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 children of the castle
Molesworth Mrs, Walter Crane, Lucy Beatrice Rose Brassington, Macmillan & Co, R. & R. Clark
1890
The history of Ali Baba and the forty thieves
Herbert Granville Fell
1895
The ideal fairy tales
Charles Perrault
1897
The juvenile expositor
Albert Picket
1818
The life and conversation of Temperance Floyd, Mary Lloyd, and Susanna Edwards three eminent witches. Lately condemned at Exeter Assizes; togerher [sic] with a full account of their first agreement with the Devil: with the manner how they prosecuted theirdevillish sorceries. Also a full account of their tryal, examination, condemnation, and confession, at the place of execution: with many other things remarkable, and worthy observation.
1687
The little boy's own book
Charles D. Mallary
1850
The little gentleman in green
Adaline A. Drury Hepworth
1865
The magic oak tree
Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen Baron Brabourne
1894
The mother's remarks on a set of cuts for children
Jacob Johnson
1803
The new American first reader
Epes Sargent
1871
The new fairy book
William Andrews
1895
The owl king and other fairy stories
Herbert Inman
1898
The rat catcher, or, The magic fife
Gustav Nieritz
1854
The sleeping beauty in the wood
Charles Perrault
1870
The spelling experimenter and phonetic investigator
1882
The standard speller
Epes Sargent
1856
The story of Rip Van Winkle
Geo. P. Webster
1896
The story of the Rhinegold (Der Ring des Nibelungen)
Anna Alice Chapin
1898
The talking bird, or, The little girl who knew what was going to happen
Mary Kirby
1856
The thousand and one nights, or, The Arabian nights' entertainments
Henry Cocheu
1864
Tom Grubb and his wonderful dog
Nathaniel Orr
1859
[An Epitome of English orthography; or, The art of writing true and right English words, &c.]
1697
[Magic miscellanea, 1845-1955].
1845
The Discoverie of Witchcraft
Date unknown