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
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
- 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
5,190 books
- Read free
Breve compendio di maravigliosi secreti approuati con felice successo nelle indispositioni corporali
Domenico Auda
1682Italian
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Dämonenbeschwörungen aus nachtalmudischer Zeit
Josef Wohlstein
1894German
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Cassell's book of in-door amusements, card games, and fireside fun ; with numerous illustrations
Cassell & Company, publisher Cassell & Company
1886
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Lumen de lumine, oder, Ein neues magisches Liecht
Thomas Vaughan
1693German
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Mistische Nächte, oder, der Schlüssel zu den Geheimnissen des wunderbaren ..
Karl von Eckartshausen
1791German
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The history of Aladdin, or, the wonderful lamp
Charles Farley, Edward Dunigan
1840
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... De sensv rervm, et magia, libros qvatvor
Tommaso Campanella
1637Latin
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Natural magick by John Baptista Porta, a Neapolitane
Giambattista della Porta
1658
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Natürliches Zauber-Buch oder neueröfneter Spielplatz rarer Künste, [Bd. I] erster[-zwanzigster] Theil im welchem nicht allein alle Taschenspieler, und andere curiöse mathematische und physicalische Künste sondern auch die gebräuchlichen Karten-Würfel-Billard-Damen und andere Spiele aufs genaueste beschrieben mit vielen Figuren erläutert werden
Simon Witgeest
1781German
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Il fascino e l'amuleto control del fascino presso gli antichi
Michele Arditi
1825Italian
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Les petites aventures de Jérome Sharp
Henri Decremps, Jerome Sharp
1793French
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The mathematical and philosophical works of the Right Reverend John Wilkins ... to which is prefix'd the author's life, and an account of his works
George Fabyan Collection, Pre-1801 Imprint Collection, John Wilkins
1708
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Tractatus physico-medicus de incantamentis, sexaginta casus ... complectens ... Cui ... accesserunt, varia huc spectantia
Georg Abraham Mercklin
1715Latin
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De magia liber
Anton de Haen
1774Latin
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Magie magnétique, ou, Traité historique et pratique de fascinations, miroirs ..
Louis Alphonse Cahagnet
1858French
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What Shall We Do To-Night?, or Social Amusements for Evening Parties, by "Leger D. Mayne" [partial] (1873)
"Leger D. Mayne" [pseud]
1873
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Ḥeshbon ṿa-daʻat
N. Eisenstadt
1892Hebrew
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Histoire critique des pratiques superstitieuses, qui ont seduit les peuples et embarrassé les sçavans. Avec la methode et les principes pour discerner les effets naturels d'avec ceux qui ne le sont pas
Pierre Lebrun
1750French
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Medicus microcosmus seu spagyria microcosmi triplo auctior et correctior. Exhibens medicinam corpore hominis tùm vivo, tum extincto doctè eruendam, scitè praeparandam & dextre propinandam ...
Daniel Beckher
1633Latin
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Supersticiones de los indios filipinos
Wenceslao Emilio Retana
1894Spanish
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De circulo physico, quadrato, hoc est, auro
Michael Maier
1616Latin
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Natürliche Magie, oder, Erklärung verschiedner Wahrsager-und natürlicher Zauberkünste
Christlieb Benedict Funk, Harry Houdini Collection DLC
1783German
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Avr. Philip. Theoph. Paracelsi Bombast ab Hohenheim ... opera omnia
Paracelsus
1658Italian
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Der lang verborgene Freund
Johann Georg Hohman, Harold Jantz Collection NcD, Georg F Helfenstein
1846German