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
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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
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Magick and astrology vindicated from those false aspersions and calumnies, which the ignorance of some hath cast upon them. In which is contained true definitions of the said arts and the justifications of their practise, proved by the authority of Scripture, and the experience of ancient and modern authors. With observations from several remarkable conjunctions and apparitions. As those three suns that appeared before the Kings death, &c. Impartially communicated for the publique good
Hardick Warren
1651
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Martini Rulandi ... Secreta spagirica, sive plerorumque medicamentorum Rulandinorum genuinae descriptiones
Martin Ruland
1676Latin
Shaman
Joan Halifax
1982
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The Birhatiya Conjuration Oath & 28 names (Ajaz noor shazli)
Abas al buni
1357
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Ueber Aberglauben und Mysticismus in der Medizin
Siegmund Rosenstein, Siegmund Samuel Rosenstein
1866German
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A New and Complete Illustration of the Occult Sciences
Ebenezer Sibly
1806
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Abracadabra
Johann Friedrich Theodor Wohlfarth, Johann Friedrich Theodor. [from old catalog] Wohlfarth
1843German
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De l'utilité des voyages
Charles César Baudelot de Dairval
1686French
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Médecine occulte, ou, Traité de magie naturelle et médicinale
Amédée Doppet
1791French
Grimoires
Owen Davies
2009
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Les sirènes
Georges Kastner
1858French
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Magie, oder, Die Zauberkräfte der Natur
Johann Samuel Halle, Harry Houdini Collection DLC, Pre-1801 Imprint Collection DLC, Duke University. Library. Jantz Collection. German Baroque Literature
1783German
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The Anatomy of the Body of God
Frater Achad
Date unknown
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The Black Pullet
Anonymous
Date unknown
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The Magic Ring and Other Stories
Andrew Lang, Henry Justice Ford
Date unknown
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The Secret Doctrine, Volume III
H. P. Blavatsky
Date unknown
The secrets of alchemy
Lawrence Principe, Lawrence M. Principe
2012
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History Of The Art Of Magic
Telemachus Thomas Timayenis
1887
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The Folk Lore Of China
By Nicholas Belfield Dennys
1876
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Uncle Peter's Fairy Tale for the Nineteenth Century
Elizabeth Missing Sewell, William Sewell
1869
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Second sight secrets and mechanical magic
Herman Pinetti
1905
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The divine Pymander in XVII. books (Hermeticum, Hermetica & Asclepius)
Trismegistus Hermes
1650
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The magic lantern
A Practised Hand
1888
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Three Books Of Occult Philosophy Book I Henry Cornelius Agrippa Books Covers
Henry Cornelius Agrippa - Von Netechiem
1531