This is a list of topics important in Western esotericism.
General terms *Age of Aquarius *Anthroposophy *Esotericism *Freedom of thought *Freethought *Holy Grail *Initiation *Left-Hand Path and Right-Hand Path *List of spirituality-related topics *List of occultists * *Metaphysics *Mysticism *New Age *Occultism *Rite *Ritual *Secret society *Adept *Magi Doctrine *Agni Yoga *Alchemy *Anatman *Astrology *Atenism * * *Anatta *Basilidean gnosticism *Ceremonial magic *Christian mysticism *Deism *Dharma *Enneagram *Esoteric Christianity *Esoteric cosmology *Fourth Way *Gnosticism *Great Architect of the Universe *Hermeticism *Kabbalah *Karma *Kriya Yoga *Magick *Martinism *Nazi Mysticism *Neoplatonism *Numerology *Paganism *Platonism *Pythagoreanism *Ray of Creation *Reincarnation *Rosicrucianism *Sabianism *Satanism *Sethianism *Setianism *Soul *Spirit *Sufism *Tantra *Taoism *Tarot divination *Templarism *Thaumaturgy *The All *Theism *Thelema *Theosophy *Theurgy *Transcendental Meditation *Valentinianism *Vedanta
Communities and organizations *Agni Yoga Society *Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis *Ancient Order of the Rosicrucians *Anthroposophical Society *Argenteum Astrum *Basilideans *Brethren of Purity *Bridge to Freedom *Builders of the Adytum *Church of Satan *Church of Scientology *Church Universal and Triumphant *Confraternity of the Rose Cross *Dragon Rouge *Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica *Essenes *Freemasonry *Grand College of Rites *Great White Brotherhood *Harran *Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn * *Invisible College *Knights Templar *Masonic Appendant Bodies *Nasoraeans *Ordo Templi Orientis *Rosicrucian Fellowship *Sabians *Scottish Rite *Servants of the Light *Summit Lighthouse *Swedish Rite *Temple of Set *Temple of the Presence *Theosophical Society *Thule Society *Universal White Brotherhood *Valentinians
Contemporary figures *Adam Weishaupt *A. E. Waite *Aleister Crowley *Alice Bailey *Bahá'u'lláh *C. W. Leadbeater *Dion Fortune *Eliphas Levi *Elizabeth Clare Prophet *Franz Bardon *Geraldine Innocente *G.I. Gurdjieff *Guy Ballard *Harvey Spencer Lewis *Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa *Israel Regardie *Macgregor Mathers *Madame Blavatsky *Manly P. Hall *Max Heindel *Moses de Leon *Nicholas Roerich *Papus *Paracelsus *P. D. Ouspensky *Peter Deunov *Raymond Lully *René Guénon *Rudolf Steiner *Rudolf von Sebottendorff *Rumi *S. L. MacGregor-Mathers *Samael Aun Weor *Schwaller de Lubicz
Historical and mythical figures *Akhenaten *Apollo *Basilides *Cerinthus *Christian Rosenkreuz *Count of St Germain *Demeter *Dionysus *Emanuel Swedenborg *Francis Bacon *Franz Mesmer *Gautama Buddha *Hermes Trismegistus *Horus *Isaac Newton *Isis *Jesus *John the Baptist *Krishna *Lao Tzu *Nanak *Plato *Plotinus *Pythagoras *Set *Simon Magus *Solomon *Thales *Thomas the Apostle *Valentinius *Zoroaster
Esoteric texts *Bahir *Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz *Confessio Fraternitatis *Fama Fraternitatis *Gnostic Gospels *Hermetica *I Ching *Sefer Yetzirah *Tao Te Ching *Zanoni *Zohar *Grimoire
Related Practices *Theurgy *Goetia *Kabbalah *Hermetism