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
Magic
H. De Vere Stacpoole
Date unknown
- Read free
Magic Shadows: The Story of the Origin of Motion Pictures
Martin Quigley, Edward Peck Curtis
Date unknown
- Read free
Magic and Fetishism
Alfred Alfred Cort Haddon
Date unknown
- Read free
Magic and Religion
Andrew Lang
Date unknown
- Read free
Magic words: A tale for Christmas time
Emilie Maceroni, Edward Henry Wehnert
Date unknown
- Read free
Magic, Pretended Miracles, and Remarkable Natural Phenomena
Anonymous
Date unknown
- Read free
Magic, Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions, Including Trick Photography
Albert Albert Allis Hopkins, Henry Ridgely Evans
Date unknown
- Read free
Malay Magic
Walter William Skeat
Date unknown
- Read free
Mind reading
William E. Skinner
Date unknown
- Read free
Miracle Mongers and Their Methods
Harry Houdini
Date unknown
- Read free
Mistake inside
James Blish, Virgil Finlay
Date unknown
- Read free
Money Magic: A Novel
Hamlin Garland
Date unknown
- Read free
More Conjuring: Simple Tricks for Social Gatherings
Hercat
Date unknown
- Read free
Nick Carter Stories No. 133, March 27, 1915: Won by Magic; or, Nick Carter's Mysterious Ear.
Nicholas Carter, Roland Ashford Phillips
Date unknown
- Read free
No Great Magic
Fritz Leiber, Norman Nodel
Date unknown
- Read free
O senhor Hermann traduzido em portuguez ou A magia branca
Adriano de Abreu Cardoso Machado
1860Portuguese
- Read free
Peerless prestidigitation
Herbert De Caston
Date unknown
- Read free
Physical Amusements and Diverting Experiments
Giuseppe Pinetti
Date unknown
- Read free
Plutarch's Romane Questions
46-120? Plutarch, Frank Byron Jevons, Philemon Holland
Date unknown
- Read free
Princess Badoura: A tale from the Arabian Nights
Laurence Housman, Edmund Dulac
Date unknown
- Read free
Queen Moo's Talisman: The Fall of the Maya Empire
Alice Alice Dixon Le Plongeon
Date unknown
- Read free
Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians
Wm. William King David
Date unknown
- Read free
Sleight of Hand: A Practical Manual of Legerdemain for Amateurs & Others
Edwin Thomas Sachs
Date unknown
- Read free
Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred Phenomena
Chung Ling Soo
Date unknown