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Historical Grimoires and Magickal Texts
Seminal works on magick

Ritual magick/ Grimoires and texts

Grimoire- the magician's handbook
Often containing complex instructions for conjuring demons and spirits, the Grimoires of European magicians were more than just collections of spells and conjurations.
A brief history of the magician's recipe book.

Heptameron, or Magical Elements
A ritual magick primer, circa 1655.
 

Natural Magick
All Twenty books of John Baptista Porta's "Natural Magick," nicely organized and illustrated.

Grimorium Verum
The true clavicles of Solomon- an original translation, presented side by side with the original. Illustrated. PDF Copy

The art of drawing spirits into crystals
Original work by Johannes Trimethius, with original illustrations, from the excellent Esoteric Archives.

The Key of the Mysteries
The theology of numbers; by Eliphas levi (Alphonse Constant), introduced by Aleister Crowley. Illustrated.

The Sixth Book of Moses
The seven seals of Moses, first appearance in 1849.

The Seventh Book of Moses
The magick of Moses- kabala, elemental magick, seals, and tables of the elements.

The Sword of Moses

The Ancient book of formulas
Complete, but very small, plain text. Contains numerous formulas for magical oils, inks, etc.

Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft
Walter Scott's Letters on Demonology and witchcraft.

Libellus Magicus
Libellus Magicus, a nineteenth-century manuscript of conjurations. From the collection of the Cleveland Public Library. Very well presented, with scans of the original manuscript.

Faust- The Black Raven
The Grimoire of the most infamous magician of all time- Dr. Johannes Faust.

Book of the Sacred magic of Abramelin the Mage
Translated by S. L. McGregor Mathers.

Three Books of Occult Philosophy
From the twilit grotto, a complete transcription of Agrippa's important magical treatises.

The fourth book of Occult philosophy PDF

The Sefer Yetsirah
The Sefer (Sephir) Yetzirah, or Book of formation, one of the most important Qabalistic works of all time. English translation and commentary.

Goetia, or lesser Key of Solomon
One of the most well known medieval Grimoires.

Enochian Magick papers
Benjamin Rowe's collection of papers on Beginning and advanced Enochian, as well as magical records.

Steganographia
Johannes Trithemius' classic combination of angelic magick and cryptography influenced John Dee and others.

Ars Paulina (Pauline art)
Invocation of the angels of the hours.

Ars Almadel PDF
More angelic invocation.

Ars Notoria

The Hieroglyphic Monad
Dr. John Dee's classic on the symbolism of the hieroglyphic monad.

The Grimoire of Honorius
The famous manual of black magick.

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From Jennifer Emick,
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