PREFACE -- Contents -- ALCHEMY -- Etymology -- Origin of Alchemy -- Physical Aspect of Alchemy -- Mystical Aspect of Alchemy -- The Alchemists -- Hermes Trismegetus -- Geber the Arab -- Michael Scot -- Albertus Magnus -- Thomas Aquinas -- Roger Bacon -- Arnold de Villanova -- Raymond Lully or Raimon Lull -- Peter Bonus -- Nicholas Flamel -- Basil Valentine -- Glues de Laval -- Bernard Trévisan -- Sir George Ripley -- Paracelsus -- John Dee -- H. Khunrath -- Michael Sandivogius -- Michael Maier -- J. B. Van Helmont -- J. F. Helvetius -- Thomas Vaughan -- Eirenaeus Philalethes" -- Robert Boyle (1627-91) -- Dr. James Price, F.R.S. -- Dr. S. H. Emmens -- Was Transmutation Effected? -- Modern Alchemy -- The Elixir of Life -- Rejuvenation -- ASTROLOGY -- BLACK MAGIC -- The Knights Templars -- Bluebeard -- Infernal Necromancy -- A Pact with Lucifer -- The Hand of Glory -- Modern Maleficium -- BUDDHIST OCCULTISM -- CHINESE OCCULTISM -- DEVIL-WORSHIP -- ENGLISH LITERATURE AND THE OCCULT -- Poetry -- Drama -- Prose -- FAIRIES -- GHOSTS -- HISTORY OF OCCULT IDEAS -- Hunger, Birth, Death -- The Mother Cult -- The Divine Cow -- The Lunar Cult -- The Solar Cult -- The Book of the Dead -- Lord of the Earth -- Abram, Son of Terah -- Ishtar and Tammuz -- Divination and Astrology -- Kali, the Black One -- Yoga -- Bon Pa -- Kuei Shen -- The Double Axe -- Philosophers -- Oracles -- She of the Seven Hills" -- The Hammer of Thor -- The Melting-Pot -- Hoa-Haka-Nana-Ia -- The Feathered Snake -- The Spirit Guide -- ILLUSION AND HALLUCI˜NATION -- INCUBUS AND SUCCUBUS -- INDIAN OCCULTISM -- LITERATURE OF OCCULTISM -- THE MANDRAKE -- MOSLEM OCCULTISM -- OCCULTISM IN ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME -- PSYCHO-THERAPY AND PSYCHIC PHENOMENA -- SPIRITUALISM -- Introduction -- Part I: Early Spiritualism in the United States -- Early Spiritualism in England.

Early Materialization Phenomena -- Part II: The Physical Phenomena of Spiritualism -- Telekinetic Phenomena -- Teleplasm and Telekinetic Structures -- Telekinetic Structures -- Spirit Lights -- Spirit-Photography -- Direct Voice -- Poltergeist Phenomena -- Part III: The Mental Phenomena of Spiritualism -- The Mediumistic Trance -- Attempts to Prove Survival -- Other Attempts to Prove Survival -- By Sealed Envelopes -- The Method of Cross-Correspondences -- Spirit-Identification by means of Thumb-prints -- The Spirit Hypothesis versus Alternative Theories -- THE VAMPIRE -- THE WEREWOLF -- WHITE MAGIC -- WITCHCRAFT.