Tradition 03 of 33
Witchcraft and folk magic
Historical and contemporary witchcraft, Wicca, cunning craft, Hoodoo, Vodou, and related vernacular traditions.
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- Books
- 2,509
- Earliest
- 1191
- to 2026
- Read free
- 34%
- 844 with public full text
- With covers
- 49%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match2,298
- Metadata match152
- Query match54
- Source classification (retained through merging)5
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Key subjects
Top languages
- English1,372 · 55%
- German348 · 14%
- French216 · 9%
- Latin136 · 5%
- Spanish78 · 3%
Notable authors
All authors- Joseph Glanvill18 in this tradition19 books
- Cotton Mather16 in this tradition30 books
- J. K Rowling16 in this tradition20 books
- Jean Bodin15 in this tradition25 books
- Johann Weyer13 in this tradition24 books
- Christian Thomasius13 in this tradition19 books
- Christian Deetjen13 in this tradition17 books
- Jakob Sprenger12 in this tradition13 books
- Walter Scott11 in this tradition42 books
- Montague Summers10 in this tradition18 books
- Balthasar Bekker10 in this tradition14 books
- Kaspar Peucer10 in this tradition13 books
2,509 books
The discouerie of witchcraft, wherein the lewde dealing of witches and witchmongers is notablie detected, the knauerie of coniurors, the impietie of inchantors, the follie of soothsaiers, the impudent falsehood of cousenors, the infidelitie of atheists, the pestilent practices of Pythonists, the curiositie of figurecasters, the vanitie of dreamers, the beggerlie art of alcumystrie, the abhomination of idolatrie, the horrible art of poisoning, the vertue and power of naturall magike, and all the conueniances of legierdemaine and iuggling are deciphered: and many other things opened, which haue long lien hidden, howbeit verie necessarie to be knowne
Reginald Scot
1584
The feminist book of lights and shadows
Zsuzsanna Emese Budapest
1975
The free-holders grand inquest
Robert Filmer, Robert Sir Filmer
1679
The history of the devil, both ancient and modern
Daniel Defoe
1809
The impossibility of witchcraft
Pre-1801 Imprint Collection
1712
The impossibility of witchcraft, plainly proving, from Scripture and reason, that there never was a witch
John Baker
1712
The infallible true and assured vvitch, or, The second edition of the tryall of witch-craft
John Cotta
1625
The infallible, true, and assured witch
John Cotta, John Legate, Richard Higgenbotham
1624
The lands and people of Moray
Bruce B Bishop
2001
The late Lancashire vvitches
Thomas Heywood
1634
The magic books
Anne Lawrence-Mathers
2025
The majesty of darkness discovered
M. D. McLeod
1804
The most strange and admirable discouerie of the three witches of Warboys
John Windet, John Danter, Richard Field
1593
The most true and wonderfull narration of two women bewitched in Yorkshire
Henri de Heer
1658
The most wonderfull and true storie, of a certaine witch named Alse Gooderige of Stapen hill, who was arraigned and conuicted at Darbie at the Assises there
I. D
1597
The mystery of witch-craft
Thomas Cooper, Nicholas Okes, Charles F. Cox
1617
The opinion of witchcraft vindicated
R. T
1670
The psychology of witchcraft
Tom Ravensdale
1974
The question of witchcraft debated
John Wagstaffe, Lucian of Samosata
1669
The question of witchcraft debated, or, A discourse against their opinion that affirm witches
John Wagstaffe
1669
The remarkable trial of the Queen of Quavers and her associates, for sorcery, witchcraft and enchantment at the assizes, held in the Moon, for the county of Gelding, before the Rt. Hon. Sir Francis Lash, lord chief baron of the Lunar Exchequer
Queen of Quavers
1777
The salagrama, or, holy stone
Charles Godfrey Leland
1893
The secrets of Thistle Cottage
Kerry Barrett
2021
The sixth book of Practical physick
Daniel Sennert
1662