List of Western esoteric topics

This is a list of topics important in Western esotericism.

General terms

*Age of Aquarius
*Anthroposophy
*Esotericism
*Freedom of thought
*Freethought
*Holy Grail
*Initiation
*Left-Hand Path and Right-Hand Path
*List of spirituality-related topics
*List of occultists
*Magic (paranormal)
*Metaphysics
*Mysticism
*New Age
*Occultism
*Rite
*Ritual
*Secret society
*Adept
*Magi

Doctrine

*Agni Yoga
*Alchemy
*Anatman
*Astrology
*Atenism
*Atman (Buddhism)
*Atman (Hinduism)
*Anatta
*Basilidean gnosticism
*Ceremonial magic
*Christian mysticism
*Deism
*Dharma
*Enneagram
*Esoteric Christianity
*Esoteric cosmology
*Fourth Way
*Gnosticism
*Great Architect of the Universe
*Hermeticism
*Kabbalah
*Karma
*Kriya Yoga
*Magick
*Martinism
*Nazi Mysticism
*Neoplatonism
*Numerology
*Paganism
*Platonism
*Pythagoreanism
*Ray of Creation
*Reincarnation
*Rosicrucianism
*Sabianism
*Satanism
*Sethianism
*Setianism
*Soul
*Spirit
*Sufism
*Tantra
*Taoism
*Tarot divination
*Templarism
*Thaumaturgy
*The All
*Theism
*Thelema
*Theosophy
*Theurgy
*Transcendental Meditation
*Valentinianism
*Vedanta

Communities and organizations

*Agni Yoga Society
*Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis
*Ancient Order of the Rosicrucians
*Anthroposophical Society
*Argenteum Astrum
*Basilideans
*Brethren of Purity
*Bridge to Freedom
*Builders of the Adytum
*Church of Satan
*Church of Scientology
*Church Universal and Triumphant
*Confraternity of the Rose Cross
*Dragon Rouge
*Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica
*Essenes
*Freemasonry
*Grand College of Rites
*Great White Brotherhood
*Harran
*Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
*"I Am" Activity
*Invisible College
*Knights Templar
*Masonic Appendant Bodies
*Nasoraeans
*Ordo Templi Orientis
*Rosicrucian Fellowship
*Sabians
*Scottish Rite
*Servants of the Light
*Summit Lighthouse
*Swedish Rite
*Temple of Set
*Temple of the Presence
*Theosophical Society
*Thomasine Church (Gnostic)
*Thule Society
*Universal White Brotherhood
*Valentinians

Contemporary figures

*Adam Weishaupt
*A. E. Waite
*Aleister Crowley
*Alice Bailey
*Bahá'u'lláh
*C. W. Leadbeater
*Dion Fortune
*Eliphas Levi
*Elizabeth Clare Prophet
*Franz Bardon
*Geraldine Innocente
*G.I. Gurdjieff
*Guy Ballard
*Harvey Spencer Lewis
*Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
*Israel Regardie
*Macgregor Mathers
*Madame Blavatsky
*Manly P. Hall
*Max Heindel
*Moses de Leon
*Nicholas Roerich
*Papus
*Paracelsus
*P. D. Ouspensky
*Peter Deunov
*Raymond Lully
*René Guénon
*Rudolf Steiner
*Rudolf von Sebottendorff
*Rumi
*S. L. MacGregor-Mathers
*Samael Aun Weor
*Schwaller de Lubicz

Historical and mythical figures

*Akhenaten
*Apollo
*Basilides
*Cerinthus
*Christian Rosenkreuz
*Count of St Germain
*Demeter
*Dionysus
*Emanuel Swedenborg
*Francis Bacon
*Franz Mesmer
*Gautama Buddha
*Hermes Trismegistus
*Horus
*Isaac Newton
*Isis
*Jesus
*John the Baptist
*Krishna
*Lao Tzu
*Nanak
*Plato
*Plotinus
*Pythagoras
*Set
*Simon Magus
*Solomon
*Thales
*Thomas the Apostle
*Valentinius
*Zoroaster

Esoteric texts

*"Bahir"
*"Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz"
*"Confessio Fraternitatis"
*"Fama Fraternitatis"
*"Gnostic Gospels"
*"Hermetica"
*"I Ching"
*"Sefer Yetzirah"
*"Tao Te Ching"
*"Zanoni"
*"Zohar"
*"Grimoire"

Related Practices

*Theurgy
*Goetia
*Kabbalah
*Hermetism