What does the dream prophesy? What about the palm line? What about the location of the stars? What about coffee grounds? Augurs told fortunes by the flight of birds. If we assume that the world is one, then everything affects everything. To spy, to spy on a secret, to become initiated, to master otherworldly knowledge that allows you to influence earthly destinies, and to force supernatural forces to serve you - all this is diffused in today’s culture in the same way as thousands of years ago. Cultural forms, intellectual equipment are changing, but the essence remains the same: to spy (occultism) and use (magic)... There are words that can excite the imagination: parapsychology, clairvoyance, telepathy, telekinesis, ghosts, metempsychosis, spiritual healing... All this is discussed in the proposed collection.