Tradition 02 of 33
Ritual magic and grimoires
Ceremonial and ritual magic, grimoires, spellcraft, talismans, sigils, and magical manuals.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 1,319
- Earliest
- 1300
- to 2026
- Read free
- 34%
- 445 with public full text
- With covers
- 56%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match811
- Metadata match421
- Query match85
- 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
- Magic440
- History231
- Social Sciences171
- Magie158
- Art147
- Arts and Humanities141
- Fiction129
- Philosophy124
- Occultism120
- MAGIC (telescope)112
- Juvenile fiction105
- Witchcraft104
- Literature100
- Talismans97
- Text81
- RELIGION71
- Non-fiction literature70
- Fantasy fiction68
- Orthography and spelling67
- Fantasy63
- Archeology62
- Astrology60
- Early works to 180060
- English language53
Top languages
- English996 · 76%
- German99 · 8%
- French44 · 3%
- Latin17 · 1%
- Spanish16 · 1%
Notable authors
All authors- Source Library31 in this tradition90 books
- Google Gemini30 in this tradition88 books
- James George Frazer18 in this tradition20 books
- L. Frank Baum16 in this tradition21 books
- John John Rea Neill15 in this tradition17 books
- Anonymous11 in this tradition29 books
- Owen Davies10 in this tradition13 books
- Aleister Crowley9 in this tradition26 books
- Israel Regardie9 in this tradition18 books
- Scott Cunningham9 in this tradition15 books
- Edith Nesbit8 in this tradition12 books
- Harry Houdini Collection7 in this tradition84 books
1,319 books
- Read free
Letters on demonology and witchcraft
Walter Scott, Henry Morley
1830
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The secret teachings of all ages
Manly Palmer Hall
1928
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The magus, or celestial intelligencer; being a complete system of occult philosophy. In three books: containing the antient and modern practice of the cabalistic art, natural and celestial magic, &c. ...
Francis Barrett
1801
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Ancient Divination and Experience
Lindsay Driediger-Murphy, Esther Eidinow, Lindsay Gayle Driediger-Murphy
2019
- Read free
Là-bas
Joris-Karl Huysmans, J.-Joris-Karl Huysmans, Keene Wallis
1890
- Read free
Practical Psychomancy and Crystal Gazing
William Walker Atkinson
1907
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Witchcraft narratives in Germany: Rothenburg, 1561-1652
Alison Rowlands
2003
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De Occulta Philosophia
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Donald Tyson, Harry Houdini Collection, Henry Morley, Willis F Whitehead
1533
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An encyclopædia of occultism
Lewis Spence
1920
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Beyond the witch trials: Witchcraft and magic in Enlightenment Europe
Owen Davies, Willem de Blécourt
2004
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Power, Protection and Magic in Thailand
Craig J Reynolds
2019
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Ritual Boundaries
Joseph E Sanzo
2023
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Scepticism and belief in English witchcraft drama, 1538–1681
Eric Pudney
2019
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The Long Lost Friend
Johann Georg Hohman
1820
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Victorian Alchemy
Eleanor Dobson
2022
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Witchcraft continued: Popular magic in modern Europe
Owen Davies, Willem de Blécourt
2004
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Amulets and superstitions
E. A. Wallis Budge
1930
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Jewish Magic and Superstition
Joshua Trachtenberg
1939
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The book of ceremonial magic
Arthur Edward Waite
1911
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Witchcraft, magic & alchemy
Grillot de Givry, Émile-Jules Grillot de Givry, J. Courtenay Locke
1931
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Discouerie of witchcraft
Reginald Scot, Brinsley Nicholson, Mcmanus-Young Collection, Alfred Baldwin, John Davis Batchelder Collection
1584
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Melothesia in Babylonia. Medicine, Magic, and Astrology in the Ancient Near East
Markham Judah Geller
2014
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Ottomans and the Supernatural: Nature and the Limits of Knowledge in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire
Marinos Sariyannis
2025
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The Animist Imagination in East Asian Cinema
Pao-chen Tang
2025