Tradition 02 of 33
Ritual magic and grimoires
Ceremonial and ritual magic, grimoires, spellcraft, talismans, sigils, and magical manuals.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- 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
Das Transcendentale
Gideon Brecher
1850German
Das Wesen der Lautschrift
K. Panitz
1865German
Das aller edlest und bewertest Regiment der Gesundthait
Aristotle, Johann Lorchner
1532German
Das erste Lesebuch für Kirchen- und Sonntagsschulen
Hermann Reffelt
1872German
Das fliegende Marmeladenbrot
Tine Schwebke
2026German
Das grosse Buch der Fabelwesen
Uwe Krüger
2026German
Das große Lexikon für Potter-Fans
Pemerity Eagle
2026German
Das unentbehrliche Haus- und Kunst-Buch
Jacob Biernauer
1818German
De Gemma Abraxea
Johann Gustav Stickel
1848Latin
De accentibus et orthographia linguae Hebraicæ
Johann Reuchlin
1518Hebrew
De avro dialogi tres
Abraham Portaleone
1584Latin
De betoverde weereld, zynde een grondig ondersoek van 't gemeen gevoelen aangaande de geesten, derselver aart en vermogen, bewind en bedryf: als ook 't gene de menschen door derselver kraght en gemeenschap doen
Balthasar Bekker
1691Dutch
De capricci medicinali dell' eccellente medico, & cirugico m. Leonardo Fioravanti Bolognese, libri quattro
Leonardo Fioravanti
1568Italian
De fascino libri tres
Leonardo Vairo, Leonardo Bp. of Pozzuoli Vairo
1583Latin
De grappige goochelaar en vroolijke kunstjesmaker in gezelschappen
Harry Houdini Collection
1888Dutch
De idololatria magica
Jean Filesac
1609Latin
De igne secreto philosophorum
Johann Rudolf Glauber
1669German
De imagunculis Germanorum magicis, quas alrunas vocant, commentatio historico-antiquaria ...
Gottfried Christian Roth
1737Latin
De incantamentis nonnullis sumerico-assyriis
Petro Jensen
1884Latin
De l'imposture et tromperie des diables, deuins, enchanteurs, sorciers, noueurs d'esguillettes, cheuilleurs, necromanciens, chiromanciens, & autres qui par telle inuocation diabolique, ars magiques & superstitions abusent le peuple
Massé, Pierre
1579French
De l'imposture et tromperie des diables, devins, enchanteurs, sorciers, noueurs d'esguillettes, cheuilleurs, necromanciens, chiromanciens, et autres qui par telle inuocation diabolique, ars magiques et supersitions abusent le peuple
Pierre Massé, Jean-Baptiste Guyon de Sardière, René Benoit
1579French
De l'orthographie provençale
Damase Arbaud, Anselme Mathieu
1863French
De la démonomanie des sociers
Jean Bodin
1590German
De lamiis liber
Johann Weyer
1577Latin