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
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Key to practical orthographic chart
1872
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Magic, witchcraft, animal magnetism, hypnotism and electro-biology
James Braid
1852
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Miscellanies
John Aubrey
1721
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Nidworth, and his three magic wands
Elizabeth Prentiss, Edward O. Jenkins, Robert Rutter, Anson D. F. Randolph
1869
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Preservatives against the plague, or directions and advertisements for this time of pestilentiall contagion ... Also a caveat to those that weare about their necks impoisoned amulets as a preservative ... First published for the behoofe of the City of London, in ... 1603 and 1625 and reprinted for the benefit of the said citie, now visited
Francis Herring
1641
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Sadducismus Trimphatus: Or, A full and plain Evidence, Concerning Witches and Apparitions
Joseph Glanvill
1726
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Spelling book
1891
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Spellings for the schools in the Chipeway language
1828
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Tales of the Crusaders
Walter Scott
1825
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Talismans and amulets
Charles William King
1889
- Read free
The Deseuret furst book
1868
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The English spelling book
William Fordyce Mavor
1802
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The Lady of Shalott: Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem
Alfred Lord Tennyson, Charles Keeping, Howard Pyle, Geneviève Côté, Matthew Griffin
1881
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The Pacific coast speller
1873
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The Works of Walter Scott, Esq.. 94, Tales of the crusaders ; Vol. 4, The talisman ; Vol. 1
Walter Scott
1826
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The Works of Walter Scott, Esq.. 95, Tales of the crusaders ; Vol. 5, The talisman ; Vol. 2
Walter Scott
1826
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The Works of Walter Scott, Esq.. 96, Tales of the crusaders ; Vol. 6, The talisman ; Vol. 3
Walter Scott
1826
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The evil eye
Frederick Thomas Elworthy, E. C. Wines
1879
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The life of Philippus Theophrastus Bombast of Hohenheim, known by the name of Paracelsus
Franz Hartmann
1896
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The practical speller
1882
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The practical speller
1883
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The practical speller
1881
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The scholar's companion
1849
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The spelling-book
1885