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
The New complete letter writer: or, The art of correspondence.
1792
The New-York primer: or, Second book
Samuel Wood
1811
The Youth's instructor in the English tongue: or The art of spelling improved.
1767
The Youth's instructor in the English tongue: or, The art of spelling improved.
1757
The absent-minded fairy
Margaret Vandegrift
1884
The astrologer of the nineteenth century, or, The master key of futurity and guide to ancient mysteries
1825
The bashful earthquake
Oliver Herford
1898
The book of Quinte essence
1889
The book of pretty conceits.
1685
The book of quinte essence, or the fifth being, that is to say, man's heaven
1866
The booke of secretes of Albertus Magnus
1565
The boy's holiday book
T. E. Fuller
1865
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 rat catcher, or, The magic fife
Gustav Nieritz
1854