Occult Japan

Percival Lowell’s book explores Japanese religious and cultural life through the framework of occult and esoteric interpretation, reflecting Western fascination with Japan at the turn of the 20th century. Historically, it is valuable as an example of comparative esotericism in an imperial-era context, and readers will find observations on beliefs, practices, and symbolic traditions.

American astronomer and writer whose books on Mars, planetary canals, and the possibility of life on other worlds helped shape modern esoteric and occult imaginations of cosmic evolution. Although not an occultist in a strict sense, his speculative popular science was widely absorbed into later mystical and theosophical currents.