Occult fiction

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Occult fiction is a genre influenced by Theosophy, Rosicrucianism, Anthroposophy, Alchemy, Spiritualism, Hermeticism, Kabbalah, Magic, and other forms of esotericism. Many works of science fiction and fantasy include elements of the occult.

Occult novels and short stories

• Blavatsky, H. P. Nightmare Tales. 1892. Published posthumously.
• Bulwer-Lytton, Edward. The Coming Race. 1872.
• Bulwer-Lytton, Edward. Zanoni. 1842.
• Collins, Mabel. Idyll of the White Lotus.
• Crawford, Francis Marion. Mr. Isaacs. 1882.
• Warde, Robert Reginald. A Daughter of Indra. San Francisco: Essene Publishing Co., 1925.

Authors of occult works

• L. Frank Baum. American Theosophist and author of the Wizard of Oz series.
• Algernon Blackwood. Canadian Theosophist and prolific writer of ghost stories.
• Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. Russian-American founder of the Theosophical Society wrote some ghost stories but is best known for The Secret Doctrine and other works delineating Theosophy.
• Edward Bulwer-Lytton. English Rosicrucian and prolific fiction author known for his florid style.
• Edgar Rice Burroughs. American writer best known for the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres. Influenced by Theosophy.
• Mabel Collins.
• Francis Marion Crawford. American writer of many novels, including classic weird and fantastic stories.
• Edward Douglas Fawcett. English adventurer and writer who knew H. P. Blavatsky. His fiction incorporated metaphysics.
• Nicolas Camille Flammarion. French astronomer and Theosophist. His fiction included several notable early science fiction novels, and works on psychical research.
• Robert Reginald Warde. Born to an English family in Madras, India on October 24, 1878. He probably saw military service during World War I. Warde emigrated from London to the United States in 1921, living in Oakland, California. He was a broker, writer, and journalist who probably wrote mostly under pseudonyms. His wife Belle died in 1940, and daughter Margaret lived with him until his death on January 6, 1962 in Oakland. He was addressed as "Dr. Warde."