Texts
Read foundational esoteric texts and grimoire excerpts from the Western occult tradition. Includes Hermetic philosophy, alchemical treatises, and ceremonial magic manuscripts.
11 entries in this collection
Corpus Hermeticum
A collection of Greek-Egyptian wisdom texts from the 2nd-3rd century CE, the Corpus Hermeticum forms the philosophical foundation of Hermeticism. Presented as dialogues between Her...
Liber Null
Peter J. Carroll's foundational text of Chaos Magic, published in 1978. It strips away dogma and tradition, presenting magic as a practical technology of consciousness. Key concept...
Tarot: History and Practice
The Tarot's origins lie in 15th-century Italian playing cards (tarocchi), but its occult associations began in the 18th century with Antoine Court de Gébelin and were cemented by t...
The Book of the Law
Liber AL vel Legis, received by Aleister Crowley in 1904 from the entity Aiwass, forms the central sacred text of Thelema. Its core teaching: "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole ...
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
More accurately "The Book of Coming Forth by Day," this collection of spells, prayers, and instructions was placed in Egyptian tombs to guide the deceased through the Duat (underwo...
The Emerald Tablet
"As above, so below; as below, so above." This foundational axiom of Hermeticism comes from the Emerald Tablet (Tabula Smaragdina), attributed to Hermes Trismegistus. The text desc...
The Four Elements in Magic
Earth, Air, Fire, and Water form the foundational framework of Western magical practice. Earth (North, pentacles, stability), Air (East, swords, intellect), Fire (South, wands, wil...
The Key of Solomon
The Clavicula Salomonis is one of the most influential grimoires in Western occultism, attributed (pseudepigraphically) to King Solomon. It details the preparation of magical tools...
The Kybalion
Published in 1908 by "Three Initiates," The Kybalion presents seven Hermetic principles: Mentalism, Correspondence, Vibration, Polarity, Rhythm, Cause and Effect, and Gender. These...
The Picatrix
A comprehensive medieval grimoire of astrological magic, originally written in Arabic as Ghayat al-Hakim (The Goal of the Wise), circa 10th-11th century. It details the creation of...
The Sefer Yetzirah
The "Book of Formation" is one of the earliest and most enigmatic Kabbalistic texts, likely written between the 2nd and 6th centuries CE. It describes how God created the universe ...