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
- 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
Orthography corrected, or, A plan proposed for improving the English language, by uniting orthography with pronunciation ..
Thomas Embree
1813
Parlor amusements, or, The whole art of natural magic laid open and explained
John H. Braceland
1889
Parlor magic
Wiljalba Frikell
1894
Parlor magic
Harry Houdini Collection, McManus-Young Collection
1863
Parlor pastimes, or, The whole art of amusing
Raymond Prof
1875
Parlour magic
Ellen Haver Ross
1838
Petition for a royal commission to examine the question of English spelling : papers read at the meeting of the Society at the Conference of educational associations, 3rd January, 1925
Simplified spelling society
1800
Pharmako-vasanos, or, The touch-stone of medicines
John Sir Floyer
1687
Philosophy reformed & improved
Henry Pinnell
1657
Phonetic longhand letter paper
Elias Longley
1853
Phonography
Edwin R. Gardiner
1890
Picket's grammar of the English language
Albert Picket
1823
Plea for phonetic spelling
Alexander John Ellis
1856
Poems of many years
Richard Monckton Milnes Baron Houghton, Bernard Burke
1838
Pollard's synthetic method of reading and spelling
Rebecca S. Pollard
1889
Popular education
E. Jones
1875
Praxis catholica, or, The countryman's universal remedy
Robert Couch
1680
Praxis catholica: or, the countryman's universal remedy: wherein is plainly and briefly laid down the nature, matter, manner, place and cure of most diseases, incident to the body of man; not hitherto discovered
Robert Couch, Christopher Packe
1680
Prefes to the mishuneri dikshuneri
Sanchez Quixote
1897
Prestidigitatorial collection of humorous and practical tricks, played by the great prestidigitateur Herrmann, during his travels in Europe & America
Harry Houdini Collection
1861
Price-list and catalogue of watches, jewelry, novelties, books, cards, &c
P. O. Vickery
1882
Primary language book
Caroline F. Cutler
1891
Pro and con of spelling reform
Edwin Orlando Vaile
1882
Proceedings of the International Convention for the Amendment of English Orthography, held at the Atlas Hotel, Philadelphia, Pa., August 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 1876
International Convention for the Amendment of English Orthography, Spelling Reform Association
1876