Occultism, folklore, mythology scholarship
An Encyclopaedia of Occultism: A Comprehensive Record of the Occult Sciences, Magic, Spiritualism, Predictions, and Secrets
One of the most comprehensive and scholarly reference works ever compiled on the occult sciences. Lewis Spence, a Scottish scholar and mythologist, provides thousands of entries covering the history of magic, alchemy, astrology, witchcraft, mythology, and secret societies. The work is particularly valuable for its detailed biographies of historical magicians and its objective summaries of occult theories from antiquity to the early 20th century. It remains a standard reference tool for researchers and students of esotericism.
Contents14 chapters
- 01Preface
- 02Introduction
- 03Encyclopedia: A
- 04Encyclopedia: B
- 05Encyclopedia: C
- 06Encyclopedia: D
- 07Encyclopedia: E
- 08Encyclopedia: F-G
- 09Encyclopedia: H
- 10Encyclopedia: I-K
- 11Encyclopedia: L-M
- 12Encyclopedia: N-P
- 13Encyclopedia: Q-S
- 14Encyclopedia: T-Z
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