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
Mistake inside
James Blish, Virgil Finlay
Date unknown
- Read free
Modern Magic
Maximilian Schele de Vere
Date unknown
- Read free
Money Magic: A Novel
Hamlin Garland
Date unknown
- Read free
More Conjuring: Simple Tricks for Social Gatherings
Hercat
Date unknown
- Read free
Nick Carter Stories No. 133, March 27, 1915: Won by Magic; or, Nick Carter's Mysterious Ear.
Nicholas Carter, Roland Ashford Phillips
Date unknown
- Read free
No Great Magic
Fritz Leiber, Norman Nodel
Date unknown
- Read free
O senhor Hermann traduzido em portuguez ou A magia branca
Adriano de Abreu Cardoso Machado
1860Portuguese
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Peerless prestidigitation
Herbert De Caston
Date unknown
- Read free
Plutarch's Romane Questions
46-120? Plutarch, Frank Byron Jevons, Philemon Holland
Date unknown
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Princess Badoura: A tale from the Arabian Nights
Laurence Housman, Edmund Dulac
Date unknown
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Queen Moo's Talisman: The Fall of the Maya Empire
Alice Alice Dixon Le Plongeon
Date unknown
- Read free
Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians
Wm. William King David
Date unknown
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Sleight of Hand: A Practical Manual of Legerdemain for Amateurs & Others
Edwin Thomas Sachs
Date unknown
- Read free
Sympathetic Magic
Paul Cameron Brown
Date unknown
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The Art of Iugling or Legerdemaine
Samuel Rid
Date unknown
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The Autumn After Next
Margaret Clair
Date unknown
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The Dangerfield Talisman
J. J Connington
Date unknown
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The Enchanted Crusade
Robert W Krepps, W. E Terry
Date unknown
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The Eyes Have It
Randall Garrett, John Schoenherr
Date unknown
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The Green Mouse
Robert Robert William Chambers, Edmund Frederick
Date unknown
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The Heatherford Fortune
Georgie Sheldon
Date unknown
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The Islands of Magic: Legends, Folk and Fairy Tales from the Azores
Elsie Spicer Eells, Emma Emma Lillian Brock
Date unknown
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The Juggler's Oracle; or, The Whole Art of Legerdemain Laid Open
Herman Boaz
Date unknown
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The Magic Bed: A Book of East Indian Fairy-Tales
Hartwell James, John John Rea Neill
Date unknown