Tradition 02 of 33
Ritual magic and grimoires
Ceremonial and ritual magic, grimoires, spellcraft, talismans, sigils, and magical manuals.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 2,483
- Earliest
- 500 CE
- to 2026
- Read free
- 61%
- 1,520 with public full text
- With covers
- 73%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match1,133
- Metadata match478
- Query match870
- Source classification (retained through merging)2
Every placement records its evidence — the controlled subject queries that found the book at its sources and the bibliographic metadata retained through merging. Each book page shows its own. How the rationale system works.
Key subjects
- Magic516
- History232
- Social Sciences172
- Magie166
- Art147
- Arts and Humanities141
- Occultism135
- Fiction130
- Witchcraft127
- Philosophy124
- MAGIC (telescope)112
- Talismans107
- Juvenile fiction105
- Literature100
- Text81
- RELIGION72
- Early works to 180071
- Non-fiction literature70
- Astrology68
- Demonology68
- Fantasy fiction68
- Orthography and spelling67
- Fantasy63
- Archeology62
Top languages
- English1,044 · 42%
- German486 · 20%
- NOT309 · 12%
- Latin213 · 9%
- French112 · 5%
Notable authors
All authors- Wolfgang Hildebrand27 in this tradition30 books
- Giambattista della Porta25 in this tradition41 books
- Walter Scott21 in this tradition37 books
- James George Frazer18 in this tradition20 books
- L. Frank Baum16 in this tradition21 books
- Johannes Wier16 in this tradition18 books
- Kaspar Schott16 in this tradition17 books
- John John Rea Neill15 in this tradition17 books
- Levinus Lemnius14 in this tradition17 books
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim12 in this tradition22 books
- Scott Cunningham10 in this tradition16 books
- Jean Bodin10 in this tradition15 books
2,483 books
- Read free
Black magic
Marjorie Bowen
Date unknown
- Read free
Book of parlor tricks: How to perform them
Anonymous
Date unknown
- Read free
Breaking a Spell
William Wymark Jacobs, Will Owen
Date unknown
- Read free
Buccaneer of the Star Seas
Ed Earl Repp, Don Lynch
Date unknown
- Read free
Bygone Beliefs: Being a Series of Excursions in the Byways of Thought
H. Stanley Redgrove
Date unknown
- Read free
Christmas Magic for All Your Gifts, Using "Scotch" Brand Tapes and "Sasheen" Brand Ribbon
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
Date unknown
- Read free
Daughter of the Night
Richard S Shaver
Date unknown
- Read free
De magia
Benedictus Pererius
1598Latin
- Read free
Endless Amusement
Unknown
Date unknown
- Read free
Flecker's magic
Norman Matson
Date unknown
- Read free
Hanky Panky
Wiljalba Frikell, William Henry Cremer
Date unknown
- Read free
Hindu Magic: An Expose of the Tricks of the Yogis and Fakirs of India
Hereward Carrington
Date unknown
- Read free
Hocus Pocus Junior: The Anatomie of Legerdemain
Unknown, Thomas Harper, Ralph Mab
Date unknown
- Read free
Hocus Pocus; or The Whole Art of Legerdemain, in Perfection.
Henry Dean
Date unknown
- Read free
Holiday Frolics; Or, Endless Amusement for the Christmas Fireside
Anonymous
Date unknown
- Read free
How to Do Mechanical Tricks
A. Anderson
Date unknown
- Read free
Indian Conjuring
Lionel Hugh Branson
Date unknown
- Read free
Ioannis VVieri De præstigiis dæmonvm
Edward Philley, Johann Weyer
1568Latin
- Read free
Italy, the Magic Land
Lilian Whiting
Date unknown
- Read free
Jewels and the woman: The romance, magic and art of feminine adornment
Marianne Ostier
Date unknown
- Read free
Latest Magic, Being original conjuring tricks
Professor Hoffmann
Date unknown
- Read free
Learning to Spell: A Manual for Teachers Using the Aldine Speller
Catherine Catherine Turner Bryce, Arthur W Kallom, Frank Frank James Sherman
Date unknown
- Read free
Letters on Natural Magic; Addressed to Sir Walter Scott, Bart.
David Brewster
Date unknown
- Read free
Magic
Ellis Stanyon
Date unknown