Tradition 02 of 35
Ritual magic and grimoires
Ceremonial and ritual magic, grimoires, spellcraft, talismans, sigils, and magical manuals.
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- Books
- 6,161
- Earliest
- 500 CE
- to 2026
- Read free
- 57%
- 3,481 with public full text
- With covers
- 62%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match3,232
- Metadata match480
- Query match2,447
- 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
- Magic1.3K
- Orthography and spelling830
- Early works to 1800568
- Magic tricks557
- English language397
- History353
- occultism308
- Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric284
- Witchcraft280
- Juvenile fiction233
- Fiction205
- Magie191
- Social Sciences174
- Handbooks, manuals171
- Alchemy164
- Charms162
- Art152
- Talismans146
- Arts and Humanities143
- Demonology142
- Philosophy140
- Amulets129
- Spellers127
- Medicine126
Top languages
- English2,359 · 38%
- German1,372 · 22%
- NOT563 · 9%
- French516 · 8%
- Latin449 · 7%
Notable authors
All authors- Giambattista della Porta32 in this tradition90 books
- Wolfgang Hildebrand29 in this tradition32 books
- Henri Decremps29 books
- Albertus Magnus28 in this tradition53 books
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim28 in this tradition49 books
- Johann Nicolaus Martius27 books
- Paracelsus24 in this tradition294 books
- Johann Weyer24 in this tradition25 books
- Walter Scott22 in this tradition52 books
- Johann Samuel Halle21 books
- Levinus Lemnius19 in this tradition34 books
- James George Frazer18 in this tradition33 books
6,161 books
Daffy down dilly and her friends
H. H. Weston
1870
ESP handbook and workshop kit
1960
Eclectic class-book of English orthography
E. C. Willmot
1858
English grammar, adapted to the different classes of learners
Lindley Murray, Simon Probasco, Lawrence Johnson
1803
Friendly advice to the correctour of the English press at Oxford concerning the English orthographie
1682
Henry Cornelius Agrippa his fourth book of occult philosophy
1665
Hocus pocus junior. The anatomy of legerdemain. Or, The art of jugling
1658
Hocus pocus junior. The anatomy of legerdemain. Or, the art of jugling
1671
Hocus pocus junior. The anatomy of legerdemain; or, The art of jugling
1691
Hocus pocus, or, The whole art of conjuring made easy for young persons
McManus-Young Collection
1846
How to behave and how to amuse
1895
Imaginotions
Tudor Jenks
1894
Johnson's new Philadelphia spelling-book
Benjamin Johnson, Alexander Anderson
1812
Johnson's new Philadelphia spelling-book or, A pleasant path to literature
Benjamin Johnson, Alexander Anderson
1809
Legends for Lionel
Walter Crane
1887
Leisure moments improved
Jocelyn & Purcell
1855
Lily and Water-lily
Alice Vansittart Strettel Carr
1893
Little Johannes
Frederik van Eeden
1895
Little Peter
Lucas Malet, Paul Hardy, D. Appleton and Company
1888
Lob lie-by-the-fire
Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
1874
Maurice, or, The red jar
Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Child-Villiers Countess of Jersey
1894
Modern pastime, or, In-door amusements
1871
Modesty and merit, or, The gray-bird's story of Little May-Rose and John
Ferdinand Schmidt
1860
Natural and artifial [sic] conclusions
1670