Tradition 03 of 35
Witchcraft and folk magic
Historical and contemporary witchcraft, Wicca, cunning craft, Hoodoo, Vodou, and related vernacular traditions.
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- Books
- 2,577
- Earliest
- 1191
- to 2026
- Read free
- 36%
- 917 with public full text
- With covers
- 49%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match2,361
- Metadata match156
- Query match54
- Source classification (retained through merging)6
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Key subjects
Top languages
- English1,375 · 53%
- German351 · 14%
- French216 · 8%
- Latin139 · 5%
- Spanish80 · 3%
Notable authors
All authors- Cotton Mather17 in this tradition45 books
- Joseph Glanvill17 in this tradition19 books
- J. K Rowling16 in this tradition20 books
- Jean Bodin15 in this tradition25 books
- Johann Weyer14 in this tradition25 books
- Christian Thomasius13 in this tradition20 books
- Christian Deetjen13 in this tradition17 books
- Balthasar Bekker12 in this tradition17 books
- Jakob Sprenger12 in this tradition13 books
- Walter Scott11 in this tradition52 books
- Montague Summers11 in this tradition19 books
- Reginald Scot11 in this tradition12 books
2,577 books
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Lives of the necromancers, or, An account of the most eminent persons in successive ages who have claimed for themselves, or to whom has been imputed by others, the exercise of magical power
William Godwin, Harry Houdini Collection DLC, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection DLC
1834
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Compendium maleficarum
Francesco Maria Guazzo, Christian Deetjen, Montague Summers, E. Allen Ashwin
1626Latin
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The wonders of the invisible world
Cotton Mather, John Dunton, Increase Mather, Harry Houdini Collection, Harry Houdini Collection DLC
1692
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The Malleus Maleficarum and the Construction of Witchcraft: Theology and Popular Belief
Hans Peter Broedel
2003
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The witches' dream book and fortune teller
A. H.] [from old catalog Noe, A. H Noe
1885
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Witchcraft of New England explained by modern spiritualism
Allen Putnam
1881
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Ghosts - or the (Nearly) Invisible
Maria Fleischhack, Elmar Schenkel
2016
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The book of ceremonial magic
Arthur Edward Waite
1911
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The witch of Salem; or, Credulity run mad
John Roy Musick, John John Roy Musick, Freeland A. Carter
1893
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The witches of New York
Q. K. Philander Doesticks
1858
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Aberglaube und zauberei von den ältesten zeiten an bis in die gegenwart
Alfred Georg Ludvig Lehmann, Alfred Lehmann, -- Petersen, Dominikus Petersen
1898German
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Apologie povr tovs les grands personnages qui ont esté faussement soupçonnez de magie
Gabriel Naudé, John Davies, Henri van den Block, Thomas Loggon
1625French
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Maria Schweidler, die Bernsteinhexe
Wilhelm Meinhold, Lucie Duff Gordon
1843German
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Dictionnaire infernal
J. Collin de Plancy, Jacques-Albin-Simon Collin de Plancy, J.-A.-Jacques-Albin-Simon Collin de Plancy
1825French
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Narratives of sorcery and magic
Thomas Wright, Harry Houdini Collection DLC, McManus-Young Collection DLC, Harry Houdini Collection, Mcmanus-Young Collection
1851
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An essay on demonology, ghosts and apparitions, and popular superstitions
James Thacher
1831
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The religious system of the Amazulu
Henry Callaway
1868
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Witchcraft, Gender and Society in Early Modern Germany
Jonathan B Durrant, Jonathan Jonathan Bryan Durrant
2007
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Among my books
James Russell Lowell, Making of America Project
1870
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Der Hexenwahn vor und nach der Glaubensspaltung in Deutschland
Johann Diefenbach
1886German
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Discouerie of witchcraft
Reginald Scot, Boston Public Library. Thomas Pennant Barton Collection of Shakespeare, Brinsley Nicholson, Mcmanus-Young Collection, Alfred Baldwin, John Davis Batchelder Collection
1584
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The puritan in England and New England
Ezra Hoyt Byington, Alexander McKenzie
1896
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Satan's invisible world discovered
George Sinclair
1746
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The Secret Doctrine
H. P. Blavatsky, Helena Blavatsky
1888