This is a collection of 21 essays on a variety of occult-themed topics, covering the full spectrum of classic esoteric and related subjects, which include Hermeticism, alchemy, magic, the Kabbalah, ancient wisdom and philosophy, the Tarot, Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, Theosophy, and spiritualism, by some of the most notable and prominent names in the history of those subjects.

This collection was compiled specifically with the student in mind. The contents include:

1. “Ceremonial Magic and Sorcery” by Manly P. Hall
2. “Hermetic Philosophy” by William Q. Judge
3. “Rosicrucian Letters” by Franz Hartmann
4. “Notes on the Astral Light” by Eliphas Levi
5. “The Stone of the Philosophers” by Arthur Edward Waite
6. “Ritual Unity of Roman Catholicism and Hinduism” by C. Jinarajadasa
7. “Gematria and the Letter G” by Leopold F. Strauss
8. “The Grail Romances and the Tarot” by Julius Lachner
9. “The Story of John Dee and Edward Kelly” by William Henry Davenport Adams
10. “Symbolism of the Equilateral Triangle” by Lydia Bell
11. “How Clairvoyance is Developed” by C. W. Leadbeater
12. “Regarding Paracelsus” by Silas Browning
13. “Egyptian Mysteries and Modern Freemasonry” by Henry Ridgely Evans
14. “The Mystery of Numbers” by Seth Pancoast
15. “Symbolism of the Masonic Apron” by Joseph Fort Newton
16. “The Society of the Rosicrucians: A Rough Sketch of Their Fundamental Doctrines” by William Q. Judge
17. “A Lecture to Enquirers into Theosophy and Practical Occultism” by William Wynn Westcott
18. “Philosophy of the Sublime” by Henry T. Edge
19. “The Veil of Alchemy” by Arthur Edward Waite
20. “Aphorisms from the East” by Helena P. Blavatsky
21. “The Legend of Hiram Abiff” by Manly P. Hall