There is a hidden side to the City of Light. Its handsome buildings and pretty courtyards hold dark secrets. Paris has a long history of spiritualism, alchemy, magick, spectral visions, strange rituals, to which this is your guide.

The 40-plus entries in Occult Paris include a satanic church, Masonic museum, the home of Napoleon’s astrologer, haunted houses and gardens as well as places for present-day practitioners to find books, potions, tools and herbs to conduct their own research and rituals.

Written by Philippe Baudouin
Design and illustratin by Daphna Sebbane