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
A plea for phonotypy and phonography
Alexander John Ellis
1845
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A plea for spelling reform
Isaac Sir Pitman, Isaac Pitman
1877
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A plea for spelling reform, tracts, ed. by I. Pitman
Plea
1878
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A plea for the Queen's English
Henry Alford
1864
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A report upon phonotypy
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1847
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A second book for reading and spelling
Samuel Worcester
1830
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A system of phonetic spelling, adapted to English
Hugh Longbourne Callendar
1889
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A third book for reading and spelling
Samuel Worcester
1832
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A treatise on phonology
Andrew Comstock
1846
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Aids to Latin orthography
Wilhelm Brambach
1877
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Amentet
Alfred E. Knight
1915
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Amulets
George Andrew Reisner
1907French
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An Analysis of derivative words in the English language
Salem Town
1855
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An analysis of the derivative words in the English language
Salem Town
1835
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An analysis of the derivative words in the English language, or, A key to their precise analytic definitions, by prefixes and suffixes ..
Salem Town
1844
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An examination of the ancient orthography of the Jews
Charles William Wall
1835
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An introduction to the study of English grammar
Samuel Stillman Greene
1856
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An orthographical vocabulary, showing where the final consonant should be repeated in spelling the past tense and the participles of English verbs
W. Huband
1809
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Bibliographical notes on histories of inventions and books of secrets. Pt. III
John Ferguson
1885
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Bulletin ...
Boston Spelling reform association
1877
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Bullokars Booke at large
William Bullokar
1580
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Cadmus
William Thornton
1793
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Conjuring for amateurs
Ellis Stanyon
1897
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Dissertations on the English language
Noah Webster
1789