Tracking down the identity of the early Spiritualist author, "A Dweller in the Temple" (I believe it's Anna M. L. Potts), and I came across this volume of the Encyclopedia Metropolitana, from 1855:
The section on "Modern Spirit Manifestations" (authored by one E.R., who is almost certaintly E. C. Rogers) is instructive as an early (less than a decade on) attempt to situate Spiritualism within a larger occult tradition.
Also of note: there is a single reference to Rosicrucianism (on p. 16), a reasonable section on astrology (which seems to fly a bit in the face of the position that astrology was moribund as an area of historical or academic interest mid-century), and exactly zero references to Masonry or Freemasonry (which I suspect the editors considered a living, non-occult discourse at this time. India and some of our favorite mythographers get a few mentions. A troll through the index, as a tour of the space of the occult, is really instructive, I think.
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