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
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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
Sympathetic Magic
Paul Cameron Brown
Date unknown
- Read free
The Art of Iugling or Legerdemaine
Samuel Rid
Date unknown
- Read free
The Autumn After Next
Margaret Clair
Date unknown
- Read free
The Dangerfield Talisman
J. J Connington
Date unknown
- Read free
The Enchanted Crusade
Robert W Krepps, W. E Terry
Date unknown
- Read free
The Eyes Have It
Randall Garrett, John Schoenherr
Date unknown
- Read free
The Green Mouse
Robert Robert William Chambers, Edmund Frederick
Date unknown
- Read free
The Heatherford Fortune
Georgie Sheldon
Date unknown
- Read free
The Islands of Magic: Legends, Folk and Fairy Tales from the Azores
Elsie Spicer Eells, Emma Emma Lillian Brock
Date unknown
- Read free
The Juggler's Oracle; or, The Whole Art of Legerdemain Laid Open
Herman Boaz
Date unknown
- Read free
The Magic Bed: A Book of East Indian Fairy-Tales
Hartwell James, John John Rea Neill
Date unknown
- Read free
The Magic Cameo: A Love Story
Georgie Sheldon
Date unknown
- Read free
The Magic Egg, and Other Stories
Frank R Stockton
Date unknown
- Read free
The Magic House, and Other Poems
Duncan Campbell Scott
Date unknown
- Read free
The Magic and Science of Jewels and Stones
Isidore Kozminsky
Date unknown
- Read free
The Magic of Spain
Aubrey Aubrey Fitz Gerald Bell
Date unknown
- Read free
The Magic of the Horse-shoe, with other folk-lore notes
Robert Means Lawrence
Date unknown
- Read free
The Magic of the Middle Ages
Viktor Rydberg, August Hjalmar Edgren
Date unknown
- Read free
The Magician's Own Book, or, the Whole Art of Conjuring
George Arnold, Frank Cahill
Date unknown
- Read free
The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy
Charles John Samuel Thompson
Date unknown
- Read free
The Old and the New Magic
Henry Ridgely Evans, Paul Carus
Date unknown
- Read free
The Origin of Man and of His Superstitions
Carveth Read
Date unknown
- Read free
The Practical Magician and Ventriloquist's Guide
Anonymous
Date unknown
- Read free
The Psychological Origin and the Nature of Religion
James James Henry Leuba
Date unknown