With over 3000 cross-referenced entries, this is an invaluable reference to the mystical and esoteric traditions. It gives succinct definitions in the fields of magic, hermeticism, alchemy, spiritualism, parapsychology, Eastern and Western mysticism, mind and consciousness research, divination, tarot, and a variety of less well-known subjects. It also features biographies of leading figures in the field, with details of their lives, philosophies and writings ...