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 great Alvin
Harry Houdini Collection
1896
The great book of wonders, secrets, and mysteries
Harry Houdini Collection
1896
The handy English word book, forming a complete dictionary appendix
James Stormonth
1877
The hermetic order of the Golden Dawn
Felix John Taylor
2026
The history of a mystery!
John Nevil Maskelyne
1873
The history of the black art, or, Complete system of astrology and magic
William Lilly
1804
The holy guide, leading the way to vnite art and nature
John Heydon
1662
The humorous magician unmasked
A. B. Engstrom
1836
The humorous magician unmasked; or, A full explanation of the principal and most interesting performances of legerdemain as exhibited by Monsieur Adrian and other performers, which of late has excited so much curiosity in the public mind, in Philadelphia and other cities of the United States and elsewhere. With amusing dialogues, and original and true Yankee stories
A. B. Engstrom
1836
The introduction to The Analytical reader
Samuel Putnam
1828
The invisible temple
Peter Roche de Coppens
1987
The juvenile expositor, or American school class-book
Albert Picket
1827
The life and character of Harvey
Jonathan Swift
1728
The life of a showman
David Prince Miller
1849
The lives of the conjurors
Thomas Frost
1876
The lost lands
Lucy Cavendish
2013
The magic books
Anne Lawrence-Mathers
2025
The magic of Uri Geller
James Randi
1975
The magic zoo
Peter Costello
1979
The magical mirror, or, Art of legerdemain laid open
Harry Houdini Collection
1807
The magical universe
Stephen Wilson
2000
The magician's own book
Wiljalba Frikell
1871
The marvels of optical and chemical magic, and how to accomplish them
Old Boy
1868
The medical mirror
Ebenezer Sibly
1794