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
The man who was magic
Paul Gallico
1966
The modern witch's spellbook
Sarah Lyddon Morrison
1971
The only Wiccan spell book you'll ever need
Marian Singer
2004
The practical witch's spell book
Cerridwen Greenleaf
2018
The science of likability
Patrick King
2015
The secret out
Wiljalba Frikell
1859
The shadow cabinet
Juno Dawson
2023
The spell of words
Elsie T. Rak
1970
The talisman of the United States
Charles L. Westbrook
1990
The true legend of St. Dunstan and the Devil
Edward G. Flight
1871
The way of the green witch
Arin Murphy-Hiscock
2006
Theoretical and empirical investigations of divination and magic
Jesper Sørensen, Anders Klostergaard Petersen
2021
Tibetan Magic
Cameron Bailey, Aleksandra Wenta
2024
Time, history and ritual in a K'iche' community
Paul van den Akker
2018
Transformers
Alan Dean Foster
2009
Utterly Wicked
Dorothy Morrison
2007
Veritable Black Magic
Robert Blanchard
1997
Voodoo charms and talismans
Robert W. Pelton
1973
What You Should Know About The Golden Dawn
Israel Regardie, Christopher Hyatt
1983
Where the Willow Does Not Weep
Jono Borden
2019
Wicca
Vivianne Crowley
1989
Wicca
Harmony Nice
2018
Wicca love spells
Gerina Dunwich
1996
Wiccan Spell A Day
Sirona Knight
2003