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
- Read free
Merkelbach & Co: Prijs-Courant No. 1 van Tooverlantaarns, Sciopticons, (Dissolving Views). Model Stoom- en Electrische Machines
Merkelbach & Co
1896Dutch
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Mopsa the fairy
Jean Ingelow, Dora Curtis
1869
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Nuskhah-i raml
Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology. Manuscript. Ivanow 133
1832Persian
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Risālah Tuḥfat al-mujarrabāt
Abū al-Muẓaffar ibn Ardashīr ibn Kayqubād, active 12th century, author, Muḥammad 'Alī al-Z̤ārī, transcriber, Casey Casey Albert Wood
1800Persian
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Risālah dar bayān-i da'vāt (muqaṭṭa'āt)
Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology. Manuscript. Ivanow 133
1832Persian
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Risālah dar khavāṣṣ-i Qur'ān
Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology. Manuscript. Ivanow 131
1801Persian
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Risālah dar namāz-i jum'ah
Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology. Manuscript. Ivanow 154, Ḥasanī Ḥusaynī, Muḥammad, author
1800Arabic
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Risālah-i ḥurūf
Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology. Manuscript. Ivanow 131
1801Persian
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Risālah-i ṣifāt-i ḥayvānāt va nabātāt
Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology. Manuscript. Ivanow 131
1801Persian
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Ritual and belief
Edwin Sidney Hartland
1914
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Rong shi lei zhan
Kejia Li
1597Chinese
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Sharḥ-i du'ā-yi Jawshan-i ṣaghīr
Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology. Manuscript. Ivanow 131
1801Persian
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Sinhalese astrological charms ola
Producer not identified
1680
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Sinhalese family charms ola
Producer not identified
1650
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Steganographia BSB 1608
Johannes Trithemius
1608Latin
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Ta'bīr-i khvāb
Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology. Manuscript. Ivanow 133
1832Persian
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Ta'bīr-nāmah-i Imām Ja'far
Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology. Manuscript. Ivanow 131
1801Persian
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Talismanic scroll with metal case
MehranDHN
1327Arabic
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 07 of 12)
James George Frazer
Date unknown
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The Magic Nuts
Mary Louisa Molesworth, Mrs Molesworth, Rosie M. M Pitman
1898
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The Road to Oz
L. Frank Baum, John John Rea Neill
1909
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The Three Books on Alchemy by Geber, the Great Philosopher and Alchemist.
Johann Grüninger, Jābir Ibn Ḥayyān
1531Latin
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The brown owl, a fairy story
Ford Madox Ford, Ford Madox Brown
1891
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The children of the castle
Mary Louisa Molesworth, Mrs Molesworth, Walter Crane
1890