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Esoteric and Occult |
Here is a smorgasbord of texts relating to esoteric and occult beliefs. Although miniscule in comparison to even the smallest of the world religions, or even of the Neopagan community with which they are often incorrectly grouped, these groups have a huge presence on the Internet. This page archives some of the best material in this category.
Some of these texts should be taken very seriously; others are completely farcical; we mostly leave it up to the reader to decide which is which.
Featured Books
Paradoxes of the Highest Scienceby Éliphas Lévi, translated by Anonymous [1922].
Comments by an Eminent Occultist (H.P. Blavatsky?).
Tertium Organumby P.D. Ouspensky [1922]
The Secret Teachings of All Agesby Manley Palmer Hall [1928, copyright not renewed]
A comprehensive introduction to the Esoteric, including the Qaballa, Tarot, Ceremonial Magic, Neo-Platonic Philosophy, Mystery Religions, Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry.
The Divine Pymanderof Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus, translated by John Everard [1650]
The Virgin of the Worldof Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus, translated by Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland [1885]
The Art of Worldly Wisdomby Balthasar Gracian, translated by Joseph Jacobs [1892]
The Way of Powerby Lily Adams Beck [1928, not renewed]
The Chaldæan Oracles of Zoroasterby W. Wynn Westcott [1895]
The Kybalionby Three Initiates [1912]
Comte de Gabalisby Abbé N. de Montfaucon de Villars [1913]
An esoteric classic about the elementals.
Alchemy
Alchemy IndexThe texts of the alchemists have deeper meaning for those who seek spiritual transformation.
Americana
Americana Index
Texts from the American past with esoteric knowledge.
Atlantis
Atlantis Index
Read classic texts from the 19th Century about lost continents and doomed forgotten civilizations.
Chaos Magic
Chaos Magic Archives
A collection of Internet texts relating to Chaos Magic
can be found here.
Erisian
This loosely affiliated set of anarchistic belief systems can best be described as a dadaist cult of the Goddess of Chaos, Eris. It is closely associated with the contemporary counter-culture, borrowing heavily from (or attributing its beliefs to) Paganism, Shamanism, Ritual Magic, and Cybernetics.
Principia Discordia
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This text was a starting point for Erisianism.
Robert Anton Wilson had a hand in this text (going beyond just
writing the introduction), which is one of the first
'copyleft' documents.
The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism
by Hakim Bey
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Hakim Bey's anarchistic-shamanistic-neotribal views
greatly influenced rave culture and the
tatooing/body piercing craze of the nineties.
The SubGenius Manifesto
The ultimate Dada religion, the Church of the SubGenius,
the cult of 'Bob Dobbs',
is not for the irony-deficient.
The entire body of SubGenius literature is now
online here [External site].
Enochian Magic
Enochian Magic ArchivesEnochian Magic was originally developed by Dr. John Dee, (1527-1608). This is a complex system of ceremonial magic, utilizing an otherwise unknown language chanelled by Dee.
The Calls of Enoch
These angelic invocations, the central text of Enochian Magic, are not to be taken lightly.
Fortean
The works of Charles Fort
Charles Fort's books were the original X-Files; he cataloged
and attempted to explain all kinds of anomolous phenomena.
Freemasonry
Please refer to the sacred-texts Freemasonry index.
Golden Dawn
Historic Lecture
by W. Wynn Westcott
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I AM
Unveiled Mysteriesby Godfré Ray King, (pseud. Guy Warran Ballard) [1934]
A trip through time and space with St. Germain, Ascended Master.
New Thought
New Thought now has its own index:
New Thought
Nostradamus
The predictions of NostradamusThe quatrains of Nostradamus are some of the most famous prophetic books in history. Nostradamus' writings are presented here in both French and English.
Piri Re'is Map
The Piri Re'is Map
The best known evidence for a global ice age civilization.
Oahspe
The Book of Oahspe
Oahspe is a 'channelled' 19th century book.
Rosicrucian
Rosicrucian Texts.
One of the first secret societies,
revived in modern times.
Tarot
Tarot Index
Read up on the Tarot, then get a tarot reading.
Includes Waite's Pictoral Key and several other
books on the Tarot, extensive images of
the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot deck (plus an extensive
FAQ about the RWS copyrights).
Thee Temple ov Psychic Youth
This is a chaos magic group with tantric and cybershamanistic beliefs founded by Genesis P-Orridge, of the groundbreaking 90s proto-techno music collective Psychick TV (although he is no longer directly associated with it).
An introduction to the Thee Temple ov Psychic Youth (the Greybook) 35,932 bytes.TOPY Manifesto (the Greyer book) 41,977 bytes.
Thee Sigils Book (The Black Book).
TOPY FAQ 6,671 bytes.
TOPY transmission #1 8,087 bytes.
TOPY transmission #2 22,595 bytes.
Interview with TOPY 9,858 bytes.
Note: the official website of TOPY is http://www.topy.net/ [External Site].
Thelema
Texts of Thelema
by famous occultist Aleister Crowley who founded the organization A.'. A.'. (Argentium Astrum -- the Silver Star) as well as others by members of the OTO (Ordo Templi Orientis -- Order of the Eastern Temple) (founded by Theodor Reuss and Karl Kellner in 1895).
Theosophy
Theosophy Index
Includes full text of The Secret Doctrine and Isis Unveiled.
UFOs
UFO Archives
A fascinating late twentieth century belief system, which eventually
took on the aspects of a millenarian cosmic cargo cult.
Vampires
The Vampire Codex
There are Vampires among us.
Ms. Belanger has graciously donated this text
which describes her beliefs on this topic.
Links
Twilit Grotto: Esoteric Archives
This site has a massive collection of etexts on esoteric subjects,
including many texts from rare manuscripts and public domain books.
Numerous resources which dovetail with ISTA.
Highly recommended.
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