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Occult / Spiritualism
IAPSOP Main Archive
Huge historical occult and Spiritualist archive
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The Sacred Library
Free resources for the curious, the seeker and the practitioner
The Sacred Library
Knowledge should be explored
Free books, sacred texts, historical manuscripts, open archives and academic scholarship, gathered from spiritual, religious and esoteric traditions around the world. Every entry here is free to read at its source — and we say plainly which ones you may also keep.
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- 64Traditions & topics
- 12Archives & publishers
- 77Free to download
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149 resources
Occult / Spiritualism
IAPSOP Standard Spiritualist and Occult Corpus (SSOC)
Thousands of occult and Spiritualist monographs
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Occult / Spiritualism
IAPSOP Periodical Archive
Historical occult magazines and journals
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Occult / Spiritualism
IAPSOP Search
Finding names, topics, magazines, and books
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Occult / Spiritualism
IAPSOP Local Copy / Sync Information
Researchers who want a local searchable corpus
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Religion / Esoterica
Internet Sacred Text Archive
Religion, mythology, folklore, paganism, occultism
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Rights vary by item; many catalog works are public domain in the US; check each item
Religion / Esoterica
Sacred Texts Catalog
Browsing 1,200+ cataloged books by title, author, and subject
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Wicca / Neopaganism
Sacred Texts: Wicca and Neo-Paganism
Wicca, neopagan history, ritual, folklore
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Rights vary by item; link-only unless individual rights are clear
Wicca / Neopaganism
Internet Book of Shadows
Historical online pagan and Wiccan bulletin-board material
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Mixed/uncertain contributor rights; link-only recommended
Wicca / Neopaganism
Gardnerian Book of Shadows material
Historical Gardnerian/Wiccan study
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Copyright status is complicated; link-only recommended
Witchcraft / Paganism
Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches
Italian witchcraft folklore and neopagan history
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Historical public-domain text; Sacred Texts site terms still apply to site presentation
Western Esotericism
Sacred Texts: Western Esoteric Texts
Hermeticism, occult philosophy, mysticism
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Western Esotericism
Twilit Grotto / Esoteric Archives
Grimoires and Renaissance ceremonial magic
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Historical/educational access; editorial and translation rights vary; link-only unless rights are explicit
Western Esotericism
Twilit Grotto Solomon Directory
Solomonic grimoires and variants
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Historical/educational access; rights vary by edition
Witchcraft History
Cornell Digital Witchcraft Collection
Witch trials, demonology, Inquisition, historical primary sources
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Free access; check item-level rights before reuse
Occult / Public Domain
Project Gutenberg: Occultism
Public-domain occult books
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Individual titles marked public domain in the USA
Magic / Public Domain
Project Gutenberg: Magic
Historical magic, religion, folklore
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Individual titles marked public domain in the USA
Witchcraft History
Project Gutenberg: Witchcraft
Historical witchcraft books
- PUBLIC DOMAIN
Individual titles marked public domain in the USA
Paganism / Mythology
Project Gutenberg: Paganism
Pagan religions, myth, folklore, comparative religion
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Individual titles marked public domain in the USA
Alchemy
Sacred Texts: Alchemy
Alchemy and Hermetic texts
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Astrology
Sacred Texts: Astrology and Sky Lore
Classical astrology and sky lore
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Tarot / Divination
Sacred Texts: Tarot
Tarot history, symbolism, older manuals
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Thelema
Sacred Texts: Thelema
Thelema and related Crowley material
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Some modern Thelemic texts remain copyrighted; check each item and link-only when uncertain
Theosophy
Sacred Texts: Theosophy
Theosophical classics and comparative esotericism
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Eight ways in, depending on what you came here for. Each one is a live view of the collection, so it only ever shows what the library actually holds.
New to Modern Paganism
Living Pagan religions, and the older sources they actually draw on.
5 resourcesThe Witch Trials & Their Sources
The prosecutions in their own words, and the historians who took them apart.
20 resourcesGrimoires & Ceremonial Magick
The manuscript tradition, in editions that show their sources.
25 resourcesYorùbá, Ifá & Òrìṣà
A living religion, through practitioner and academic voices as well as historical texts.
10 resourcesDivination & Tarot
Historical manuals of Tarot, cartomancy, scrying, astrology and omens.
6 resourcesHermetic Philosophy & Alchemy
Hermeticism, alchemy and Western esotericism at their primary sources.
10 resourcesMyth & Folklore
World mythology and folk belief, and the comparative works that shaped the field.
21 resourcesFree to Keep
Everything the directory can confirm is public domain, CC0 or openly licensed.
77 resources
Browse the collection
Traditions & subjects
The library is grouped by tradition and subject rather than by archive, so related material sits together whoever happens to host it.
Grimoires & Ceremonial Magic
Historical magical manuscripts and the ceremonial tradition around them, in scholarly digital editions that show their sources.
25 resourcesWitchcraft History & the Trials
Primary sources from the witch trials, early demonologies, and the historians who took them apart.
20 resourcesWicca & Modern Paganism
Modern Pagan religions and the older material they draw on, kept distinct from witch-trial history.
5 resourcesOccult & Spiritualist Archives
The great periodical and monograph archives of nineteenth and twentieth century occultism, Spiritualism and Theosophy.
25 resourcesHermeticism, Alchemy & Esotericism
Hermetic philosophy, alchemical texts and the wider Western esoteric tradition, at their primary sources.
10 resourcesDivination, Tarot & Astrology
Historical manuals of Tarot and cartomancy, crystal gazing, astrology, oracles and the reading of omens.
6 resourcesCeltic, Norse & Ancient Religions
Eddas and sagas, Irish and Welsh cycles, and the collectors who first put them into print.
12 resourcesAfrican & Diasporic Religions
Yorùbá religion, Ifá and Òrìṣà traditions: living religions with their own theology, priesthood and scholarship.
10 resourcesSatanism
Official material from distinct organisations, kept clearly apart rather than merged into one doctrine.
15 resourcesMythology, Folklore & Comparative Religion
World mythology and folk belief, including the comparative studies that shaped how the modern West reads all of it.
21 resources
Explore major archives
The great collections
Some entries are not a single book but an entire library. These are the archives this collection draws on most heavily — each one worth an afternoon of its own.
Project Gutenberg
67 entries in this library
Public-domain books offered as free downloads in several formats as well as for reading online. The largest single source in this library.
Explore archive — opens Project Gutenberg in a new tabTwilit Grotto: Esoteric Archives
29 entries in this library
Scholarly digital editions of grimoires and ceremonial magic manuscripts, edited with source notes by Joseph H. Peterson.
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16 entries in this library
A long-standing collection of sacred texts, mythology, folklore and esoteric literature from traditions worldwide, in searchable digital editions.
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12 entries in this library
The International Association for the Preservation of Spiritualist and Occult Periodicals: digitised occult and Spiritualist magazines, monographs and ephemera, with a search gateway across the whole corpus.
Explore archive — opens IAPSOP in a new tabChurch of Satan
11 entries in this library
The official site of the Church of Satan, publishing its own essays, FAQs and statements of belief.
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5 entries in this library
Openly licensed university teaching material, written to be read and reused in education.
Explore archive — opens Open Educational Resources (Pressbooks) in a new tabThe Satanic Temple
4 entries in this library
The official site of The Satanic Temple, a separate organisation with its own tenets and public materials.
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About this library
Historical resources may contain terminology, cultural assumptions or interpretations that reflect the period in which they were written. They are presented for research and educational purposes.
This collection is provided for education and research. The traditions represented here are genuinely different from one another — living religions, historical movements, and bodies of scholarship about both — and nothing in this list should be read as suggesting they are one belief system, or that listing something is an endorsement of it.
We host nothing ourselves. Every entry links to the archive, publisher or organisation responsible for it, and the rights shown are the ones that source states. Availability and licensing can change without notice, so check the source before relying on either.
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