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
- Read free
Mecmûa - BSB Cod.turc. 266
11. Jh. [h.q.] [16. oder 17. Jh.]
- Read free
SNWY WSNSNWY WSMNGLP DM WHWH HWS LYLYT
[Mitte 18. Jh.]Hebrew
- Read free
Sammelhandschrift, aus verschiedenen Teilen zusammengebunden - BSB Clm 28846
14. - 15. Jh.Latin
- Read free
Theatrvm De Veneficis. Das ist: Von Teuffelsgespenst Zauberern und Gifftbereitern, Schwartzkünstlern, Hexen und Unholden, vieler fürnemmen Historien und Exempel
M. D. LXXXVI.German
- Read free
Unterschiedliche Schrifften Von Unfug Des Hexen-Proceßes
Im Jahr MDCCIII.German
- Read free
Zhao hun shu (yi ben) zou xing (zai nei) - BSB Cod.sin. 382
vermutlich Ende 19. bis Anfang 20. Jh.Chinese
- Read free
Zhu zhang ge - BSB Cod.sin. 1002
Keine Datumsangabe, vermutlich 19. Jh.Chinese
- Read free
[ohne Titel]
vermutlich frühes 19. Jh.Chinese
Phantasmagoria: Spirit Visions, Metaphors, and Media into the Twenty-first Century
Marina Warner
2006
The Chemical Choir: A History of Alchemy
P. G. Maxwell‐Stuart
2008
Chasses aux sorcières et démonologie
Georg Modestin, Kathrin Utz Tremp, Martine Ostorero
2010
Music, Mysticism and Magic: A Sourcebook
Joscelyn Godwin
1986
Of water and the spirit : ritual, magic and initiation in the life of an African Shaman
Malidoma Patrice Somé
1995
The dawn of astrology : a cultural history of Western astrology
Nicholas Campion
2008
The magic of responsibility
Samuel Arregoces, Diana Salazar, Misael Socarras Ipuana, Filippo Taglieri, Resguardo Indígena Tamaquitos 2
2021
Doctrine and ritual of high magic - a new translation
Eliphas Levi
2017
History of Western astrology
Nicholas Campion
2009
A popular history of witchcraft
Montague Summers
2003
The Superstitious Mind
Judith Devlin
1987
Pacts with the devil : a chronicle of sex, blasphemy & liberation/ by S. Jason Black and Christopher S. Hyatt ; illustrations by S. Jason Black
Sharon Black, Christopher S. Hyatt
1997
Philosophie und okkulte Wissenschaften in der islamischen Welt
Dorothee Pielow
2024
"Je respire l'air de mes Pères". Dynamiques et pouvoirs de la tradition : pratiques sociales, magiques et sorcellaires d'aujourd'hui en milieu rural islamisé (Zanzibar)
Édith Plouzennec, La Réunion, Claude Brissac-Féral, Pascal Bacuez
2010French
A Victorian grimoire : enchantment, romance, magic
Patricia Telesco
1992French
Beiträge zur Kenntnis der babylonischen Religion
Heinrich Zimmern
1896German