With more entries than any other such dictionary ever published, this is the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and authoritative one-volume reference work on mysticism and the occult available.

Nearly 3000 informative, lively, cross-referenced entries reflect the author's fifteen years of research and make this the most exhaustive metaphysical encyclopedia compiled. Included are succinct definitions in the fields of magic, spiritualism, parapsychology, Eastern and Western mysticism, mind and consciousness, divination, astrology, Tarot, and a wide variety of less-well-known subjects. Dictionary of Mysticism and the Occult also features biographies of leading figures in the field, with details of their lives, philosophies, and writings, from astrologer Evangeline Adams to the prophet Zoroaster.

Dictionary of Mysticism and the Occult offers a fascinating look at magical formulas; the nature of spiritual beings; the meanings of signs. symbols, and secret rites; historical accounts of hauntings and psychic occurrences; religious and esoteric texts such as the Egyptian Coffin Texts, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Zohar; characters, human and divine, in great legends and myths of the world; a variety of folklore from many lands; the nature of transpersonal psychology; and much, much more. This cornucopia of facts includes everything from the hierarchy in Hades to a means of predicting the future with pins and talcuni powder.

Written by an expert who appreciates the vast and awe-inspiring field of the alternative and paranormal, Dictionary of Mysticism and the Occult is at once the finest reference on a perennially fascinating subject, and a browser's delight.