Occult fiction
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Occult fiction is a genre influenced by Theosophy, Rosicrucianism, Anthroposophy, Alchemy, Spiritualis, 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
- Bulwer-Lytton, Edward. Zanoni.
- Collins, Mabel. Idyll of the White Lotus.
- 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.
- Mabel Collins.
- 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."
