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
Bygone Beliefs: Being a Series of Excursions in the Byways of Thought
H. Stanley Redgrove
Date unknown
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Christmas Magic for All Your Gifts, Using "Scotch" Brand Tapes and "Sasheen" Brand Ribbon
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
Date unknown
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Daughter of the Night
Richard S Shaver
Date unknown
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Endless Amusement
Unknown
Date unknown
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Flecker's magic
Norman Matson
Date unknown
- Read free
Hindu Magic: An Expose of the Tricks of the Yogis and Fakirs of India
Hereward Carrington
Date unknown
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Hocus Pocus Junior: The Anatomie of Legerdemain
Unknown, Thomas Harper, Ralph Mab
Date unknown
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Holiday Frolics; Or, Endless Amusement for the Christmas Fireside
Anonymous
Date unknown
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Indian Conjuring
Lionel Hugh Branson
Date unknown
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Italy, the Magic Land
Lilian Whiting
Date unknown
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Jewels and the woman: The romance, magic and art of feminine adornment
Marianne Ostier
Date unknown
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Latest Magic, Being original conjuring tricks
Professor Hoffmann
Date unknown
- Read free
Learning to Spell: A Manual for Teachers Using the Aldine Speller
Catherine Catherine Turner Bryce, Arthur W Kallom, Frank Frank James Sherman
Date unknown
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Magic
H. De Vere Stacpoole
Date unknown
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Magic
Ellis Stanyon
Date unknown
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Magic Shadows: The Story of the Origin of Motion Pictures
Martin Quigley, Edward Peck Curtis
Date unknown
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Magic and Fetishism
Alfred Alfred Cort Haddon
Date unknown
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Magic and Religion
Andrew Lang
Date unknown
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Magic words: A tale for Christmas time
Emilie Maceroni, Edward Henry Wehnert
Date unknown
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Magic, Pretended Miracles, and Remarkable Natural Phenomena
Anonymous
Date unknown
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Magic, Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions, Including Trick Photography
Albert Albert Allis Hopkins, Henry Ridgely Evans
Date unknown
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Malay Magic
Walter William Skeat
Date unknown
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Mind reading
William E. Skinner
Date unknown
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Miracle Mongers and Their Methods
Harry Houdini
Date unknown