orientis -- Order of the Eastern Temple) (founded by Theodor Reuss and Karl Kellner in 1895).