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  1. 1862

    La Sorcière

    Jules Michelet

    essay by Jules Michelet

    Secondary source Notable also Witchcraft and demonology

    Read at gutenberg.org ↗ and 1 more edition

  2. 1864

    The Gospel According to Spiritism

    Allan Kardec

    Interprets Christian teaching through reincarnation and Spiritist ethics.

    Primary source Notable also Mesmerism and Spiritualism

    No free edition

  3. 1865

    Heaven and Hell

    Allan Kardec

    Rejects eternal damnation in favour of progressive spiritual development.

    Primary source Notable also Mesmerism and Spiritualism

    No free edition

  4. 1866

    Duncan's Masonic Ritual and Monitor

    Malcolm C. Duncan

    Primary source Unmeasured also Freemasonry

    Read at sacred-texts.com ↗

  5. 1868

    The Genesis

    Allan Kardec

    Attempts to reconcile cosmology, miracles and spiritual law with contemporary science.

    Primary source Notable also Mesmerism and Spiritualism

    No free edition

  6. 1872

    Morals and Dogma

    Albert Pike

    book by Albert Pike

    Primary source Notable also Freemasonry

    Read at sacred-texts.com ↗ and 1 more edition

  7. 1874

    Eulis!

    Paschal Beverly Randolph

    An explicitly occult work developing his theories of love, sexuality, magic and spiritual transformation.

    Primary source Unmeasured also Mesmerism and Spiritualism

    No free edition

  8. 1877

    Isis Unveiled

    Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

    A sprawling attack on materialism and dogmatic Christianity, coupled with a defence of occult and ancient wisdom traditions.

    Primary source Major also Theosophy and its descendants

    Read at sacred-texts.com ↗ and 2 more editions

  9. 1882

    The Symbolism of Freemasonry

    Albert G. Mackey

    Primary source Unmeasured also Freemasonry

    Read at sacred-texts.com ↗ and 1 more edition

  10. 1885

    The Virgin of the World

    tr. Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland

    Formative source Unmeasured also Hermetism

    Read at sacred-texts.com ↗

  11. 1886–1903

    A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature

    Marcus Jastrow

    The standard dictionary of rabbinic Hebrew and Aramaic.

    Secondary source Unmeasured also Jewish scripture and tradition

    Read at archive.org ↗

  12. 1886

    At the Threshold of the Mystery

    Stanislas de Guaita

    An introduction to occult doctrine and symbolism.

    Primary source Unmeasured also French occultism

    No free edition

  13. 1887

    The Gnostics and Their Remains

    Charles William King

    Secondary source Unmeasured also Gnosticism

    Read at sacred-texts.com ↗

  14. 1887

    The Isiac Tablet of Cardinal Bembo

    W. Wynn Westcott

    Secondary source Unmeasured also The Golden Dawn and Hermetism

    Read at sacred-texts.com ↗

  15. 1887

    The Kabbalah Unveiled

    Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers

    Translation of portions of Knorr von Rosenroth's Latin Kabbala Denudata, making Zoharic material accessible in English.

    Formative source Unmeasured also Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah and The Golden Dawn

    Read at sacred-texts.com ↗ and 1 more edition

  16. 1887

    L'Occultisme contemporain

    Papus

    A survey of the contemporary occult revival.

    Primary source Unmeasured also French occultism

    No free edition

  17. 1887

    The Real History of the Rosicrucians

    Arthur Edward Waite

    Secondary source Unmeasured also Rosicrucianism

    Read at sacred-texts.com ↗

  18. English translation, 1887

    Sepher Yetzirah

    William Wynn Westcott

    Helped make a foundational Kabbalistic text available to English-speaking occultists.

    Formative source Unmeasured also Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah and The Golden Dawn

    Read at sacred-texts.com ↗ and 4 more editions

  19. c. 1888

    Book T

    Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (primarily); Harriet Felkin (later material)

    Book T is the Golden Dawn's central instructional document on tarot. It specifies card designs and connects the twenty-two trumps with Hebrew letters and Tree paths, the...

    Primary source Unmeasured also The Golden Dawn and Tarot

    Read at hermetic.com ↗ and 1 more edition

  20. 1888

    The Secret Doctrine

    Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

    Her cosmological synthesis, presented as a reading of the Stanzas of Dzyan: cycles of evolution, root races, reincarnation and hidden spiritual hierarchies.

    Primary source Major also Theosophy and its descendants

    Read at sacred-texts.com ↗ and 4 more editions

  21. 1888

    The Tarot

    S. L. MacGregor Mathers

    Primary source Unmeasured also Tarot and The Golden Dawn

    Read at sacred-texts.com ↗

  22. 1888

    Traité élémentaire de science occulte

    Papus

    A hugely influential introductory manual presenting occultism as an organised science.

    Primary source Unmeasured also French occultism

    No free edition

  23. 1889

    The Key of Solomon the King

    Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers

    An influential English edition of the Solomonic grimoire tradition.

    Formative source Unmeasured also Grimoires and ritual magic and The Golden Dawn

    Read at sacred-texts.com ↗

  24. 1889

    The Key to Theosophy

    Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

    A much more accessible question-and-answer exposition of Theosophical teaching.

    Primary source Notable also Theosophy and its descendants

    Read at gutenberg.org ↗

  25. 1889

    The Tarot of the Bohemians

    Papus

    Integrates Tarot with Kabbalah, numerology and esoteric cosmology.

    Primary source Unmeasured also Tarot and French occultism

    Read at sacred-texts.com ↗

  26. 1889

    The Voice of the Silence

    Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

    A devotional and mystical text presenting an ideal of spiritual compassion in strongly Buddhist-influenced vocabulary.

    Primary source Major also Theosophy and its descendants

    No free edition

  27. 1890

    The Golden Bough

    James George Frazer

    1890 non-fiction work by James George Frazer

    Secondary source Landmark also Greek and Roman mysteries

    Read at sacred-texts.com ↗ and 1 more edition

  28. 1890

    Numbers: Their Occult Power and Mystic Virtues

    William Wynn Westcott

    A concise presentation of occult numerology.

    Primary source Unmeasured also The Golden Dawn

    Read at sacred-texts.com ↗

  29. 1891

    The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries

    Thomas Taylor

    Secondary source Unmeasured also Greek and Roman mysteries

    Read at sacred-texts.com ↗

  30. 1891–1906

    A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament

    Francis Brown, S. R. Driver and Charles A. Briggs

    The standard Hebrew lexicon of the Hebrew Bible, based on Gesenius.

    Secondary source Unmeasured also Jewish scripture and tradition

    Read at archive.org ↗

  31. 1891

    Le Serpent de la Genèse I: Le Temple de Satan

    Stanislas de Guaita

    The first instalment of an ambitious exploration of evil, magic and occult philosophy.

    Primary source Unmeasured also French occultism

    No free edition

  32. 1893 onward

    Collectanea Hermetica

    William Wynn Westcott

    A series he edited, making Hermetic, alchemical and Kabbalistic material available to students.

    Formative source Unmeasured also The Golden Dawn and Hermetism

    No free edition

  33. 1893

    The Hermetic Museum

    tr. Arthur Edward Waite

    Formative source Unmeasured also Alchemy

    Read at sacred-texts.com ↗

  34. 1896

    The Astral Plane

    C. W. Leadbeater

    A systematic map of the supposed astral world.

    Primary source Unmeasured also Theosophy and its descendants

    Read at gutenberg.org ↗

  35. 1896

    The Devachanic Plane

    C. W. Leadbeater

    Describes a higher postmortem mental world.

    Primary source Unmeasured also Theosophy and its descendants

    No free edition

  36. 1897

    The Ancient Wisdom

    Annie Besant

    A systematic introduction to Theosophical cosmology.

    Primary source Unmeasured also Theosophy and its descendants

    No free edition

  37. 1897

    Le Serpent de la Genèse II: La Clef de la Magie Noire

    Stanislas de Guaita

    A dense study of astral forces and what he understood as black magic.

    Primary source Unmeasured also French occultism

    No free edition

  38. 1898; later substantially revised

    The Book of Black Magic and of Pacts

    Arthur Edward Waite

    A historical and critical survey of the grimoires rather than an instruction manual.

    Formative source Notable also Grimoires and ritual magic and The Golden Dawn

    Read at sacred-texts.com ↗

  39. 1898

    The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage

    Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers

    Introduced English occultists to the Abramelin system: prolonged purification, communion with the Holy Guardian Angel, and subsequent command of spirits.

    Formative source Major also Grimoires and ritual magic and The Golden Dawn

    Read at sacred-texts.com ↗ and 1 more edition

  40. 1899

    Clairvoyance

    C. W. Leadbeater

    Attempts to categorise different kinds of extrasensory perception.

    Primary source Unmeasured also Theosophy and its descendants

    Read at sacred-texts.com ↗ and 1 more edition

  41. 1899

    Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches

    Charles Godfrey Leland

    book by Charles Godfrey Leland

    Primary source Major also Modern witchcraft and Witchcraft and demonology

    Read at sacred-texts.com ↗

  42. 1900

    Fragments of a Faith Forgotten

    G. R. S. Mead

    Secondary source Unmeasured also Gnosticism

    Read at sacred-texts.com ↗

  43. 1901

    Egyptian Magic

    E. A. Wallis Budge

    Secondary source Unmeasured also Egyptian religion and magic

    Read at sacred-texts.com ↗

  44. 1901–1906

    The Jewish Encyclopedia

    Isidore Singer, managing editor, with named specialist contributors

    The Jewish Encyclopedia is an early twentieth-century reference work whose signed articles gather biblical, rabbinic and mystical source trails. Its accounts of variant angel...

    Secondary source Landmark also Jewish scripture and tradition

    Read at jewishencyclopedia.com ↗ and 11 more editions

  45. 1902

    Man Visible and Invisible

    C. W. Leadbeater

    Describes subtle bodies and aura colours.

    Primary source Unmeasured also Theosophy and its descendants

    No free edition

  46. 1903

    The Mysteries of Mithra

    Franz Cumont

    Secondary source Unmeasured also Greek and Roman mysteries

    Read at sacred-texts.com ↗

  47. received 8–10 April 1904; first printed 1909

    The Book of the Law

    Aleister Crowley

    The short scripture of Thelema, centred on the maxim 'Do what thou wilt'. Crowley said the text was dictated by a non-human intelligence called Aiwass.

    Primary source Major also Thelema

    Read at sacred-texts.com ↗

  48. serialised from 1904; later in book form

    How to Know Higher Worlds

    Rudolf Steiner

    A practical programme of inner discipline and spiritual perception.

    Primary source Unmeasured also Theosophy and its descendants

    Read at sacred-texts.com ↗ and 1 more edition

  49. 1904

    Theosophy

    Rudolf Steiner

    Introduces his account of the human spiritual constitution and postmortem development.

    Primary source Unmeasured also Theosophy and its descendants

    Read at sacred-texts.com ↗

  50. 1905

    Earth Inferno

    Austin Osman Spare

    An early artist's book combining drawings, aphorisms and a private cosmology.

    Primary source Minor also Twentieth-century magic

    No free edition