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341 primary texts spanning grimoires, Hermetic philosophy, astrological treatises, alchemical works, Kabbalah, Rosicrucianism, Thelema, and comparative mythology — from ancient manuscripts to early twentieth-century initiates. Each text is fully indexed and searchable through the Hermetikon archive.
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Grimoires and Ceremonial Magic
Primary grimoire and ceremonial magic texts covering the Key of Solomon, Goetia, pentacles, Abramelin, spirit catalogues, seals, consecrations, and ritual practice.
Hermeticism and Alchemy
Hermetic and alchemical source texts covering the Corpus Hermeticum, Divine Pymander, The Kybalion, Paracelsus, alchemical symbolism, medicine, and spiritual transformation.
Gnosticism and Apocrypha
Gnostic and apocryphal texts covering Pistis Sophia, the Book of Enoch, early Christian gnosis, pseudepigrapha, mystical revelation, and esoteric Christian cosmology.
Enochian Magic
Enochian magic texts and related works on John Dee, the Five Books of Mystery, Enochian language, angelic calls, later Golden Dawn reception, and apocryphal material.
Freemasonry
Freemasonry source texts and studies covering Morals and Dogma, Masonic symbolism, Scottish Rite philosophy, speculative Masonry, ritual allegory, and esoteric interpretation.
Hermeticism
Primary Hermetic texts, later Hermetic philosophy, and adjacent works on ascent, correspondence, divine mind, and spiritual transformation.
Herbs and Plant Lore
Archive-backed herb pages with books, representative citations, aliases, themes, and safety notes.
Classic Texts
Metamorphoses (Books I-VII)
Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
8
Metamorphoses (Books VIII-XV)
Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
8
Diamond Sutra
Buddhist tradition (Mahayana)
100
The Enchiridion
Epictetus
125
Tetrabiblos
Claudius Ptolemy
150
Dhammapada
Buddhist tradition (compiled)
200
Philosophumena (Vol 2)
Hippolytus of Rome
222
Philosophumena (Vol 1)
Hippolytus of Rome
222
Corpus Hermeticum
Hermes Trismegistus
250
Argonautica
Apollonius Rhodius
250
A
Adventures of a Modern OccultistOliver Bland
1920Mid
An Address to Men of ScienceRobert Hindmarsh
1787Mid
Anatomy of MelancholyRobert Burton
1621Adv
Anima AstrologiaeHenry Coley
1676Mid
Antient Mythology (Vol 1)Jacob Bryant
1774Adv
Antient Mythology Vol 2Jacob Bryant
1774Adv
AradiaCharles Godfrey Leland
1899Mid
ArgonauticaApollonius Rhodius
250Mid
Ars NotoriaAnonymous
1225
Astrologia RestaurataWilliam Ramesey
1653Adv
Astrology for AllAlan Leo (William Frederick Allan)
1899Intro
AuroraJacob Boehme
1612Adv
The Age of FableThomas Bulfinch
1855Intro
The Authentic Red Dragon and Black HenAnonymous
1800Mid
B
A babonák könyveArnold Ipolyi
1848Mid
A Book of MythsAndrew Lang
1889Intro
Balder the Beautiful, Volume IJames George Frazer
1913Adv
Bhagavad GitaAnonymous (Attributed to Vyasa)
-200Mid
Bible MythsThomas William Doane
1882Mid
Bilder der WunderkunstKarl Grabner (Attributed/Editor)
1834
Black PulletAnonymous (French folk tradition)
1760Intro
Book 4 Part 1Aleister Crowley
1912Mid
Book 4 Part 2Aleister Crowley
1913Adv
Book of Black MagicArthur Edward Waite
1898Mid
Book of the DamnedCharles Fort
1919Mid
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & FableE. Cobham Brewer
1870Mid
British GoblinsWirt Sikes
1880Mid
BuchstabenmystikFranz Dornseiff
1922Adv
Bulfinch's MythologyThomas Bulfinch
1881Intro
Bulfinch's MythologyThomas Bulfinch
1855
Bygone BeliefsH. Stanley Redgrove
1920Mid
The Blood CovenantH. Clay Trumbull
1885Mid
The Book of EnochR. H. Charles (Translator)
-200Adv
The Book of TalismansWilliam Thomas Pavitt
1914Mid
The Book of the DeadAnonymous (Ancient Egyptian priests/scribes)
-1500
The Book of the LawAleister Crowley
1904Adv
The Book of ThothJean-Baptiste Alliette (Etteilla)
1785Mid
The Book of WitchesUnknown Author (Historical Compilation)
1900Mid
C
Celtic Fairy TalesJoseph Jacobs (collector/editor)
1892Intro
Ceremonial MagicArthur Edward Waite
1898Adv
Chips from a German Workshop (Vol 1)F. Max Müller
1867Adv
Chips from a German Workshop (Vol 3)F. Max Müller
1870Mid
Chips from a German Workshop (Vol 4)F. Max Müller
1875Adv
Chips from a German Workshop (Vol 5)F. Max Müller
1881Mid
Christian AstrologyWilliam Lilly
1647Adv
Chuang TzuZhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)
300Adv
Civilization and Its DiscontentsSigmund Freud
1930Mid
Clavis Astrologiae ElimataHenry Coley
1669Adv
Compendium MaleficarumFrancesco Maria Guazzo
1608Adv
Corpus HermeticumHermes Trismegistus
250Mid
Culpeper's Complete HerbalNicholas Culpeper
1653Mid
Curiosities of SuperstitionWilliam Henry Davenport Adams
1882Intro
Custom and MythAndrew Lang
1884Mid
Custom and MythAndrew Lang
1884Mid
The Candle of VisionAE (George William Russell)
1918Mid
The Chaldean OraclesG.R.S. Mead
1908Adv
The Chemical WeddingJohann Valentin Andreae (Attributed)
1616Adv
The Christian MythologyCharles François Dupuis
1794Mid
The Cloud of UnknowingEvelyn Underhill
1375Mid
The Cloud Upon the SanctuaryKarl von Eckartshausen
1802Mid
The Coming of the FairiesArthur Conan Doyle
1922Intro
The Complete Book of FortuneAnonymous
1930Intro
The CrowdGustave Le Bon
1895Mid
D
DaemonologieKing James I of England (James VI of Scotland)
1597Mid
Della gloriaGiacomo Leopardi
1824Adv
DemonologiaJ. S. Forsyth
1827Mid
Demonology and Devil-loreMoncure Daniel Conway
1879Mid
Demonology and SuperstitionsWilliam Grant Stewart
1823Mid
Der Teufel und die HölleWilhelm Ludwig Wekhrlin
1771Adv
DhammapadaBuddhist tradition (compiled)
200Intro
Diamond SutraBuddhist tradition (Mahayana)
100Adv
Dictionnaire InfernalJacques Auguste Simon Collin de Plancy
1818
Domestic Folk-loreThomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer
1881Intro
Dream PsychologySigmund Freud
1901Mid
The Dawn of HistoryCharles Francis Keary
1878Mid
The Discoverie of WitchcraftReginald Scot
1584Mid
The Divine PymanderJohn Everard
1650Mid
E
Egyptian MagicE. A. Wallis Budge
1899Mid
Encyclopaedia of AntiquitiesThomas Dudley Fosbroke
1825Adv
Encyclopaedia of OccultismLewis Spence
1920Mid
Error's ChainsFrank S. Dobbins
1883Mid
Esoteric Astrology
1913Adv
Eulis! The History of LovePaschal Beverly Randolph
1874Adv
Evil Eye in the Western HighlandsJohn Gregorson Campbell
1902Mid
Extraordinary Popular DelusionsCharles Mackay
1841Mid
The Elder Eddas and Younger EddasAnonymous
1200Adv
The Elements of TheologyProclus
450Adv
The EnchiridionEpictetus
125Mid
The EnneadsPlotinus
250Adv
The Epic of GilgamishStephen Langdon
1917Adv
The Equinox Vol. 1 No. 1Aleister Crowley
1909Mid
The Equinox Vol. 1 No. 10Aleister Crowley
1913Mid
The Equinox Vol. 1 No. 2Aleister Crowley
1909Mid
The Equinox Vol. 1 No. 3Aleister Crowley
1910Mid
The Equinox Vol. 1 No. 4Aleister Crowley
1910Mid
The Equinox Vol. 1 No. 5Aleister Crowley
1911Mid
The Equinox Vol. 1 No. 6Aleister Crowley
1911Mid
The Equinox Vol. 1 No. 7Aleister Crowley
1912Mid
The Equinox Vol. 1 No. 8Aleister Crowley
1912Mid
The Equinox Vol. 1 No. 9Aleister Crowley
1913Mid
The Evil EyeFrederick Thomas Elworthy
1895Mid
The Evolution of the DragonG. Elliot Smith
1919Adv
F
Fact and Fable in PsychologyJoseph Jastrow
1900Mid
Fairy-Faith in Celtic CountriesW. Y. Evans-Wentz
1911Adv
Fiends, Ghosts, and SpritesJohn Netten Radcliffe
1854Mid
Five Books of MysteryJohn Dee
1564Adv
Four Basic Principles of NumerologyVarious Authors
1920Intro
Fourth Book & Magical TreatisesHeinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim
1655
Fourth Book of Occult PhilosophyHeinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim
1565Adv
Fragments of a Faith ForgottenG.R.S. Mead
1900Adv
Fundamental PrinciplesZelia Nuttall
1901Adv
The Family HerbalJohn Hill
1755Mid
G
GenethlialogiaJohn Gadbury
1658Adv
Grimoire of HonoriusAttributed to Pope Honorius III (Pseudo-attribution)
1670Adv
Grimorium VerumAnonymous
1817Adv
Guide for the PerplexedMoses Maimonides
1190Adv
The Game of LifeFlorence Scovel Shinn
1925
The Golden BoughJames George Frazer
1913Adv
The Golden BoughJames George Frazer
1890
The Golden BoughJames George Frazer
1915
The Golden BoughJames George Frazer
1912Adv
The Golden BoughJames George Frazer
1913Adv
The Golden BoughJames George Frazer
1890Adv
The Golden BoughJames George Frazer
1906Adv
The Golden BoughJames George Frazer
1912Adv
The Golden BoughJames George Frazer
1913Adv
The Golden BoughJames George Frazer
1911Adv
The Golden BoughJames George Frazer
1906Adv
The Golden BoughJames George Frazer
1907Adv
The Golden BoughJames George Frazer
1907Adv
The Golden BoughJames George Frazer
1890Adv
The Golden BoughJames George Frazer
1906Adv
The Golden Verses of PythagorasAntoine Fabre d'Olivet
1813Mid
The GolemGustav Meyrink
1915Mid
The Gospel of BuddhaPaul Carus
1894Mid
The Great God PanArthur Machen
1894Mid
H
Hastings' Encyclopaedia of Religion and EthicsJames Hastings
1917
Hastings' Encyclopaedia of Religion and EthicsJames Hastings
1916
Hastings' Encyclopaedia of Religion and EthicsJames Hastings
1926
Hastings' Encyclopaedia of Religion and EthicsJames Hastings
1913
Hastings' Encyclopaedia of Religion and EthicsJames Hastings
1908
Hastings' Encyclopaedia of Religion and EthicsJames Hastings
1918
Hatha Yoga PradipikaSvatmarama
1400Mid
Heathen MythologyAnonymous
1842Mid
Heaven and HellEmanuel Swedenborg
1758Mid
Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of ParacelsusPhilippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim (Paracelsus)
1493Adv
History of Human FollyMax Kemmerich
1912
History of ReligionsCrawford Howell Toy
1913Adv
History of the DevilPaul Carus
1900Mid
History of Witchcraft and DemonologyMontague Summers
1926Mid
Human AnimalsFrank Hamel
1915Mid
Hypnosis and SuggestionHippolyte Bernheim
1884Adv
The Hermetic Museum
1678Adv
The Holy KabbalahArthur Edward Waite
1929
The Human AuraWilliam Walker Atkinson
1912
I
An Introduction to MythologyGeorge W. Cox
1873Intro
I ChingAnonymous (Traditional attribution: King Wen & Duke of Zhou)
-1000Adv
Illustration of the Occult Sciences
1784Adv
Indian PalmistryJ. B. Dale
1895Mid
Initiation, Human and SolarAlice A. Bailey
1922Mid
Isis Unveiled Vol. 1Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
1877Mid
Isis Unveiled, Vol. 2: TheologyHelena Petrovna Blavatsky
1877Adv
The Influence of the StarsRosa Baughan
1880Intro
The Interior CastleSt. Teresa of Avila
1577Mid
The Interpretation of DreamsVarious Esoteric Authors
1910Intro
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La stregaGiovan Francesco Pico della Mirandola
1523Adv
Le diable peint par lui-mêmeJacques Auguste Simon Collin de Plancy
1819Mid
Le grand secretMaurice Maeterlinck
1921Mid
Le stregheJules Michelet
1862Mid
Lesser Key of Solomon (Goetia)Anonymous
1650Adv
Liber 777Aleister Crowley
1909Adv
Life of BuddhaHenry Steel Olcott
1882Mid
Literature of the Ancient EgyptiansE. A. Wallis Budge
1914Mid
Lives of Alchemystical PhilosophersArthur Edward Waite
1888Mid
The Law of Psychic PhenomenaThomson Jay Hudson
1893Mid
The Legends of the JewsLouis Ginzberg
1909Adv
The Light of Egypt; Or, The Science of the Soul and the Stars - Volume 2Thomas H. Burgoyne
1889Mid
M
Magic & MiraclesT. Adolphus Trollope
1848Mid
Magic and FetishismAlfred Cruikshank Haddon
1906Mid
Magic and ReligionAndrew Lang
1901Mid
Magick in Theory and PracticeAleister Crowley
1929Adv
Malleus MaleficarumHeinrich Kramer
1487Adv
Malleus MaleficarumHeinrich Kramer
1487Mid
Manual of AstrologyRaphael (Robert Cross Smith)
1828
Master Key SystemCharles F. Haanel
1912Mid
Meister Eckhart, Vol. 2C. de B. Evans
1931Adv
Meister Eckhart: SermonsC. de B. Evans
1924Adv
Metamorphoses (Books I-VII)Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
8Mid
Metamorphoses (Books VIII-XV)Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
8Mid
Migration of SymbolsGoblet d'Alviella
1891Adv
MikropanastronJohn Partridge
1679Mid
Mikropanastron (1692)John Partridge
1679Mid
MiscellaniesJohn Aubrey
1696Mid
Miti del Medio Evo Vol 2Arturo Graf
1893
Miti, leggende e superstizioni (Vol 1)Arturo Graf
1892Adv
Modern MagicAngelo John Lewis
1876Mid
Modern MythologyCharles Kingsley
1873Mid
Monarchy Or No MonarchyWilliam Lilly
1651Adv
Morals and DogmaAlbert Pike
1871Adv
More Celtic Fairy TalesJoseph Jacobs (collector/editor)
1894Intro
Mysteries of All NationsJames Grant
1880Mid
Mystic LondonCharles Maurice Davies
1875Mid
Myth, Ritual and Religion Vol. 1Andrew Lang
1887Adv
Myth, Ritual and Religion Vol. 2Andrew Lang
1887Adv
Mythology of All Races (Vol 11)Hartley Burr Alexander
1920Mid
Mythology of Greece and RomeOtto Seemann
1881Mid
Myths and DreamsEdward Clodd
1885Mid
Myths and Fables of To-DaySamuel Adams Drake
1900Intro
Myths and Legends of All NationsLogan Marshall
1914Intro
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and RomeAnonymous Compiler
1900Mid
Myths and Myth-MakersJohn Fiske
1873Mid
Myths of Greece and RomeH. A. Guerber
1897Mid
Myths of the CherokeeJames Mooney
1900Mid
Myths of the NorsemenH. A. Guerber
1908Intro
Myths of the NorsemenAnonymous
1200Mid
The MabinogionAnonymous (Medieval Welsh authors)
1300Mid
The Magus (Vol 1)Francis Barrett
1801Adv
The Magus (Vol 2)Francis Barrett
1801Adv
The MathnawiR. A. Nicholson
1925Adv
The Mathnawi, Vol. 2R. A. Nicholson
1926Adv
The Message of the Stars
1913Mid
The Mystics of IslamR. A. Nicholson
1914Adv
N
O
Occult ChemistryAnnie Besant
1908Adv
Occult Science in MedicineFranz Hartmann
1893Mid
Oedipus AegyptiacusAthanasius Kircher
1652Adv
Old Babylonian GilgameshMorris Jastrow Jr. and Albert T. Clay
1920Adv
On the Cave of the NymphsPorphyry
270Adv
On the MysteriesIamblichus
300Adv
Opinions and BeliefsGustave Le Bon
1911Adv
Opus ReformatumJohn Partridge
1693Mid
Origin of Man and SuperstitionsCarveth Read
1920Adv
Outline of Occult ScienceRudolf Steiner
1909Adv
P
Pagan and Christian CreedsEdward Carpenter
1920Mid
Palmistry for AllCheiro
1916Intro
Philosophumena (Vol 1)Hippolytus of Rome
222Adv
Philosophumena (Vol 2)Hippolytus of Rome
222Adv
PicatrixAnonymous (Medieval Islamic author, often attributed to Maslama al-Majriti or his school)
1050
Pictorial Key to the TarotArthur Edward Waite
1911Mid
Pistis SophiaG.R.S. Mead
1921Adv
Pistis SophiaG. Horner (Translator) and Francis Legge (Introduction)
1924Adv
Popular Superstitions, and the Truths Contained ThereinHerbert Mayo
1851Intro
Pow-WowsJohn George Hohman
1820
Practical PsychomancyWilliam Walker Atkinson
1908Intro
Primitive Culture Vol 1Edward B. Tylor
1871Mid
Primitive Culture, Vol. 2Edward B. Tylor
1871Adv
Primitive Manners & CustomsJames Anson Farrer
1879Adv
Principia DiscordiaMalaclypse the Younger (Gregory Hill)
1963
Principles of Astrological GeomancyUnknown or Esoteric Author
1900Mid
Proofs of a ConspiracyJohn Robison
1797Adv
Prose EddaSnorri Sturluson
1220
Pseudomonarchia DaemonumJohann Weyer (Johannes Wierus)
1577Adv
Psyche's TaskJames George Frazer
1909Mid
Psychic Self-DefenseDion Fortune (Violet Mary Firth)
1930Mid
Psychological Origin of ReligionJames H. Leuba
1909Mid
Psychology of SuggestionBoris Sidis
1898Adv
The Phantom WorldAugustine Calmet
1746Mid
The PropheciesMichel de Nostredame (Nostradamus)
1555Adv
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Sacred Magic of Abramelin (Book 1)Abraham of Worms
1458Adv
Sacred Magic of Abramelin, Book 2
1458Adv
Sacred Magic of Abramelin, Book 3
1458Adv
Salatiedettä omin päinPekka Ervast
1922Intro
Salem WitchcraftVarious Historians
1892Mid
Satan's Invisible WorldGeorge Sinclair
1685Mid
Secret Symbols of the RosicruciansAnonymous (Attributed to multiple authors)
1785Adv
Secrets of Black ArtsAnonymous
1850Mid
Select Works of PlotinusThomas Taylor
1817Adv
Sepher YetzirahAnonymous
500Adv
Signs and Symbols of Primordial ManAlbert Churchward
1910Adv
Signs, Omens and SuperstitionsGeorge Lyman Kittredge
1915Mid
Sixth and Seventh Books of MosesAnonymous (Attributed to Moses)
1800Intro
Solomon and Solomonic LiteratureMoncure Daniel Conway
1898Mid
Splendor SolisSolomon Trismosin (Legendary)
1582Adv
Star Names
1899Adv
Strange Pages from Family PapersThomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer
1887Intro
Strange SurvivalsSabine Baring-Gould
1892Mid
Student's MythologyCatherine Ann White
1873Mid
Studies in OccultismHelena Petrovna Blavatsky
1890Mid
Superstitions of WitchcraftHoward Williams
1865Mid
Sworn Book of HonoriusHonorius of Thebes (Legendary/Unknown)
1250Adv
The Science of NumerologySepharial (Walter Gorn Old)
1912Mid
The Secret Doctrine (Vol 1)Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
1888Adv
The Secret Doctrine IndexHelena Petrovna Blavatsky
1897Adv
The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 2: AnthropogenesisHelena Petrovna Blavatsky
1888Adv
The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 3Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
1897Adv
The Serpent PowerArthur Avalon (Sir John Woodroffe)
1919Adv
The Signature of All ThingsJacob Boehme
1621Mid
The Soul and Its MechanismAlice A. Bailey
1930Mid
The Symbolism of FreemasonryAlbert G. Mackey
1869Mid
T
Tao Te ChingLaozi (Laotse)
-600Mid
Ten Thousand Dreams InterpretedGustavus Hindman Miller
1901Intro
Tertium OrganumP. D. Ouspensky
1912Adv
TetrabiblosClaudius Ptolemy
150Adv
Teutonic Mythology (Vol 3)Viktor Rydberg
1889Adv
Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1Viktor Rydberg
1889Mid
Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 2Viktor Rydberg
1889Mid
ThaumaturgiaRichard Harris Dalton Barham
1835Mid
The Tarot of the BohemiansPapus (Gérard Encausse)
1889Adv
The Triumphant Chariot of AntimonyBasil Valentine
1604Adv
The Twelve KeysBasil Valentine
1599Adv
Theogony & Works and DaysHesiod
-700Mid
Thought VibrationWilliam Walker Atkinson
1906Intro
Three Books of Occult PhilosophyHeinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim
1533Mid
Three EssaysF. Max Müller
1873Adv
Tibetan Book of the DeadPadmasambhava (traditional attribution)
1200Adv
TimaeusPlato
-360Adv
Tradition and MythologyLord Arundell of Wardour (John Francis Arundell)
1872Adv
Transcendental MagicÉliphas Lévi (Alphonse Louis Constant)
1856Adv
Transcendental MagicÉliphas Lévi (Alphonse Louis Constant)
1854Adv
Transylvanian SuperstitionsEmily Gerard
1885Intro
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A World of WondersJames Grant
1845Mid
The White SparkH. Stanley Redgrove
1912Mid
The WillowsAlgernon Blackwood
1907Mid
Witch StoriesE. Lynn Linton
1861Mid
Witchcraft & Second SightJohn Gregorson Campbell
1902Mid
Witchcraft and Superstitious RecordJohn Maxwell Wood
1911Mid
Witchcraft, Magic & AlchemyGrillot de Givry
1929Mid
Within the Temple of IsisBelle M. Wagner
1895Mid
