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
The Whole art of legerdemain, or, Hocus pocus in perfection
McManus-Young Collection
1809
The Whole art of legerdemain, or, Hocus pocus laid open and explained by those renowned masters Sena Sama, Hamed Ben-Ali, and all the celebrated and mysterious professors in the art of natural magic
McManus-Young Collection
1830
The Whole art of legerdemain, or, Hocus pocus laid opened and explained by those renowned masters Sena Sama, Hamed Ben-Alla, and all the celebrated and mysterious professors of the art of natural magic
McManus-Young Collection
1853
The Whole art of legerdemain, or, The conjurer unmasked
McManus-Young Collection
1830
The Wizard
McManus-Young Collection
1848
The Youth's instructor in the English tongue: or, The art of spelling improved
Henry Dixon
1757
The adventures of the strange man
H. S. Lynn
1873
The adventures of the strange man, Dr. H.S. Lynn
H. S. Lynn
1877
The amateur's guide to magic and mystery
Harry Houdini Collection
1874
The analitical American spelling book
David Lyon
1834
The analytical system of teaching orthography
John Usher Parsons
1837
The ancient Egyptian book of the dead
Carol Andrews, Raymond O. Faulkner
1985Ancient Egyptian
The art of conjuring made easy, or, Instructions for performing the most astonishing sleight-of-hand feats
McManus-Young Collection
1860
The art of magic
Stodare Colonel
1866
The art of modern conjuring, magic, and illusions
Henri Garenne
1886
The arte of brachygraphie
Peter Bales
1597
The black art
Harry Houdini
1788
The black art fully exposed and laid bare
Harry Houdini Collection
1875
The black art!, or, Magic made easy
Harry Houdini Collection
1893
The black pullet
1972
The boke of secrets of Albartus Magnus
Albertus Magnus
1565
The boy's treasury of sports, pastimes, and recreations
Samuel Williams
1844
The cards
Patrick Maillé
2021
The child's companion
Caleb Bingham
1792