This is a collection of 18 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. Compiled specifically with the student in mind. The contents include:

01. "The Human Body in Symbolism" by Manly P. Hall

02. "The Body of Father Christian Rosencreutz" by William Butler Yeats

03. "The Kabbalah of Masonry" by William Wynn Westcott

04. "Spiritual Progress" by Helena P. Blavatsky

05. "The Treasure of Treasures for Alchemists" by Paracelsus

06. "Instructions on Crystal Gazing" by L. W. de Laurence

07. "Mystical Realization" by Arthur Edward Waite

08. "Keynote of the Rosicrucian Teachings" by Max Heindel

09. "The Magical Evocation of Apollonius of Tyana" by Eliphas Levi

10. "Simon Magus" by Jules Doinel

11. "The Emerald Tablet" translated by Isaac Newton

12. "The Reality of the Astral Plane" by C. W. Leadbeater

13. "What Is the Tarot?" by P. D. Ouspensky

14. "The Importance of Ceremonial Magic" by Arthur Edward Waite

15. "The Golden Verses of Pythagoras" by Pythagoras

16. "The Legend of the Holy Grail and Its Connection with Templars and Freemasons" by Arthur Edward Waite

17. "Alchemy of the Rosicrucians" by Jerome A. Anderson

18. "Initiation, the Ancient Mysteries and the Dionysiac Artificers" by Albert G. Mackey