Esoterica Press is an independent publisher located in the United States of America, dedicated to the revival, translation, annotation, and publication of rare, obscure, and seemingly forgotten works in Early Modern history. The primary mission of Esoterica Press is to publish works that have held a significant impact on the history of natural philosophy, the sciences, medicine, law, criminal and medical jurisprudence, to provide sources of rare genealogical and archival records, and showcase the various writings that have profoundly influenced the origins of cultural motifs into the modern day. As one traverses further into history, it becomes all the more clear why the famed Roger Bacon held theology to be the very foundation of all the sciences. Philosophy had become the primary faculty of humans to understand and contemplate the hidden qualities of nature (occultas qualitates naturalis) that were still so far from human understanding. It is through grand philosophical works and the natural histories of earlier scholars that mankind began to fathom those hidden qualities and hypothesize upon the seemingly miraculous and magical effects of nature (magia naturales). The evolution of human understanding to uncover the hidden qualities of natural phenomena brought new scientific discoveries in the modern day that could hardly be fathomed by the ancients. It is through the older works of the Early Modern period that we may better understand how investigations into superstition and folklore had transitioned to much greater scientific endeavors. We may also realize how elements of fabled narratives have formed motifs found in the pop-culture of modern entertainment.