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
A new graded spelling-book
Joseph A. Graves
1884
A new guide to the English tongue. ..
Thomas Dilworth, John M'Culloch, R. D. G
1786
A new primmer or Methodical directions to attain the true spelling, reading & writing of English.
Francis Daniel Pastorius
1698
A new spelling book
John Comly
1844
A plea for the English demotic alphabet
C. W. Knudsen
1881
A plea for the restoration in the English language of the European system of orthography
T. C. Moffat
1876
A prognostication for ever
Erra Pater
1694
A pronouncing and spelling dictionary, of the English language
Carl W. Knudsen, Golding Brothers, Williams & Shirley
1886
A reformed alphabet of the English language
J. P. Gruwell
1887
A review of the elementary spelling book
Lyman Cobb
1844
A rich cabinet with variety of inventions, unlock'd and open'd for the recreation of ingenious spirits at their vacant hours
John White
1651
A rich cabinet, with variety of inventions, unlock'd and open'd, for the recreation of ingenious spirits
John White
1689
A scheme for making the English language the international language for the world
James Bradshaw
1847
A school dictionary of selected words according to the orthography of Webster
Aaron Ely
1830
A short introduction or guiding to print, write, and reade Inglish speech
William Bullokar
1580
A sound-English primer
Augustin Knoflach
1890
A special help to orthographie, or, the true-writing of English
Richard Hodges
1643
A spelling book; or The first part of a grammar of the English language
Enoch Hale
1799
A spelling, pronouncing and parsing dictionary
Abel Flint
1806
A spelling-book for advance classes
Oliver Optic
1880
A spelling-dictionary of the English language, on a new plan
John Newbery
1760
A syllabus of English grammar
Luther Clark Foster
1898
A system of phonetic spelling
Tobias Witmer
1876
A treasure for children
Andrew Rawson
1802