Document Category: Western Esotericism

  • Remarks upon Alchemy and the Alchemists

    Remarks upon Alchemy and the Alchemists

    Indicating a method of discovering the true nature of Hermetic Philosophy; and showing that the search after The Philosopher’s Stone had not for its object the discovery of an agent for the transmutation of metals. Being also an attempt to rescue from undeserved opprobrium the reputation of a class of extraordinary thinkers in past ages.

  • Abaddon, and Mahanaim

    Abaddon, and Mahanaim

    or Demons and Guardian Angels

  • The History of Initiation

    The History of Initiation

    In twelve lectures; comprising a detailed account of the rites and ceremonies, doctrines and discipline, of all the secret and mysterious institutions of the ancient world.

  • The History of the Devil

    The History of the Devil

    containing his original; a state of his circumstances; his conduct, public and private; the various turns of his affairs from Adam down to this present time; the various methods he takes to converse with mankind; with the manner of his making witches, wizards, and conjurers; and how they sell their souls to him, etc. etc.;…

  • A Suggestive Inquiry into the Hermetic Mystery

    A Suggestive Inquiry into the Hermetic Mystery

    with a dissertation on the more celebrated of the alchemical philosophers being an attempt towards the recovery of the ancient experiment of nature

  • The Occult Sciences
  • The Occult Sciences
  • The Existence of Evil Spirits Proved

    The Existence of Evil Spirits Proved

    and their agency, particularly in relation to the human race, explained and illustrated.

  • Psychography or the Embodiment of Thought

    Psychography or the Embodiment of Thought

    with an Analysis of the Phreno-Magnetism, “Neurology,” and Mental Hallucination, Including Rules to Govern and Produce the Magnetic State

  • The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee

    The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee

    and the catalogue of his library of manuscripts, from the original manuscripts in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, and Trinity College Library, Cambridge.