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
Nutcracker and mouse king
E. T. A. Hoffmann
1892
Odysseus
Όμηρος
1898
Parlor magic
1889
Parlour magic
Harry Houdini Collection, McManus-Young Collection
1838
Parlour magic
Ebenezer Landells
1838
Prince Dorus, or, Flattery put out of countenance
Charles Lamb
1811
Prince Goldenblade
Gilbert Sir Campbell
1889
Prince Vance
Eleanor Putnam
1888
Rip van Winkle and The legend of Sleepy Hollow
Washington Irving, George Henry Boughton
1893
Sayings and doings in fairyland, or, Old friends with new faces
D. S. Sinclair
1890
Sinbad, the sailor
Dalziel Brothers
1889
Six little princesses and what they turned into
Elizabeth Prentiss
1898
Stodare's Fly-notes, or, Conjuring made easy
Stodare Colonel
1867
Tales of magic and meaning
Alfred Crowquill
1856
Tales of old times
Gustav Nieritz
1854
The Boy's own conjuring book
McManus-Young Collection
1859
The Child's book of fairy tales
Nathaniel Orr
1859
The Child's playbook, to teach children their letters as soon as they can speak.
1798
The Christmas thorn, and other stories
Louise Stockton, Palmer Cox, D. Lothrop & Company, Russell & Richardson
1881
The Jumping jack's journey, or, The perilous adventures of a jumping jack, a tin soldier, and a nut-cracker
Lander Miss
1858
The Mother's remarks on a set of cuts for children
Lovechild Mrs
1803
The New American spelling book
1806
The New American spelling book, improved
1806
The New American spelling book, improved
1802