Occultism in a Global Perspective presents a broad international overview of occultism. Essays range across the German magical order of the Fraternitas Saturni, esoteric Satanism in Denmark, sexual magic in Colombia and the reception of occultism in modern Turkey, India and the former Yugoslavia.

1. Introduction: Occultism in a Global Perspective, Henrik Bogdan and Gordan Djurdjevic2. Locating the West: Problematizing the Western in Western Esotericism and Occultism, Kennet Granholm3. The Magical Order of the Fraternitas Saturni, Hans Thomas Hakl4. 'In communication with the powers of darkness': Satanism in turn-of-the-century Denmark, and its use as a legitimating device in present-day esotericism, Per Faxneld5. Hidden Wisdom in the Ill-Ordered House: A Short Survey of Occultism in Former Yugoslavia, Gordan Djurdjevic6. Occultism and Christianity in Twentieth Century Italy: Tommaso Palamidessi's Christian Magic, Francesco Baroni7. Savitri Devi, Miguel Serrano, and the Global Phenomenon of Esoteric Hitlerism, Arthur Versluis8. Sexual Magic and Gnosis in Colombia: Tracing the Influence of G.I. Gurdjieff on Samael Aun Weor, PiereLuigi Zoccatelli9. Occultism in an Islamic Context: The Case of Modern Turkey From the Nineteenth Century to the Present Time, Thierry Zarconne10. Reception of Occultism in India: The Case of the Holy Order of Krishna, Henrik Bogdan11. Transnational Necromancy: W. B. Yeats, Izumi Kyôka, and neo-nô as Occultic Stagecraft, Emily Somers12. An Australian Original: Rosaleen Norton and her Magical Cosmology, Nevill Drury