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
Era
Vetvstissimae tabvlae aeneae sacris Aegyptiorum simulachris coelatae accurata explicatio, in qua antiquissimarum superstitionum origines, progressiones, ritus ad barbaram, graecam, romanamque historiam illustrandam enarrantur, & multa scriptorum veterum loca qua explanantur, qua emendantur
Laurentius Pignorius
1605Latin
Vita da strega
Scott Cunningham
2002Italian
Vray discours des interrogatoires faicts en la présence de Messieurs de la Cour du Parlement, par les docteurs regénts en la Faculté de medecine en l'Université de Paris
Roch Le Baillif, Paris Descartes University faculty of medicine
1579French
Zhongguo dao tan fu zhou
1983Chinese
ʾJam dpal ʾdus rgyud Rig sṅags brgya rtsa (ʾJam dpal sras rgyud Ya ma rā tsa)
Chos-kyi-rdo-rje Grwa-sgom
1974Tibetan
ESP handbook and workshop kit
1960
The Discoverie of Witchcraft
Date unknown
7 potencias corte africana viejo y nuevo magia negra y blanca
1990
Der "Hackprettler"
2020
Incredibili magie
2011Italian
"Hunnisches" auf einem Wiener Papyrus (P.Vindob. G 16859)
6.-8. Jh. n. ChrAncient Greek