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
Bea und der Geschichtenbaum
Franziska Bolzen
2026German
Begleitwort zur Deutschen Schreib-Lese-Fibel auf phonetischer Grundlage
Hugo Hoffmann
1897German
Beiträge zu einer lateinischen orthographie
Joseph Pohl
1872German
Beiträge zur Geschichte der deutschen Rechtschreibung
Gustav Michaelis
1877German
Beiträge zur lateinischen Sprach- und Literaturkunde
Wilhelm Schmitz
1877German
Belachini's Zauber-Salon
Carlo Bellachini
1874German
Bellachini's Zauberkunststücke
Harry Houdini Collection
1870German
Belzi Ohnehorn - Höllenchaos in der Schule
Gemma Brie, Ursula Bachhausen, Vincas Richardson, Ingrid Valls
2026German
Benedicti Pererii ... Aduersus fallaces & super[st]itiosas artes
Benedictus Pererius
1592Latin
Benedicti Pererii Valentini e Societate Jesv. Adversvs fallaces & svperstitiosas artes
Benedictus Pererius
1603Latin
Benny Bohne und das Geheimnis des Regenbogens
Dagmar Pergande
2026German
Bens Abenteuer zum verwunschenen Schloß
Rosi Mitterberger
2026German
Bericht von den wunderbaren bezoardischen Steinen
Johann Wittich
1589German
Bernhardus Innovatus, das ist, Dess hocherfahrnen, vortrefflichen vnd waaren Philosophi chemici Herrn Bernhardi, Grafen von der Marck vnd Tervis, Chemische Schrifften von der hermetischen Philosophia, oder Vom gebendeiten Stein der Weisen
Bernard of Trevisan
1643German
Between Light and Shadow
Laira Tecco
2026German
Bifolium metallicum
Pantaleon
1676Latin
Blume & Florenz
Helena Ene
2026German
Boris und der Windmann
Christa Latoska
2026German
Bosco's enthüllte Geheimnisse der modernen Zauberei
Carlo Bosco
1884German
Bosco, a bűvész és ezermester
Carlo Bosco
1860Hungarian
Bosco, de toovenaar in Holland
Carlo Bosco
1880Dutch
Bosco, der Zauberkünstler
Harry Houdini Collection
1876German
Bosco, der kleine Hexenmeister
Harry Houdini Collection
1870German
Bosco, der kleine Hexenmeister
Carlo Bosco
1867German