Possibly the strangest book of Western Esotericism that both survives from the ancient world and retains tremendous importance.

Possibly the original document of Hermeticism, it bears the signs of collision with its close esoteric neighbors, Gnostisism and Neoplatonism.

One of the first grimoires in all of Western Esotericism, and possibly one of the first works of Solomonic magic as well.

Curse tablets, fetish dolls, poisons, amulets, and the person of the witch. Foundational principles of magical practice in the ancient world as well.

How did medieval magic differ from ancient magic? How did that change take place and why? What impact might medieval magic have on current religious belief and practice today?

Possibly a tradition of Christian mysticism “lost” in the turmoil of the Reformation, Counter-reformation, and Enlightenment.

Part 1 of Kabbalah, by Gershom Scholem, the best intrduction to this tradition of Jewish mysticism you can read.

Part 2 of Kabbalah, by Gershom Scholem, the best intrduction to this tradition of Jewish mysticism you can read.

Part 3 of Kabbalah, by Gershom Scholem, the best intrduction to this tradition of Jewish mysticism you can read.

The “Monster Manual” that makes up the first book of the legendary early-Modern grimoire, The Lesser Key of Solomon.

The famous translation by S.L. MacGregor Mathers of the famous grimoire that combines Hermetic ideas with Solomonic magic.

Seminal book by Gerald Gardner that launched contemporary Wicca.