Tradition 02 of 33
Ritual magic and grimoires
Ceremonial and ritual magic, grimoires, spellcraft, talismans, sigils, and magical manuals.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 2,483
- Earliest
- 500 CE
- to 2026
- Read free
- 61%
- 1,520 with public full text
- With covers
- 73%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match1,133
- Metadata match478
- Query match870
- 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
- Magic516
- History232
- Social Sciences172
- Magie166
- Art147
- Arts and Humanities141
- Occultism135
- Fiction130
- Witchcraft127
- Philosophy124
- MAGIC (telescope)112
- Talismans107
- Juvenile fiction105
- Literature100
- Text81
- RELIGION72
- Early works to 180071
- Non-fiction literature70
- Astrology68
- Demonology68
- Fantasy fiction68
- Orthography and spelling67
- Fantasy63
- Archeology62
Top languages
- English1,044 · 42%
- German486 · 20%
- NOT309 · 12%
- Latin213 · 9%
- French112 · 5%
Notable authors
All authors- Wolfgang Hildebrand27 in this tradition30 books
- Giambattista della Porta25 in this tradition41 books
- Walter Scott21 in this tradition37 books
- James George Frazer18 in this tradition20 books
- L. Frank Baum16 in this tradition21 books
- Johannes Wier16 in this tradition18 books
- Kaspar Schott16 in this tradition17 books
- John John Rea Neill15 in this tradition17 books
- Levinus Lemnius14 in this tradition17 books
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim12 in this tradition22 books
- Scott Cunningham10 in this tradition16 books
- Jean Bodin10 in this tradition15 books
2,483 books
- Read free
Mashvarat
Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology. Manuscript. Ivanow 133
1832Persian
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Nuskhah-i raml
Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology. Manuscript. Ivanow 133
1832Persian
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Risālah dar bayān-i da'vāt (muqaṭṭa'āt)
Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology. Manuscript. Ivanow 133
1832Persian
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Risālah dar khavāṣṣ-i Qur'ān
Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology. Manuscript. Ivanow 131
1801Persian
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Risālah-i ḥurūf
Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology. Manuscript. Ivanow 131
1801Persian
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Risālah-i ṣifāt-i ḥayvānāt va nabātāt
Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology. Manuscript. Ivanow 131
1801Persian
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Ritual and belief
Edwin Sidney Hartland
1914
- Read free
Rong shi lei zhan
Kejia Li
1597Chinese
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Sharḥ-i du'ā-yi Jawshan-i ṣaghīr
Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology. Manuscript. Ivanow 131
1801Persian
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Sinhalese astrological charms ola
Producer not identified
1680
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Sinhalese family charms ola
Producer not identified
1650
- Read free
Ta'bīr-i khvāb
Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology. Manuscript. Ivanow 133
1832Persian
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Ta'bīr-nāmah-i Imām Ja'far
Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology. Manuscript. Ivanow 131
1801Persian
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 07 of 12)
James George Frazer
Date unknown
- Read free
The Road to Oz
L. Frank Baum, John John Rea Neill
1909
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The Three Books on Alchemy by Geber, the Great Philosopher and Alchemist.
Johann Grüninger, Jābir Ibn Ḥayyān
1531Latin
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Wet Magic
Edith Nesbit, Harold Robert Millar
1937
- Read free
[Talisman]
McGill University. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. Arabic Calligraphy 199
1800Arabic
- Read free
[majmū'ah]
Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology. Manuscript. Ivanow 131
1801Persian
- Read free
Unidentified Sinhalese charms ola
Producer not identified
1600Pali
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 05 of 12)
James George Frazer
Date unknown
- Read free
The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 04 of 12)
James George Frazer
Date unknown
- Read free
The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 08 of 12)
James George Frazer
Date unknown
- Read free
The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 09 of 12)
James George Frazer
Date unknown