Occult Revival and Neo-Hermeticism

Historical works from the modern occult revival, including ceremonial, Hermetic, Theosophical, alchemical, and New Thought syntheses.

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Reincarnation and Karma — Historical occult and comparative writings on reincarnation, rebirth, karma, and moral causation. (1)

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An Introduction to Astrology — William Lilly — William Lilly's 1647 English textbook of horary astrology, presented in the 1852 edition revised, annotated, and expanded by the Victorian astrologer Zadkiel.
Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts — Herbert Silberer — Herbert Silberer interprets an alchemical parable through psychoanalysis, Hermeticism, Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, introversion, and regeneration.
Paradoxes of the Highest Science — Eliphas Levi — A late work by the influential French occultist Eliphas Levi, presenting his mature reflections on the relationship between science, religion, and the occult in the form of paradoxical propositions.
The Book of Ceremonial Magic — Arthur Edward Waite — A.E. Waite's comprehensive survey of the grimoire tradition, cataloguing the rituals and conjurations of the major European magical texts.
The History of Magic — Éliphas Lévi — A. E. Waite translation — Éliphas Lévi's occult history in A. E. Waite's 1922 English translation, with complete prefaces, chapters, appendix, and notes.
The Kybalion — Three Initiates — A foundational text of Hermetic philosophy, presenting seven universal principles drawn from the ancient teachings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus. Published anonymously under the name 'Three Initiates' in 1912.
The Magus — Francis Barrett — Francis Barrett's encyclopedic compendium of natural magic, alchemy, Kabbalah, and ceremonial magic -- a cornerstone of the Western esoteric tradition.
The Most Holy Trinosophia — Comte de Saint-Germain — An allegorical alchemical and initiatory text attributed to the legendary Comte de Saint-Germain, with extensive commentary by Manly P. Hall.
The Pictorial Key to the Tarot — Arthur Edward Waite — Arthur Edward Waite's complete 1911 guide to the Tarot he devised with artist Pamela Colman Smith — history, symbolism, and divinatory method for all seventy-eight cards, in a text-only edition.
The Tarot of the Bohemians — Papus — A. P. Morton translation — Papus's 1889 French treatise reading the Tarot as a synthetic key to Kabbalah, numerology, and astrology, in A. P. Morton's 1892 English translation.