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
Witchcraft and black magic
Montague Summers
1945
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Word lessons
Alonzo Reed
1889
Words Their Way
Donald R. Bear, Marcia Invernizzi, Francine Johnston
2005
Words of wisdom
Scott B. Remer
2010
Working words in spelling
G. Willard Woodruff
1994
Writ of the Three Sovereigns
Dominic Steavu, Stephen Bokenkamp, Lai Chi Tim
2019
Written language
Josef Vachek
1973
Lux in tenebris
Peter J Forshaw
2017
Shakespeare’s Demonology
Jo Ann Esra, Marion Gibson
2014
The king's seal
Amy Kuivalainen
2021
Magic, charisma and violence in late antiquity
David Frankfurter
2026
Living with buildings
Iain Sinclair
2018
Magic and Divination in the Ancient World
Leda Ciraolo, Jonathan Seidel, Leda Jean Ciraolo, Jonathan Lee Seidel
2002
Esotericism in Western culture
Wouter J. Hanegraaff
2025
Conjuring the spirit world
George H. Schwartz, Tedi E. Asher, Christopher Jones, Lan Morgan, Tony Oursler, Jennifer Lemmer Posey, Mark Schwartz
2024
Nightschool
Svetlana Chmakova, Dee DuPuy, JuYoun Lee
2020
The Realities of Witchcraft and Popular Magic in Early Modern Europe
Edward Bever
2008
Creative histories of witchcraft
Poppy Corbett, Anna Kisby Compton, William Pooley
2022
Further studies on Mesopotamian witchcraft beliefs and literature
I. Tzvi Abusch
2020
Secrets of the Snakestone
Piu DasGupta
2024
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Abschiedt Der Römischen Keyserlichen Maiestatt, vnnd gemeiner Ständt, auff dem Reichßtag zu Augspurg, Anno Domini M.D.LXVI. auffgericht
Reichstag
Anno Domini M. D. LXVI.German
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Antonii de Haen S. C. R. A. Maiestati A Consiliis Avlicis, ... De Magia Liber
Anton de Haen
MDCCLXXV.Latin
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Cinq Livres De L'Impostvre et Tromperie des Diables: Des Enchantements & sorcelleries
Johannes Wier
M.D.LXVII.French
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Dissertations Sur Les Apparitions Des Esprits, Et Sur Les Vampires Ou Les Revenans De Hongrie, de Moravie, &c.. Premiere Partie
Augustin Calmet
MDCCXLIX.French