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
Daemonis mimica in magiae progressv tvm in sectis errorvm qvorvm avthor est. V. illvstrissimo Nicolao Brvlardo, Domino de Sileri, Franciae Cancellario meritisimo
Henry de Montagu, Nicolas Brulart
1612Latin
Das Ritual der Malli aus Arzawa gegen Behexung (KUB XXIV 9+)
Liane Jakob-Rost
1972German
De duivel en de tooverkunst onzer dagen
Albert Duroy de Bruignac
1865Dutch
De idololatria magica, dissertatio
Jean Filesac
1609Latin
De l'utilité des voyages, et de l'avantage que la recherche des antiquitéz procure aux sçavans
Charles-César Baudelot de Dairval
1686French
De sensv rervm et magia, libri qvatvor, pars mirabilis occultae philosophiae, ubi demonstratur, mundum esse Dei vivam statuam, beneque cognoscentem; omnesque illius partes, partiumque particulas sensu donatas esse, ... quantus sufficit ipsarum conservationi ac totius, in quo consentiunt; et fere omnium naturae arcanorum rationes aperiuntur. Tobias Adami recensuit, et nunc primum evulgavit
Tommaso Campanella, Tobias Adami
1637Latin
Deliberationi astronomiche perpetue nel trovar con vero modo li giorni critici nell' infirmitadi humane, mediante l'uso di due Ruote, connessioni de' giudicii in quelle
Francesco Manenti
1643Italian
Della magica'arte ouero della magia natvrale discorso ... Nel qual si monstra, che le maraviglie, che si dicono di essa, possono succedere in via naturale, e che il magho può lecitamente usarla
Giuseppe Passi
1614Italian
Des talismans, ou figures faites sous certaines constellations, pour faire aymer et respecter les hommes, les enrichir, guerir leurs maladies, etc. ... Avec des observations contre le livre des Curiositez inouyes de M.I. Gaffarel. Et un traicté de l'unguent des armes, ou unguent sympathetique et constellé ... Le tout tiré de la seconde partie de la science des choses corporelles Par le sieur De l'Isle [i.e. C. Sorel] [pseud]
Charles Sorel, Jacques Gaffarel
1636French
Die abgeredte Zauberey
Jean-François Marmontel, Gottlieb Stephanie, André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry
1778German
Die bezauberte Welt: oder eine gründliche Untersuchung des allgemeinen Aberglaubens, betreffend, die Arth und das Vermögen, Gewalt und Wirckung des Satans und der bösen Geister über den Menschen, und was diese durch derselben Krafft und Gemeinschafft thun
Balthasar Bekker
1693Dutch
Discorso del reuerendo m. Francesco de Cattani da Diacceto ... sopra la superstizzione dell'arte magica
Francesco Cattani da Diacceto
1567Italian
Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex. Quibus continetur accurata curiosarum artium, & vanarum superstitionum confutatio; utilis theologis, iuris consultis, medicis, philologis
Martin Delrio
1608Latin
Disqvisitionvm magicarvm libri sex. In tres tomos partiti
Martin Delrio
1600Latin
Disqvisitionvm magicarvm libri sex. Quibus continetvr accurata cvriosarvm artivm, et vanarvm svperstitionum confutatio, vtilis theologis, iurisconsultis, medicis, philologis
Martin Delrio
1624Latin
Disqvisitionvm magicarvm libri sex. Qvibvs continetvr accvrata cvriosarvm artivm, & vanarvm svperstitionum confutatio vtilis theologis, iurisconsultis, medicis, philologis
Martin Delrio
1608Latin
Eliae Henrici Henckelii Ordo et methodus cognoscendi & curandi energumenos seu à Stygio cacodaemone obsessos
Elias Heinrich Henckel
1689Latin
Engi ga ii
Naoko Amemiya
2015Japanese
Fascicvlvs Paracelsicae medicinae veteris et non novae, per floscvlos chimicos et medicos, tanquam in compendiosum promptuarium collectus. In qvo de vita, morte, et resvscitatione rervm, de tvenda et conseruanda sanitate, nec non expellendo morbo per instaurationem virium naturalium, de praeparationibus medicamentorum, in vsum applicationibus ad quoscunque morbos, cùm internos, tùm externos. Item, de generatione homunculi pygmei, ex Dampra nutrimenti sanguinis. Cvm elvcidationibvs hvivs, aliorvmqve obscuriorum quorumcun[que] locorum atque dictionum. Inibi passim occurrentium
Paracelsus, Gerhard Dorn
1581Latin
Francisci Torreblanca Epitome delictorum, sive De magia
Torreblanca Villalpando Francisco
1678Latin
Georgii Pictorii Villingani medici, Sermonum convivalium apprimè utilium
Georg Pictorius, Theodericus Ulsenius, Serenus Sammonicus
1559Latin
Grimoires de Saint-Simon : nouveaux inédits
Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon, Yves Coirault
1975French
Grimoires et rituels magiques
François Ribadeau Dumas
1980French
Henrici Cornelii Agrippae, ab Nettesheym ... Opera qvaecumqve hactenvs vel in lucem prodierunt vel inueniri potuerunt omnia, in duos tomos concinnè digesta, & diligenti studio recognita: quae pagina post praefationem proxima plenissimè enumerantur, accessit Ars notoria
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Pietro d'Abano, Georg Pictorius, Johannes Trithemius, Gerard of Cremona
1600Latin