Introduction
Jung, Carl Gustav. Psychology and Alchemy. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1953.
Alchemy
Albertus, Frater. The Alchemist’s Handbook. New York: Samuel Weiser, 1974.
Constable, George, ed. Secrets of the Alchemists. Alexandria, Va.: Time-Life Books, 1990.
Eliade, Mircea. The Forge and the Crucible: The Origin and Structure of Alchemy. Translated from the French by Stephen Corrin. New York: Harper, 1971.
Gilchrist, Cherry. Alchemy: The Great Work. Wellingborough: Aquarian Press, 1978.
Haeffner, Mark. Dictionary of Alchemy. London: Aquarian Press, 1991.
Jung, Carl Gustav. Psychology and Alchemy. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1953.
Klossowski de Rola, Stanislas. Alchemy: The Secret Art. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1973.
Multhauf, Robert P. The Origins of Chemistry. New York: Oldbourne, 1966.
Raleigh, Albert Sidney. The Hermetic Art. Chicago: Hermetic Publishing Company, 1919.
———. The Philosophy of Alchemy. Chicago: Hermetic Publishing Company, 1924.
Read, John. Prelude to Chemistry. London: G. Bell & Sons, Ltd., 1936.
Roob, Alexander. Alchemy & Mysticism: The Hermetic Museum. English translation by Shaun Whiteside. New York: Taschen, 1997.
Ruland, Martin. A Lexicon of Alchemy. Translated by A. E. White. New York: Samuel Weiser, 1964.
Taylor, Frank Sherwood. The Alchemists. New York: Collier Books, 1962.
Waite, Arthur Edward. Lives of the Alchemystical Philosophers. 1888. Reprint, N.Y.: Rudolf Steiner Publications, 1970.
Ancient Egypt
Aldred, Cyril. The Egyptians. London: Thames & Hudson, 1961.
Budge, Sir E. A. Wallis, ed. The Book of the Dead. New Hyde Park, N.Y.: University Books, 1960.
———. Egyptian Language. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1970.
———. Egyptian Magic. London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1899.
———. Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection. New York: Dover Publications, 1973.
Cottrell, Leonard. Life Under the Pharaohs. London: Evans Bros., 1955.
Erman, Adolf. The Ancient Egyptians. Translated from the German by Aylward M. Blackman. New York: Harper & Row, 1966.
Rawlinson, George. History of Ancient Egypt. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1880.
Wilkinson, Sir J. Gardner. A Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians. New York: Crescent Books, 1988.
Astrology
George, Llewellyn. The New A to Z Horoscope Maker and Delineator. St. Paul, Minn.: Llewellyn Publications, 1970.
Lewi, Grant. Heaven Knows What. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1935.
Lewis, Ursula. Chart Your Own Horoscope: For Beginner and Professional. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1976.
MacNeice, Louis. Astrology. London: Aldus Books, 1964.
Parker, Derek and Julia. The Compleat Astrologer. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1971.
Australian Aboriginal
Elkin, A. P. The Australian Aborigines. New York: Doubleday, 1964.
Lawlor, Robert. Voices of the First Day: Awakening in the Aboriginal Dreamtime. Rochester, Vt.: Inner Traditions International, 1991.
Mountford, Charles P. Art, Myth and Symbolism: Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land. Melbourne University Press, 1956.
Aztec and Mayan
Miller, Mary, and Karl Taube. The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya. London: Thames & Hudson, 1993.
Spinden, Herbert J. Ancient Civilizations of Mexico and Central America. New York: American Museum Press, 1946.
Stuart, George E., and Gene S. Stuart. The Mysterious Maya. Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1977.
Von Hagen, Victor W. The Aztec: Man and Tribe. New York: New American Library, 1958.
———. World of the Maya. New York: New American Library, 1960.
Buddhist
Bechert, H., and R. Gombrich. The World of Buddhism. London: Thames & Hudson, 1984.
Fields, Rick. How the Swans Came to the Lake. Boston, Mass.: Shambhala Publications, 1981.
Gach, Gary. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Understanding Buddhism. Indianapolis: Alpha, 2002.
Snelling, John. The Elements of Buddhism. Shaftesbury, Dorset: Element Books, 1990.
Celtic
Chadwick, Nora. The Celts. London: Penguin Books, 1970.
Laing, Lloyd. Celtic Britain. London: Paladin, 1981.
Norton-Taylor, Duncan. The Celts. New York: Time-Life Books, 1974.
Powell, T. G. E. The Celts. London: Praeger, 1958.
Ross, Anne. Pagan Celtic Britain. New York: Columbia University Press, 1967.
Ceremonial Magic
Barrett, Francis. The Magus. New Hyde Park, N.Y.: University Books, 1967.
Cicero, Chic, and Sandra Tabatha Cicero. Secrets of a Golden Dawn Temple. St. Paul, Minn.: Llewellyn Publications, 1992.
Denning, Melita, and Osborne Phillips. The Magical Philosophy. St. Paul, Minn.: Llewellyn Publications, 1974.
Gray, William. Inner Traditions of Magic. New York: Samuel Weiser, 1970.
Regardie, Israel. The Golden Dawn. River Falls, Wisc.: Hazel Hills, 1970.
Shah, Ikbal Ali, Sirdar. Occultism: Its Theory and Practice. New York: Rider, 1952.
Chinese
Blofeld, John, trans. The I Ching: The Book of Change. New York: Dutton, 1968.
Collins, Terah Kathryn. The Western Guide to Feng Shui. Carlsbad, Calif.: Hay House, 1996.
Kohn, Livia. Early Chinese Mysticism. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1992.
Yang, C. K. Religion in Chinese Society. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1961.
Christian
Lewis, C. S. Mere Christianity. London: HarperCollins, 1995.
Palmer, Martin. Living Christianity. Shaftesbury, Dorset: Element Books, 1993.
Freemasonry
Mackey, Albert G. Encyclopedia of Freemasonry and Kindred Sciences. Revised and enlarged by Robert I. Clegg. Philadelphia, Pa.: L. H. Everts, 1887.
Pick, Fred L., and G. Norman Knight. The Pocket History of Freemasonry. London: Frederick Muller, 1953.
Plot, Robert. The Natural History of Staffordshire. 1646.
Wilmshurst, W. L. The Meaning of Masonry. New York: Bell, 1980.
Gnostic
Grant, R. M. Gnosticism and Early Christianity. New York: Harper & Row, 1966.
Hurtak, J. J., trans. Pristis Sophia. Pretoria: Academy of Future Sciences, 1999.
Jonas, H. The Gnostic Religion. Boston, Mass.: Beacon Press, 1963.
Greek and Roman
Adkins, Lesley, and Roy A. Adkins. Dictionary of Roman Religion. New York: Facts On File, 1996.
Barthell, Edward E., Jr. Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Greece. Coral Gables, Fla.: University of Miami Press, 1971.
Guirand, Félix. Greek Mythology. London: Paul Hamlyn, 1963.
Rose, H. J. Religion in Greece and Rome. New York: Harper & Row, 1959.
Hindu
Blavatsky, Helena P. The Theosophical Glossary. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1892.
Cross, Stephen. Elements of Hinduism. Shaftesbury, Dorset: Element Books, 1994.
Sharma, Arvind. Hinduism For Our Times. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Islam
Brockelmann, Carl. History of the Islamic People. New York: Putnam, 1980.
Haeri, Fadhlalla. The Elements of Islam. Shaftesbury, Dorset: Element Books, 1990.
———. Living Islam. Shaftesbury, Dorset: Element Books, 1989.
Judaic
Butler, Walter E. Magic and the Qabalah. London: Aquarian Press, 1964.
Encausse, Gérard. The Qabalah: Secret Tradition of the West. Wellingborough: Thorsons, 1977.
Godwin, David. Godwin’s Cabalistic Encyclopedia. St. Paul, Minn.: Llewellyn Publications, 1979.
Kenton, Warren. Introduction to the Cabala. New York: Samuel Weiser, 1972.
Regardie, Israel. The Tree of Life: A Study in Magic. New York: Samuel Weiser, 1969.
Magical Alphabets
Buckland, Raymond. Buckland’s Complete Book of Witchcraft. St. Paul, Minn.: Llewellyn Publications, 1986.
Conway, David. Magic: An Occult Primer. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1972.
Encyclopedia Britannica. London: William Benton, 1964.
González-Wippler, Migene. The Complete Book of Amulets & Talismans. St. Paul, Minn.: Llewellyn Publications, 1991.
Mathers, S. L. MacGregor. The Book of Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin the Mage. Chicago, Ill.: The De Laurence Company, 1932.
Native American
Maxwell, James A., ed. America’s Fascinating Indian Heritage. Pleasantville, N.Y.: Reader’s Digest Association, 1978.
Owusu, Heike. Symbols of Native America. New York: Sterling Publishing, 1999.
Secakuku, Alph H. Following the Sun and Moon: Hopi Kachina Tradition. Flagstaff, Ariz.: Northland Publishing in cooperation with the Heard Museum, 1995.
Waters, Frank. Book of the Hopi. New York: Viking Press, 1963.
Norse
Branston, Brian. Gods of the North. London: Thames & Hudson, 1980.
Crossley-Holland, Kevin. The Norse Myths. New York: Pantheon Books, 1980.
Guerber, H. A. Myths of Northern Lands. New York: American Book Company, 1923.
Rosicrucian
Lewis, H. Spencer. Rosicrucian Manual. San Jose, Calif.: Supreme Grand Lodge of AMORC, 1959.
Lidstone, Ronald A. Studies in Symbology. Mokelumne Hill: Health Research, 1964.
Waite, Arthur Edward. The Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross. London: W. Rider & Son, Ltd., 1924.
Runic
Blum, Ralph H. The Book of Runes. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1982.
Blum, Ralph H., and Susan Loughan. The Healing Runes. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1995.
Elliott, Ralph W. V. Runes: An Introduction. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1959.
Jackson, Nigel, and Silver RavenWolf. The Rune Mysteries. St. Paul, Minn.: Llewellyn Publications, 1996.
Shinto
Bocking, Brian. A Popular Dictionary of Shinto. London: Curzon Press, 1996.
Reader, Ian. Religion in Contemporary Japan. London: Macmillan, 1991.
Sikh
McLeod, W. H. The Sikhs: History of Religion and Society. New York: Columbia University Press, 1989.
Travelers
Buckland, Raymond. Gypsy Witchcraft and Magic. St. Paul, Minn.: Llewellyn Publications, 1998.
Fraser, Angus. The Gypsies. Oxford: Blackwell, 1992.
Gmelch, G. The Irish Tinkers. Menlo Park, Calif.: Waveland Press, 1977.
McDowell, Bart. Gypsies: Wanderers of the World. Washington, D. C.: National Geographic Society, 1970.
Voudoun
Deren, Maya. Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti. London: Thames & Hudson, 1953.
McGregor, Pedro. The Moon and Two Mountains. London: Souvenir Press, 1966.
St. Clair, David. Drum and Candle. New York: Souvenir Press, 1971.
Tallant, Robert. Voodoo In New Orleans. New York: Macmillan, 1946.
Witchcraft
Buckland, Raymond. Buckland’s Complete Book of Witchcraft. St. Paul, Minn.: Llewellyn Publications, 2002.
———. Wicca For Life. New York: Citadel, 2001.
———. The Witch Book: Encyclopedia of Witchcraft, Wicca and Neo-paganism. Canton: Visible Ink Press, 2002.
———. Witchcraft from the Inside. St. Paul, Minn.: Llewellyn Publications, 2001.
Campanelli, Pauline. Ancient Ways. St. Paul, Minn.: Llewellyn Publications, 1991.
Cunningham, Scott. Living Wicca. St. Paul, Minn.: Llewellyn Publications, 1993.
Huson, Paul. Mastering Witchcraft. New York: G. P. Putnam, 1970.
Omens
Buckland, Raymond. The Fortune-Telling Book: Encyclopedia of Divination and Soothsaying. Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 2003.
Gibson, Walter B., and Litzka R. Gibson. The Complete Illustrated Book of the Psychic Sciences. New York: Doubleday, 1966.
Leach, Maria, ed. Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1984.
Opie, Iona, and Moira Tatem, eds. A Dictionary of Superstitions. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.
Randolph, Vance. Ozark Superstitions. New York: Columbia University Press, 1947.