The Occult Sciences - A Compendium of Transcendental Doctrine and Experiment

A. E. Waite's "The Occult Sciences" contains an extensive guide to all things occult, dealing with magical practices, spiritualism, mesmerism, theosophy, necromancy, and much more. Arthur Edward Waite (1857-1942), more commonly referred to as A. E. Waite, was a British scholarly mystic and poet. He was a prolific writer on occult and esoteric subjects who also co-created the Rider-Waite Tarot deck.