Tradition 02 of 33
Ritual magic and grimoires
Ceremonial and ritual magic, grimoires, spellcraft, talismans, sigils, and magical manuals.
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- Books
- 5,190
- Earliest
- 500 CE
- to 2026
- Read free
- 48%
- 2,504 with public full text
- With covers
- 57%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match2,962
- Metadata match478
- Query match1,748
- 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
- Magic1.2K
- Orthography and spelling829
- Magic tricks538
- Early works to 1800533
- English language397
- History330
- occultism283
- Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric270
- Witchcraft262
- Juvenile fiction204
- Magie189
- Fiction177
- Social Sciences172
- Handbooks, manuals171
- Alchemy157
- Charms157
- Art151
- Talismans144
- Arts and Humanities141
- Philosophy138
- Demonology130
- Amulets128
- Spellers127
- Medicine120
Top languages
- English2,329 · 45%
- German862 · 17%
- French473 · 9%
- Latin444 · 9%
- NOT308 · 6%
Notable authors
All authors- Giambattista della Porta32 in this tradition89 books
- Wolfgang Hildebrand29 in this tradition32 books
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim25 in this tradition46 books
- Henri Decremps25 books
- Paracelsus23 in this tradition292 books
- Albertus Magnus23 in this tradition45 books
- Johann Weyer23 in this tradition24 books
- Walter Scott22 in this tradition42 books
- Levinus Lemnius20 in this tradition35 books
- James George Frazer18 in this tradition19 books
- L. Frank Baum17 in this tradition21 books
- Hobbies Ltd17 books
5,190 books
Spelling
George Henry Vallins
1954
Spelling Made Easy
Violet Brand
1984
Spelling improvement
Patricia M. Fergus
1964
Spelling the easy way
Joseph E. Mersand
1982
Spells & charms
Nicola De Pulford
1999
Spells and Bindings (Enchanted World)
Time-Life Books
1985
Spells for success
Antonia Beattie
2001
Spells to attract wealth & abundance
Antonia Beattie
2000
Spells, Charms, Talismans and Amulets
Pamela Ball
2002
Spells, charms, amulets and talismans
Pamela Ball
2001
Spellwright
Blake Charlton
2010
Spirits and spirituality in Victorian fiction
Jen Cadwallader
2016
Star song oracle
Delfina Rose
1995
Stone of Tymora
R. A. Salvatore
2012
Studies in magical amulets
Campbell Bonner
1950
Sweet sorcery
Ashland Price
1997
Talismans & Amulets
Felicitas H. Nelson
2008
Talismans and Trojan horses
Christopher A. Faraone
1992
Tarot Power
Lexa Rosean
2005
The A.C.E. spelling dictionary
David Moseley
1986
The ABC's and All Their Tricks
M. Bishop
1986
The Alloy of Law
Brandon Sanderson
2001
The American way of spelling
Richard L. Venezky
1999
The Arbatel Of Magic
Arthur Edward Waite
2006