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
The Red Pyramid
Rick Riordan
2010
The Tombs of Atuan
Ursula K. Le Guin
1971
Magic Kingdom For Sale/Sold!
Terry Brooks
1984
The Amulet of Samarkand [graphic novel]
Jonathan Stroud
2003
A Darker Shade of Magic
V.E. Schwab
2015
Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code
Eoin Colfer
2003
The Cuckoo Clock of Doom
Robert Lawrence Stine
1995
Monster Blood
Robert Lawrence Stine
1992
The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson
2008
So many dynamos! and other palindromes
Jon Agee
1994
The Serpent's Shadow
Rick Riordan
2012
- Read free
A Hand-book of Anglo-Saxon Orthography: In Two Parts
Literary association
1852
- Read free
A Handbook of the Engrafted Words of the English Language: Embracing Those of Gothic, Celtic ..
Literary Association
1853
- Read free
A Plea for Phoenetic Spelling: Or, The Necessity of Orthographic Reform
Alexander John Ellis
1848
- Read free
A choice collection of rare secrets and experiments in philosophy
Kenelm Digby
1682
- Read free
A complete German grammar
John James Bachmair
1772
- Read free
A complete manual
R. S. Pollard, Rebecca S. Mrs Pollard
1889
- Read free
A critical review of the orthography of Dr. Webster's series of books for systematick instruction in the English language
Lyman Cobb
1831
- Read free
A defence of phonetic spelling
Robert Gordon Latham, Frederick Pitman, Isaac Pitman
1872
- Read free
A graded test spelling-book
Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert
1877
- Read free
A grammar of the English language
George Frederick Holmes
1871
- Read free
A guide to typography
Henry Beadnell
1859
- Read free
A hand-book of English orthography
James C. Scott
1853
- Read free
A new method of teaching French spelling and reading
Hippolyte Vannier
1846