The Cadaver Synod

The Western Esoteric Tradition has influenced the work of many writers and the work of many writers have influenced the tradition. This section is a place to collect some of those works.

Occult Detectives

• The Investigations of Simon Iff, the collected occult detective stories by Aleister Crowley.

Books available elsewhere

• The Secrets of Dr. Taverner (Amazon) by Dion Fortune, which includes all twelve known tales
• Three John Silence Stories (Gutenberg) by Algernon Blackwood
• The Brotherhood of Light and Darkness (Amazon) by Jason Augustus Newcomb
• Also, check out the Mysteries and Gothic sections of Black Coat Press, which has been publishing many new and old pulp occult detective stories
• And, there’s lots more. One place to start looking is the wikipedia entry Occult detective fiction

Vampires

“Any being who, under the guise of love, draws the strength from another.”

— Aleister Crowley [source]

• Dracula [PDF] and Dracula’s Guest [PDF] (93beast.fea.st) by Bram Stoker

See also on this site

• Chapter LXVI: Vampires, Magic Without Tears by Aleister Crowley
• Part V of An Abramelin Ramble by Bill Heidrick
• Or, check out a site search on the term ‘Vampire’

Books available elsewhere

• The House of the Vampire (Gutenberg) by George Sylvester Viereck
• Varney the Vampire; or, the Feast of Blood (U. of Va) by James Malcolm Rymer (or Thomas Preskett Prest)
• Vikram and the vampire: or, Tales of Hindu devilry (Google) by Sir Richard Francis Burton [Amazon]
• Gamaliel: The Diary of a Vampire in Gamaliel: The Diary of a Vampire & Dance, Doll, Dance (JD Holmes) by Kenneth Grant