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
Rules, for the orthography of Arabic and Turkish words, in Roman letters
American Mission Press
1860
Sadducismus triumphatus, or, A full and plain evidence, concerning witches and apparitions
Joseph Glanvill, Henry More, Anthony Horneck
1726
Sadlier's Catholic complete speller
Catholic teacher
1886
Sample lessons of Jayne's orthoepy and orthography
Madison M. Jayne
1894
Sanborn's school mottoes
Dyer H. Sanborn
1858
Scheidler's art of conjuring simplified
John G. Scheidler
1876
Scholastic magic
Michael D Swartz
1996
Scientific mysteries
Harry Houdini Collection
1891
Scientific orthography and orthoepy of the English language
Isaac W. Clinger
1892
Scot 's discovery of vvitchcraft
Reginald Scot
1651
Scrap-book
Harry Helms
1886
Secrets of ancient and modern magic, or, The art of conjuring unveiled
M. Young
1880
Simplified english and english-german union language
Elias Molee
1895
Single word spelling test
Lesley Sacre
2000
Sixteenth annual report of the directors of the New-York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, to the legislature of the state of New-York, for the year 1834
New-York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb
1835
Sleight of hand and second sight
Harry Houdini Collection
1880
Solomon'z sonj
Cornelius Wilson Larison
1887
Spelling and language book
Robert C. Metcalf
1887
Spelling book
William Fordyce Mavor
1837
Spelling reform
Wisconsin. Text-book Commission
1879
Speshal aurdinans ov Dunshalt, "the mishuneri siti"
Sancho Quixote
1897
Spesimenz of fonetic tips from [the] fundri ov mesz Vinsent and Jamz Figinz in us at Mr. Alecsander J. Elisez fonetic printi[ng] ofisez. bat
Alexander John Ellis
1849
Spirit-mediums and conjurers
George Sexton
1873
Spiritualism clippings + notes
Harry Houdini
1873