ermetikon

Archive index

Archive Paths

Browse primary texts, authors, and related subjects by tradition, practice, and field of study.

Paths
27
Texts
339
Authors
224
Grimoires & Magic51Hermeticism & Alchemy56Gnostic & Apocrypha26Enochian Magic3Freemasonry5Hermeticism53Alchemy17Ceremonial Magic39Solomonic Magic20Grimoires21Thelema15Gnosticism24Kabbalah27Demonology26Witchcraft13Theosophy30Folk Magic35Golden Dawn21Comparative Religion101Comparative Mythology92Folklore Studies94Anthropology61Astrology63New Thought7Psychical Research16Esoteric Philosophy60Eastern Texts17HerbsIndex

Core Research Paths

Major paths through the archive's most connected primary texts and traditions.

Grimoires and Ceremonial Magic

Grimoires, Goetia, pentacles, and ritual magic

Primary grimoire and ceremonial magic texts covering the Key of Solomon, Goetia, pentacles, Abramelin, spirit catalogues, seals, consecrations, and ritual practice.

51 texts27 authors1300 BCE to 1930
Scientific IlluminismRitual magicCeremonial magic operationsmeditation
Thelema

Crowley, A.A., and the law of Thelema

Thelemic texts and Aleister Crowley source works covering Book 4, Liber 777, The Equinox, Magick in Theory and Practice, A.A., ritual training, yoga, and True Will.

15 texts1 author1904 to 1929
Scientific IlluminismCeremonial MagicRitual magicmeditation
Hermeticism and Alchemy

Hermetica, alchemy, and the Great Work

Hermetic and alchemical source texts covering the Corpus Hermeticum, Divine Pymander, The Kybalion, Paracelsus, alchemical symbolism, medicine, and spiritual transformation.

56 texts38 authors1300 BCE to 1930
astrologyAstrology and Horoscope Castingesoteric symbolismmeditation
Gnosticism and Apocrypha

Gnostic scripture, apocrypha, and hidden revelation

Gnostic and apocryphal texts covering Pistis Sophia, the Book of Enoch, early Christian gnosis, pseudepigrapha, mystical revelation, and esoteric Christian cosmology.

26 texts23 authors200 BCE to 1945
hidden wisdomMystical experiencemystical gnosis and knowledgemystical theology
Enochian Magic

John Dee, Enochian language, and angelic 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.

3 texts3 authors200 BCE to 1911
Scientific Illuminismangelic communicationAngelic hierarchiesHermetic philosophy
Freemasonry

Masonic source texts and symbolism

Freemasonry source texts and studies covering Morals and Dogma, Masonic symbolism, Scottish Rite philosophy, speculative Masonry, ritual allegory, and esoteric interpretation.

5 texts5 authors1797 to 1913
esoteric symbolismScientific Illuminismsymbolic interpretationMoral philosophy and ethics
Golden Dawn

Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

Golden Dawn texts and related works on the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, ritual magic, grades, Qabalah, tarot, Enochian material, and modern occult orders.

21 texts5 authors1400 to 1929
Scientific IlluminismCeremonial MagicRitual magicCeremonial magic operations

Focused Western Traditions

Specific magical, mystical, and historical paths through related archive material.

Hermeticism

Hermetic texts and philosophy

Primary Hermetic texts, later Hermetic philosophy, and adjacent works on ascent, correspondence, divine mind, and spiritual transformation.

53 texts37 authors1300 BCE to 1930
astrologyAstrology and Horoscope Castingesoteric symbolismmeditation
Alchemy

Laboratory, symbolic, and spiritual alchemy

Alchemy texts and commentaries covering transmutation, medicine, allegory, spiritual regeneration, and the symbolic language of the great work.

17 texts11 authors250 to 1929
Alchemical TransformationAlchemical symbolismAlchemical meditationAlchemical laboratory work
Ceremonial Magic

Ritual magic and ordered practice

Ritual magic texts focused on consecration, invocation, planetary and angelic operations, magical tools, and structured ceremonial practice.

39 texts18 authors1300 BCE to 1930
Scientific IlluminismRitual magicCeremonial magic operationsmeditation
Solomonic Magic

Solomonic grimoires and spirit work

Solomonic magic texts, grimoires, spirit catalogues, angelic operations, seals, conjurations, and ritual procedures attributed to Solomon.

20 texts15 authors200 BCE to 1898
spirit conjurationtalisman creationCelestial talismansRitual magic
Grimoire Tradition

Practical magical books

Grimoire literature across manuscript and print traditions, including operations, spirits, talismans, prayers, seals, and practical magical procedures.

21 texts12 authors1225 to 1850
Planetary magictalisman creationspirit conjurationNatural magic
Gnosticism

Gnostic myth and mystical knowledge

Gnostic texts and studies on revelation, emanation, demiurgic cosmology, salvation through knowledge, and esoteric readings of Christianity.

24 texts21 authors222 to 1945
hidden wisdomMystical experiencemystical gnosis and knowledgemystical theology
Kabbalah

Jewish, Christian, and Hermetic Kabbalah

Kabbalah and Qabalah texts on the Tree of Life, divine names, emanation, symbolism, magic, meditation, and esoteric biblical interpretation.

27 texts21 authors1300 BCE to 1929
esoteric symbolismhidden wisdomAstrology and Horoscope Castingmeditation
Demonology

Demons, spirits, and theological classification

Demonology texts covering spirit hierarchies, possession, exorcism, theological classification, grimoires, and early modern debates on magic.

26 texts24 authors200 BCE to 1926
Demonic PossessionDemonsEuropean folkloreFolklore & Superstition
Witchcraft

Historical witchcraft and magical accusation

Witchcraft texts on trials, accusations, maleficium, popular magic, demonological theory, and the social history of magical practice.

13 texts12 authors1487 to 1911
Demonic PossessionDemonsEuropean folklorebinding and hexing
Theosophy

Modern esoteric synthesis

Theosophical texts on occult cosmology, root races, comparative religion, esoteric evolution, hidden masters, and modern esoteric synthesis.

30 texts21 authors1493 to 1930
meditationSpiritual evolutionspiritual initiationastrology
Folk Magic

Charms, cures, and vernacular practice

Folk magic texts and practical traditions covering charms, cures, household rites, prayers, talismans, and vernacular magical practice.

35 texts32 authors1653 to 1930
Folklore & SuperstitionAmulets and charmsEuropean folklorefolk customs

Comparative Study

Cross-cultural study of religion, myth, folklore, ritual, and belief.

Folklore Studies

Folk belief and story collections

Folklore studies texts on folk tales, fairy belief, superstition, regional customs, oral tradition, and the collection of vernacular belief.

94 texts65 authors1597 to 1926
Folklore & Superstitionritual documentationAmulets and charmssympathetic magic

Practice and Modern Occultism

Applied systems, divinatory arts, mental science, and modern investigation.

Astrology and Divination

Astrology, signs, and divinatory arts

Astrology and divination texts on zodiacal symbolism, astrological doctrine, geomancy, dream interpretation, and related predictive arts.

63 texts51 authors1000 BCE to 1930
Folklore & SuperstitionEuropean folkloreAmulets and charmsAstrology and Horoscope Casting
New Thought

Mind, suggestion, and practical occultism

New Thought and mental science texts on thought power, suggestion, law of attraction, practical psychology, and modern occult self-culture.

7 texts5 authors1893 to 1925
Practical occultismAffirmationsmeditationMeditation practices
Psychical Research

Spiritualism and anomalous phenomena

Psychical research texts on spiritualism, mediumship, hypnotism, psychic phenomena, occult investigation, and anomalous experience.

16 texts15 authors1787 to 1925
FunctionalismAutomatic WritingFolklore & SuperstitionOccult Philosophy

World Texts and Philosophy

Philosophical, cosmological, and non-Western traditions represented in the archive.