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 child's companion; being a concise spelling-book
Caleb Bingham
1801
The child's friend
William Draper
1822
The child's guide to spelling and reading; or An attempt, to facilitate the progress of small children when first sent to school
Mathew Carey
1800
The child's instructor
Foster Waterman
1793
The child's instructor
William A. Sterling
1796
The child's spelling book
Elisha Babcock
1798
The child's spelling book
Abner Kneeland
1808
The conjurer unmasked; being a clear and full explanation of all the surprising performances exhibited as well in this kingdom as on the continent, by the most eminent and dexterous professors of slight of hand ... 2d ed., with large additions and alterations by T. Denton. London, Printed for C. Stalker, 1788
Henri Decremps
1788
The conjuror unmasked, or, La magie blanche dévoilée
Henri Decremps
1785
The conjuror's repository, or, The whole art and mystery of magic displayed, by the following celebrated characters
Giuseppe Pinetti
1799
The currency of the Farther East from the earliest times up to the present day
James H. Stewart Lockhart
1895
The decline of magic
Michael Hunter
2020
The defining orthographer, and youth's plain guide to pronunciation and reading
Peter Bailey
1815
The discouerie of witchcraft, wherein the lewde dealing of witches and witchmongers is notablie detected, the knauerie of coniurors, the impietie of inchantors, the follie of soothsaiers, the impudent falsehood of cousenors, the infidelitie of atheists, the pestilent practices of Pythonists, the curiositie of figurecasters, the vanitie of dreamers, the beggerlie art of alcumystrie, the abhomination of idolatrie, the horrible art of poisoning, the vertue and power of naturall magike, and all the conueniances of legierdemaine and iuggling are deciphered: and many other things opened, which haue long lien hidden, howbeit verie necessarie to be knowne
Reginald Scot
1584
The elixir and the stone
Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh
1998
The english spelling book
Rensselaer Bentley
1832
The etymological spelling book
Henry Butter
1830
The etymological spelling book and expositor
Henry Butter
1832
The expositor, or, Many mysteries unravelled
William Frederick Pinchbeck
1805
The feminin' monarchi', or, The histori of bee's
Charles Butler
1634
The fireside magician, or, The art of natural magic made easy
Thomas Picton
1870
The first lines of English grammar
Goold Brown
1824
The ghost!
Henry Dircks
1863
The grammar school speller
William W. Smith
1858