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 modern wizard
A. Roterberg
1896
The myth of ritual murder
R. Po-chia Hsia
1988
The new American spelling book; or A complete primer
Robert Ross
1785
The new American spelling-book
John Peirce
1782
The new Pennsylvania spelling-book
Pennsylvanian
1799
The new hocus pocus, or, The whole art of legerdemain
Day Francis the Great
1818
The new juvenile expositor, or, Rational reader
Albert Picket
1831
The new orthography
Martin L. Smith
1888
The new primer, or Little boy and girls spelling book
Robert Ross
1788
The old hocus pocus
McManus-Young Collection
1740
The only sure guide to the English tongue, or, New pronouncing spelling book
William Perry, William lecturer in the Academy at Edinburgh Perry
1785
The order of orthographie: or, Sixty sixe rules shortly directing to the true writing, speaking, and pronouncing the English tongue
Jos Prat
1622
The orthographical hobgoblin
William Frederick Poole
1859
The parlor book of magic and drawing-room entertainments
Antonio Blitz
1889
The parlor conjurer, or, Magic and sleight of hand for home amusement
Harry Houdini Collection
1880
The parlor magician, or, 100 tricks for the drawing room
Wiljalba Frikell
1860
The petie schole
Francis Clement
1587
The petty-schoole
Charles Hoole
1659
The phonotypic spelling and reading manual
Lewis Masquerier
1867
The plain spelling book, and easy guide to reading
William Woodbridge
1800
The poors English spellin-book, for his Majesties three kingdoms
Tobias Ellis
1684
The poors English spelling-book for His Majesties three kingdoms
Tobias Ellis
1684
The power of satire
Robert C Elliott
1960
The practice of the French pronunciation alphabetically exhibited
John Perrin
1780