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
Fraternitas saturni
Stephen E Flowers
2012Czech
How to develop poise and self-confidence
Michael Drury
1963
John Fian's Grimoire
Robert Blanchard
1993
Kabbala
Vanessa Lampert
2004
Kabbalah and sex magic
Marla Segol
2021
Kabbalah: A Very Short Introduction
Joseph Dan
2005
Magic and Divination in the Middle Ages: Texts and Techniques in the Islamic and Christian Worlds
Charles Burnett
1996
Magic plants
Johann Heinrich Heucher, M. J. H. Heucher
1886
Magical experiments
Tom Tit
1892
Moderní čarodějnictví
Gerald Brosseau Gardner
2009Czech
No Religion Higher Than Truth: A History of the Theosophical Movement in Russia, 1875-1922
Maria Carlson
2015
Northern magic : rune mysteries & shamanism
Edred Thorsson
1998
Occult and scientific mentalities in the Renaissance
Brian Vickers
1984
Ozark Magic and Folklore
Vance Randolph
1947
Paranormal Media
Annette Hill
2010
Perspectives on the Grateful Dead: Critical Writings
Robert G. Weiner, Rebecca G. Adams, Steve Silberman
1999
Persuasions of the witch's craft
Tanya M Luhrmann
1989
Political Liturgies in the High Middle Ages
Pawel Figurski, Johanna Dale, Pieter Byttebier
2021
Prestidigitation, or, Magic made easy
Old conjurer
1880
Religion, land and politics in Pakistan
Khursheed Kamal Aziz
2001
Representing Magic in Modern Ireland
Andrew Sneddon
2022
Ritual and magic, Cover
Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection
1997
Ritual embodiment in modern western magic
Damon Zacharias Lycourinos
2018
Sacred Geometry: Philosophy and Practice
Robert Lawlor
1982