List of magical writings

The list of magical scripts gives an overview of traditional grimoires , magical scripts , magical manuscripts and papyri up to the year 1800. Depending on the content of the script, there is a division into the categories below, the transition is often fluid and some scripts can also be divided into several categories classify. The writings are provided with the year of publication and author, if known, or a reference to the alleged authorship by a legendary figure, if given.

Pre-Christian Magical Scriptures

These writings, which are preserved on clay tablets , stone walls , scrolls or early codices , contain a mixture between religion and magic. In numerous ancient cultures, magic was an integral part of religion.

	title	Content / Notes	author	Age / year	Place / storage location
	Papyri Graecae magicae	A collection of papyri. The texts are written in Greek and contain invocations , sayings and formulas for various purposes for use and damage spells , incantations of spirits and gods and a precise description of an initiation. These writings contain the esoteric worldview of late antiquity and reflect the Greek, Egyptian and Jewish worldview of the time. The papyri also contain liturgical texts that were used in the temple cult in the late Egyptian period.	unknown	150 BC BC to AD 500. Period of Egypt occupied by the Romans	Egypt
	The eighth and tenth books of Moses	A papyrus that is one of the Papyri Graecae Magicae contains a long ritual in three versions. In addition, there is an instruction from the archangel , the 10th book of Moses and a prayer of Moses , addressed to the moon goddess Selene . The text contains the reference to a key of Moses , in which additional rites and secret names can be found. The designation as the 8th and 10th Book of Moses is explained by the fact that these numbers were considered perfect in late ancient symbolism. The 9th, 11th, 12th and 13th books of Moses that exist today are modern collections that were created from various ancient scriptures	allegedly Moses	4th century AD	Leiden / Holland
	Papyrus BM 10808	An evocation of three fever demons , consisting of three spells that address Sro , Kai and Tepie one after the other .	unknown	2nd century AD	Oxyrhynchos / Egypt
	Merseburg magic spells	Two magic formulas of Germanic- pagan religiosity in Old High German	unknown	9/10 century	Merseburg Cathedral Abbey Library, Codex 136, f. 85r
	Codex Tro-Cortesianus	A Mayan magic book that gives insights into their religious life. It contains tablets of Venus and a section devoted to beekeeping. Presumably the book was used for astrological prophecies and allowed the determination of the best dates for sowing and harvesting, as well as the time for sacrificial rituals. It consists of the Codex Tro and the Codex Cortesianus .	unknown	unknown	Museo de las Americas, Madrid

Black magic writings

Often anonymously or under a pseudonym wrote pamphlets that black magic , black magic , demons incantation , necromancy or summoning Lucifer included.

Writings up to 500 AD

	title	Content / Notes	author	Age / year	Place / storage location
	Escape signs	Pieces of lead with inscriptions for damage spells	unknown	from 6th century BC Chr.	unknown
	Testament of Solomon	A magic book written in Greek. It describes how an angel of God gives King Solomon a ring with which he can make all demons subservient because they have to tell him their name. Demon names are listed and their function is indicated.	unknown	4th century AD	unknown

Medieval writings

	title	Content / Notes	author	Age / year	Place / storage location
	Honorius' vow book Liber Juratus	An evocation book that exists in several editions and is largely identical to the Ars Notoria . Other versions are based on Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim and Pietro d'Abano . One issue includes handwritten notes by John Dee	Pseudonym Honorius, Magister of Thebes and son of Euclid	first half of the 13th century	British Museum of London
	Hell compulsion also ghost compulsion	Designation of various black magic writings. In addition to the so-called Jesuit infernal compulsions , other writings have titles such as Libellus Magnus or the main compulsion of spirits , Ludwig von Cyprian of the worldly compulsive inferno , Trinum Perfectum Albae et Nigrae or compulsion of Albiruth .	unknown	from 1403	unknown
	Conjurationes adversus principem tenebrarum also: Coniurationes Demonum	A spiritual Latin script. Instructions for summoning demons and prayers for protection	allegedly Pope Honorius III.	15th century	unknown
	The sword of Moses	A compilation of spells in the Hebrew language	allegedly Moses	middle Ages	unknown

16th Century

	title	Content / Notes	author	Age / year	Place / storage location
	Herpentil's Black Magic	The full title also reflects the content of the book: The Reverend Herpentil, the Society of Jesus Priests, a short term for supernatural black magic, containing incantations and names of the mighty spirits and their seals , or the book of the strongest spirits, opening up the great secrets of all Secrets	allegedly YES Herpentil	1505	Salzburg
	Grimorium Verum Grimorimium Verum	It is based on the key of Solomon ( Clavicula Salomonis ). The book consists of three parts. The first part describes the character and seal of demons, followed by a description of the supernatural powers that demons can impart. The third part contains the application for the ritual to invoke demons	allegedly Alibeck	1517	allegedly Memphis (Egypt)
	The epitome of supernatural magic	According to the title page: Book of the evocations of some first-rate demons	allegedly YES Herpentil	1519	unknown
	The Grand Grimoire The Red Dragon	A French magic book that is said to have been written in 1522, but is probably a forgery of the 19th century, which the work claims to be the forerunner of the key of Solomon and Agrippas von Nettesheim. A German version has the title The art of commanding the spirits of heaven, air, earth and hell, along with the great gremoire, black art and the infernal forces of Dr. J. Karter, the Clavicula Salomonis, and the true secrets to let the dead speak and discover all the hidden treasures . The first book deals with the requirements and preparations that the magician has to meet and carry out. This is followed by four incantations and the pact with Lucifer . The second book gives a catalog of spirits and their evocations. Here the grimoire is based on the Lemegeton and the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum .	unknown	allegedly 1522	unknown
	De pseudomonarchia daemonum The false rule of demons	It contains a list of 72 demons that go back to the first part of the Lemegeton ( Goetia ). It is said that King Solomon locked these demons in a vessel and then sank it in a deep lake. The Babylonians who are said to have found it broke the vessel because they believed they had discovered a hidden treasure. As a result, the demons regained their freedom. Only Belial is portrayed differently as a fortune teller, who foretells the future for the sacrifice made for him	Johann Weyer	1568	unknown
	Discovery of witchcraft	A pamphlet with instructions and explanations about conjuring spirits and demons. In addition to the Pseudomonarchia daemonum, it also contains the hours in which one can summon demons, how to banish a ghost in a crystal ball , an exorcism etc.	Reginald Scott	1584	London

17th century

	title	Content / Notes	author	Age / year	Place / storage location
	Grimoire du pape Honorius The great grimoir of Pope Honorius	A spirit compulsion with incantations, magical days and instructions for the summoning of helping spirits	allegedly Pope Honorius III.	First printed in 1629	unknown
	Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis	A black magic spell book that contains a list and instructions for summoning demons, spells, and damaging spells. The font consists of the following parts: Ars Almadel ( Arabic: magical revelation ). The oldest form of the Clavicula Salomonis . The Almadel is a necromantic script that describes in detail the names of the demons, their characters and invocation. Often referred to in literature as the real key of Solomon Ars Notoria ceremonies and prayers to gain all knowledge of the world, knowledge of the future and hidden things. Also includes a pact with demons and amulet spells Ars Nova , contains magic circles, hexagrams , the divine names and prayers or incantations Ars Paulina , includes the day and night demons as well as the signs of the zodiac Ars Goetia Theurgia Goetia , here are the demons of the cardinal points and their assistants	allegedly Solomon	17th century	unknown
	Le véritable Dragon Rouge also Le véritable Dragon Noir	A parodic book of magic ( Verballhornung ) that contains a long ritual for invoking Lucifer. Some parts of the text are assigned to the time of the French Revolution . The German (slightly modified) translation is the True Fiery Dragon	unknown	circa 17th century	France

18th and 19th centuries

	title	Content / Notes	author	Age / year	Place / storage location
	The true fiery dragon	This book contains a long ritual for invoking Lucifer. It is the German, slightly modified translation of Le véritable Dragon rouge . A parody magic book that mostly as an appendix of the sixth and seventh book of Moses is published	unknown	18./19. century	ETH Library Zurich

Fonts without dating

	title	Content / Notes	author	Age / year	Place / storage location
	The golden fountain	It contains incantations of spirits and formulas of curse	unknown	unknown	unknown

Philosophical textbooks on magic

Often well-known authors, such as John Dee , Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim or Gerhard von Cremona , deal scientifically with magic. The themes are magia naturalis , occult sciences, Kabbalah , alchemy , as well as detailed and mostly newly developed conjuring techniques. They are, so to speak, textbooks on magic.

middle Ages

	title	Content / Notes	author	Age / year	Place / storage location
	The Grimoire Armadel The true Keys of Solomon by Armadel	A textbook on ritual magic. Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers translated this manuscript. According to Mathers, the sigils of the script should come from the Grimorium Verum . That would mean that the Grimoire Armadel was revised in the middle of the 17th century and came to France in the Bibliotheque d'Arsenal in Paris, where it was also found and translated by Mathers	unknown	1202	British Museum of London
	Picatrix Ġāyat al-ḥakīm	A compilation of texts from magic, astrology and talisman knowledge. The original Arabic text was translated into Spanish on behalf of Alfonso the Wise . This translation, still preserved in fragments, provides the basis for the later Latin edition.	allegedly Maslama al-Magriti	1240	unknown
	Epistola de secretis artis et naturae	Bacon describes and anticipates countless machines, vehicles, airships, etc. The reality of magic is not in doubt, but great importance is attached to a distinction between the satanic and the then permitted magia naturalis .	Roger Bacon	between 1260 and 1286	unknown
	Sepher Raziel HaMalach also: Book Raziel	A compilation of mystical, magical and astrological-cabalistic texts	unknown	13th Century	British Library , Dresden
	Book of Abramelin	The work consists of four books. Book I contains Abraham's magical life as a travel story. Book II contains a magical and sympathetic collection of recipes. Book III documents a rite of taming subservient spirits for the higher glory of God under the patronage of the Guardian Angel . Book IV is a list of magic letter squares .	Abraham of Worms	1387 German 1458	first printing Cologne
	Liber de Throno Solomonis	Six prerequisites for the soul's ascent to God are described by means of incantations (virginity, discipline, knowledge, obedience, praising God, humanity). There are several writings under the same or comparable title	allegedly Solomon	middle Ages	unknown

Renaissance (15th and 16th centuries)

	title	Content / Notes	author	Age / year	Place / storage location
	De Occulta Philosophia	Agrippa's main work. He tries to create a synthesis of Christian ideas and magic on the basis of Neoplatonic mysticism. In this work, various occult and natural sciences are combined. The secrets of nature are supposed to be deciphered through (white) magic. Only the pseudepigraphe Liber quartus de occulta philosophia , which is contained in Agrippa's editions of works, but does not come from Agrippa, can only be regarded as grimoire in the real sense . Numerous older magic scripts are included in the collective editions	Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim	first edition 1510 , second edition 1533	Antwerp, Paris and Cologne
	Arbatel de Magia Veterum	This first known part of the Arbatel consists of 49 aphorisms and is or should be an introduction to magic. Furthermore, it is about the conjuration and belief in the so-called planetary spirits. In total, it should originally have consisted of nine parts, which however no longer exist or are no longer historically verifiable.	unknown	probably between 1530 and 1560	unknown
	The heptameron or elements of magic lat .: Heptameron seu elementa magica	It contains collections of magical circles and incantations for quoting spirits. The book was first published in 1559 as an appendix to the 4th book of Agrippas De Occulta Philosophia , later as an independent book.	Attributed to Pietro d'Abano	1559	unknown
	Libellus Veneri Nigro Sacer	Includes a magical circle, seals and instructions on how to summon Venus .	John Dee	1580	unknown
	De Heptarchia Mystica	The style is based on the Solomonic writings. It contains a system of summoning 49 planetary angels, as well as a description of their hierarchy and the aids necessary for summoning	John Dee	1582 to 1583	unknown
	Liber Loagaeth also: Book of Enoch or Liber Mysteriorum Sextus et Sanctus	This writing consists of 48 tables with 49 by 49 fields each and was an important aid in the development of the Enochian system	John Dee	circa 1584	unknown
	Liber Scientiae, Auxilii, et Victoria Terrestris The book of knowledge, help, and earthly victory	It contains systematic invocations of the four hierarchies of Enochian angels (BL Sloane Ms.3191 and Sloane Ms. 3191).	John Dee	1584	unknown
	Book Soyga Book of Soyga or Aldaraia ( Enochian "the will of God")	Incantations and instructions for magic with 36 large tables filled with single letters.	unknown	16th Century	British Library (Sloane MS. 8) , Bodleian Library under the title Aldaraia sive Soyga vocor (Bodley MS. 908)
	Astronomical geomancy	The text, which is mostly included in collective editions of De Occulta Philosophia , contains questions from 12 so-called houses	Gerhard of Cremona	Renaissance	unknown
	Introduction to the doctrine of the sublunarian demons	The further title of the book explains the content: About the origin, the names, functions, deceptions, the power, the prophecy and the miracles of these spirits as well as about the means by which they are driven out . It is mostly in collecting editions of De Occulta Philosophia involved	Georg Pictorius	Renaissance	unknown
	The Spirit-Art which the Supreme Creator revealed to Solomon	The book is mostly included in collective editions of De Occulta Philosophia and is assigned to the Arbatel . The arts of summoning a spirit are explained, as well as the necessary conditions, such as moon times, salutation, prayers, etc.	unknown	Renaissance	unknown
	From the genera of the ceremonial magic Goetie	This document gives instructions and explanations. There are addressed sequentially different topics: necromancy , Anthropomantie , Leconomantie , Gastromantie , Kaptromantie , Onimantie , hydromancy , geomancy , Pyromancy, aeromancy, Kapnomantie , Ceromantie , Ichthyomantie , onomancy , Thephramantie, Botanomantie, Sykomantie, Axiom Lappeenrannantie, Libanomantie, palmistry , Coscinomantie, Opferwahrsagung , Auspices , omens, dreams, seals, characters, amulets and talismans.	Georg Pictorius	Renaissance	unknown

17th and 18th centuries

	title	Content / Notes	author	Age / year	Place / storage location
	Clavicula Salomonis et Theosophia pneumatica	Most of the parts are the same as the Arbatel . The appendix, which follows the Paracelsus style , deals with the healing of diseases. A doctor can only cure diseases that are due to natural causes and the harmful influence of planets. Medicine fails when God sends diseases or plagues to mankind.	allegedly Solomon	1686	unknown
	Semiphoras et Shemhamphoras Salomonis Regis	The title is based on the Kabbalistic Schemhamphorasch . After a list of divine names, a description of the heavenly hierarchies follows, as well as an explanation of how the power of angels works in the signs of the zodiac. The script is based on Agrippa and Paracelsus.	allegedly Solomon	1686	unknown

19th century

	title	Content / Notes	author	Age / year	Place / storage location
	The Philosophical Merlin	The first independent British grimoire of modern times, is based on earlier French works and accordingly names Napoleon Bonaparte as the author. It also contains an independent astrological system of the interpretation of fate, which is based on the I-Ching .	allegedly Napoleon Bonaparte	1822	unknown

Fonts without dating

	title	Content / Notes	author	Age / year	Place / storage location
	Hygromantia Salomonis	An astrological section of the Hermetic Codices Parisini , annotated Greek texts and Latin introduction	allegedly Solomon	unknown	unknown

Writings of Alchemy

The writings of alchemy cannot be directly separated from the magical writings. In addition to the basic chemical principles, Paracelsus ' complete works also contain the various types of necromancy, so the predominantly alchemical works represent a separate subgenre of magical writing.

	title	Content / Notes	author	Age / year	Place / storage location
	The book concerning the tincture of the philosophers	The focus of the book is a general defense of alchemy against sophism , as well as a basic introduction to the techniques used and the preparation of the elements required. In contrast to a purely scientific writing, the work marks a mystical understanding of the processes discussed, but is neither a philosophical writing nor a recipe book.	Paracelsus	1608, Frankfurt	unknown
Woodcut to illustrate the illumination	The rosary of the philosophers	The philosophers' rosary is one of the most detailed and comprehensive representations of alchemy before chemistry could establish itself as an independent branch of science. At the center of the work are detailed manufacturing instructions and their philosophical concepts, which go back to antiquity.	unknown	1550, Frankfurt	University of Glasgow

Magical prayers

These scriptures are ascribed to the Church. Published under the names of popes or clergymen, these books contain invocations to saints, magical prayers, numerous invocations for protection and invocations of angels, but also of spirits and demons. Most of these writings were only published under the names of popes and do not originate from the respective persons.

Writings up to 500 AD

	title	Content / Notes	author	Age / year	Place / storage location
	Sepher Ha Razim also: The Book of Secrets	Seven heavens and their angels are described in seven parts. Magical instructions follow to invoke the angels	unknown	3rd century AD	unknown

middle Ages

	title	Content / Notes	author	Age / year	Place / storage location
	Lorsch bee blessing	A prayer in Old High German to protect the bees	unknown	10th century	originally Lorsch Monastery
	Nine Herbs Charm also Nine Worts Galdor	The old English nine herbs blessing or magic describes the effect and preparation of nine medicinal herbs and is handed down in the Lacnunga .	unknown	9th or 10th century	British Library Harley 585
	Millstatt blood blessing	A magical prayer to pray for sickness	unknown	early 12th century	Millstatt Benedictine Abbey , Carinthia
	The secret of St. Gertrudis	A collection of the so-called Gertruden books , which consists of five parts. The first part, printed in 1508 in Cologne, attributed to the Carmelite Monastery of St. Clare, contains psalms and magical incantations in the form of prayer to find hidden treasures. The second part includes invocations and seals of various spirits, magical prayers and psalms. In the third part (Cologne 1502) there are instructions for the magical use of the Psalms. The fourth book gives a list of angels and the 72 names of God in Latin. The last part (dated Rome 1403) contains a main compulsion of the spirits	unknown	oldest part 1403	oldest place Rome
	Nine-day prayer to St. Virgo Corona	A magical prayer book for the Holy Corona against need and poverty with psalms, numerous prayers and admonitions, as well as invocations of the name of God	Carthusian priest Romuald Geiger	1470	unknown

16th and 17th centuries

	title	Content / Notes	author	Age / year	Place / storage location
	Nobilis Johannes Kornreutheri Ordinis St. Augustinis Prioris Magia Ordinis artium et scientiarum	A Latin script. After describing a magic circle, instructions are given to invoke 5 spirits and their seals. Scripture ends with a prayer	Johannes Kornreuther	1515	unknown
	Enchiridion Leonis Papae also: Enchiridion manuale Leonis Papae	A collection of blessings and incantations. Pope Leo III is said to have given this book to Charlemagne . The German, slightly modified translation is Der Geistliche Schild (or Colomanusbüchlein )	Pope Leo III attributed	first print 1525	Rome
	Lessons in the use of the earth's surface	A manuscript in which various spirits are invoked after prayers and psalms. The ghosts are then supposed to appear in a mirror and answer any questions asked.	Father Francis Seraph	1558	Capuchin monastery , Immenstadt
	The clerical shield also: Colomanus booklet	The German, slightly modified translation of the Enchiridion Leonis Papae , which includes the Zacharias blessing	unknown	1647	unknown
	Benedictionale of the Capuchins	A prayer book containing incantations to ward off witches and devils as well as concept notes. In order to be blessed, consecrated coins had to be paid for.	Capuchin Order	Time of the witch hunt	unknown
	The Cyprianus	An excerpt from the most famous German incantations, above all from Clavicula Salomonis et Theosophia pneumatica	unknown	Late 17th century	Copenhagen Royal Library

18th century

	title	Content / Notes	author	Age / year	Place / storage location
	The Christoph prayer also Christophorus prayer	A magical handwriting with incantation, cursing and invocation formulas	Jesuit	1763	Jesuit monastery , Augsburg
	Conclavis Romanis, the most powerful spirit art	Instructions on how to make yourself subservient to good and bad spirits through prayers, means of coercion and quotations, as well as an exorcism	unknown	circa 1782	unknown
	Romanus booklet	A collection of ban blessings, incantations, blessings and supplications. The origin of the name is unclear. Probably named Romanus the Holy Romanus meant.	unknown	1788	unknown
	Schimmusch Tehillim The Use of the Psalms	A selection of psalms in German-Hebrew for magical purposes. In psalm magic, the selection of the magical meaning of the numerical value is taken into account, e.g. For example, Psalms 35 and 72 are very important because these numbers represent the name of God in Hebrew	unknown	first print 1788	unknown

Fonts without dating

	title	Content / Notes	author	Age / year	Place / storage location
	That all things are revealed by one Spirit	Magical prayers and incantations to gain knowledge from a spirit	Carthusian priest Fr. Rome. Violinist	unknown	Cologne
	Angel help for protection and shield in great need	The title of the font is from Middle High German . It includes magical blessings and prayers.	unknown	unknown	unknown

Magic writings of popular belief

Mostly Christian-magical treasure magic books mixed with popular superstition and popular belief . These scriptures contain incantations to demons and protective prayers to God and saints, so that one can attain wealth, destroy the enemy or maintain health. Most of these books are without information on the date or author. The reason for this is that these books were created by several generations of a family and represent a kind of house book , so to speak .

middle Ages

	title	Content / Notes	author	Age / year	Place / storage location
	Douze Anneaux also: The Grimoire of Abognazar	A short French treatise on magical circles that appears in several manuscripts. Contains numerous illustrations of talismans and magical tools. Another work is entitled Le Livre d'Or, touchant les vertus et les caracteres des Poeaumes du Prophete David and contains a creed of Athanasius .	unknown	1202	British Library Lansdowne MS 1202
	Day laborer's prayer	It contains 3 prayers and instructions on how to get money from them	unknown	1470	Carthusian monastery of Buxheim
	Galdrabok	This magic book describes runes and magical signs, contains spells and protective prayers and lists demons and bad days.	unknown	Late Middle Ages	Iceland

16th and 17th centuries

	title	Content / Notes	author	Age / year	Place / storage location
	The golden Habermann	After a prayer to God and the archangels, an evocation of the spirits and their seals is given so that they bring you seven million viable gold pieces . Several writings in a similar or modified form and content circulate under this title, as is the case with many other magic scripts (e.g. Der goldene Habermann , Sachsen-Weimar 1601 or Habermann , Mindelheim 1401)	unknown	1505	Capuchin monastery in Füssen
	St. Corona treasure prayer	A magical prayer book for the Holy Corona with incantations and invocations to find treasures	unknown	1636	unknown
	Le Génie et Le Trésor du Vieillard des Pyramides dt .: The genius and the treasure of the old man of the pyramid	A textbook of sorcery. It teaches the correct use of talismans, the methods to summon all kinds of spirits, to summon them and thus to achieve whatever one wants. The book also includes protection against hexes. In the appendix there is the La Chouette noire (engl .: The black owl ), which describes the means to find everything that the earth contains of valuable. The later serving of the black chicken ( La poule noire ) depends on this	unknown	1652	unknown

18th century

	title	Content / Notes	author	Age / year	Place / storage location
	Danielis Caesaris Spiritus Familiaris	A parchment manuscript with a recipe for a piece of incense, characters and magical acts follow to make a ghost subservient	unknown	1730	unknown
	The black hen La Poule Noire , The black hen with the golden egg	A magic book in which a French officer can find gold from a magician through the secret of the black hen. A black hen must hatch an egg while she is blindfolded. The hatched chick then has the ability to find hidden gold.	unknown	1740	France

Fonts without dating

	title	Content / Notes	author	Age / year	Place / storage location
	Arcanum Experimentia praetiosum	A book of invocations with instructions on how to make spirits subservient	unknown	unknown	Salmansweiler Monastery
	An often tried piece of how to raise a treasure	A writing that is supposed to enable treasures to be found through a request to YHWH , evocation of spirits and souls, quoting a spirit and prayers	unknown	unknown	unknown
	The holy sales book or the lucky rod	A book that uses incantations and prayers to describe how to make a type of divining rod to find treasure. The text contains an alleged description of Paracelsus about divining rods	unknown	unknown	unknown
	Blessing note	Designation of various consecrated pieces of paper of popular belief , which contain magical and Christian formulas and were used for protection. These include Agatha list , Saint Benedict Medal , Breverl , Epiphany list or Zacharias blessing .	unknown	various	unknown

Magical recipes

These books contain curious magical recipes against diseases, for protection from enemies, for wealth, love etc. It also explains treatises about astrological and magical influences on the psyche of man. Often these writings were created by so-called quacks or charlatans in order to obtain money with these dubious recipes from the common people who could not afford an expensive doctor.

Medieval writings

	title	Content / Notes	author	Age / year	Place / storage location
	Lacnunga	A collection of old English texts that give instructions on healing methods through spells and blessings, including the Nine Herbs Charm .	unknown	circa 11th century	British Library Harley 585

16th Century

	title	Content / Notes	author	Age / year	Place / storage location
	Magical teachings	The book, which most likely did not come from Paracelsus' pen, contains magical recipes for making a tincture, planetary constellations and incantations	supposedly Paracelsus	1532	Lorch Monastery / Palatinate

18th century

	title	Content / Notes	author	Age / year	Place / storage location
	Mysterious hero's treasure, or the complete Egyptian magical shield	A parchment manuscript in the form of a collection of old home remedies and magical recipes, similar to the sixth and seventh books of Moses	Johannes Staricius	1750	Cologne and Weimar
	Le Grand et le Petit Albert full title: Les Secrets merveilleux de la magie naturelle et cabalistique du grand et petit Albert	A French book of magic. At the beginning a treatise on love and the planetary influences, followed by representations and instructions for the production of talismans of the planets with panels and fields that are based on the De Occulta Philosophia . This is followed by prayers and incantations, the incense of the planets, the use of the mandragora (mandrake) , magic circles, recipes and tables of the sun.	Frater Héritiers de Beringos	1782	Lyon
	The sixth and seventh books of Moses	Curious magical recipes	allegedly Moses	first mentioned in 1797	unknown
	Egyptian secrets	A collection of curious magical recipes against illness, for wealth, to protect against enemies, to win love, etc. There is a later edition with similar content under the title The Moravian Albertus	allegedly Albertus Magnus	Late 18th century	unknown

Fonts without dating

	title	Content / Notes	author	Age / year	Place / storage location
	De secretis mulierum also: On the secrets of women	Pregnancy and magical astral influences on mother and child are treated. The book was only published under Albertus Magnus and is certainly not by him.	allegedly Albertus Magnus	unknown	unknown
	Secret art school of magical miracles	The introduction contains a recipe for a magical incense. This is followed by 95 applications for the incense, e.g. Etc. B. against illness, the enemy curse, protection of the house usually as an appendix of the sixth and seventh book of Moses published	unknown	unknown	unknown

literature

• Stephan Bachter: How to make princes of Hell hands-on. Magic books and the transmission of magical knowledge . In: Achim Landwehr (Ed.): History (s) of Reality. Contributions to the social and cultural history of knowledge . Augsburg 2002. pp. 371-390, ISBN 3-89639-361-8 .
• Stephan Bachter: Magic for everyone! About magic books and the popularization of magical knowledge since the 18th century . In: Exhibition catalog Basler Papiermühle : Magic! The secret power of signs . Basel 2002, pp. 58–67, ISBN 978-3-7965-1926-0 .
• Kurt Benesch : Magic of the Renaissance , Fourier Verlag, Wiesbaden 1985, ISBN 3-921695-91-0 .
• Alfred Lehmann : Superstition and Magic. From the oldest times to the present , Gondrom-Verlag, 5th edition: Reprint of the Stuttgart edition, 1908, ISBN 3-934673-61-9 .
• Francois Lenormant: The magic and fortune telling art of the Chaldeans . Hermann Barsdorf Verlag, Berlin 1920, ISBN 3-253-02937-9 .
• Éliphas Lévi (Abbé Alphons Louis Constant): Dogma and ritual of high magic. Two volumes (complete) . Otto Wilhelm Barth, Vienna-Munich-Planegg-Leipzig 1927, ISBN 3-7787-7171-X .
• Wilhelm Mannhardt : Magic belief and secret knowledge . Amonesta, Vienna 1936, ISBN 3-87702-077-1 .

Web links

• Writings of Hermetics, Magic and Philosophy ( Memento from August 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (German)
• Guide to superstition. Magic books and the spread of magical "knowledge" since the 18th century (German; PDF file; 2.56 MB)
• A collection of grimoires (english)
• Grimoires E-Books (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Karl Preisendanz : Papyri Graecae magicae . The Greek Magic Papyri: Collection of Scientific Commentaries (SWC). Vol II (Bibliotheca Teubneriana). Saur, KG; Edition: Bilingual, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-598-74277-0 .
2. ↑ Gösta Hedegård, Liber Iuratus Honorii: A Critical Edition of the Latin version of the Sworn Book of Honorius, Studia Latina Stockholmiensia 48. Almqvist & Wiksell, 2002, ISBN 978-91-22-01970-1 .
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Johannes Staricius: Mysterious hero treasure or the complete Egyptian [Egyptian] magic shield [1. – 3. Th.], Complete, faithful reprint d. Edition, Cologne a. Weimar 1750. Small wonder-scene of the secret sciences, mysteries, theosophy, divine and oriental magic, natural forces, hermetic and magnetic philosophy, Kabbalah and other higher knowledge, divination, revelation, vision, combination and hard to understand facts [facts] . Edition Ambra Aurum-Verl., Freiburg im Breisgau 1978, ISBN 3-591-08081-0 .
4. ↑ The Sword of Moses .
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} Eduard Hoffmann-Krayer , Hanns Bächtold-Stäubli: Concise dictionary of German superstition . Verlag Walter de Gruyter , Reprint. de Gruyter, Berlin 1987/2000, ISBN 3-11-016860-X .
6. ↑ Grimorium Verum (PDF; 184 kB).
7. ↑ Editor (ed.): Christian Eibenstein Grimoirium Verum and the key of wisdom: Three magic books by King Solomon. epubli GmbH, Germany 2010 ISBN 978-3-86931-525-6 .
8. ↑ Georg Conrad Horst: Magic = Library. 6 volumes, Florian Kupferberg (publisher), Mainz 1821–1826.
9. ↑ Internet translation of the Grande Gremoire (en) ( Memento of the original from January 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 779 kB). 
10. ↑ Pseudomonarchia Daemonum .
11. ^ Discovery of witchcraft .
12. ↑ Grimoire Pope Honorius (PDF; 506 kB).
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14. ↑ Collectif: Le Grand Grimoire ou Dragon rouge: L'Art de commander les esprits célestes, aériens, terrestres, infernaux, avec le vrai secret (Broché). Collection: Grimoires de magie. Les Introuvables, Bussière 1999 ISBN 2-85090-160-1 .
15. ↑ Roderich Feldes: The true fiery dragon. Two magic book parodies from the 18th and 19th centuries. Keil-Vlg., Bonn 1983, ISBN 3-921591-06-6 .
16. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Johann Scheible: Handwritten treasures from monastery libraries. Scheible-Verlag, Cologne am Rhein 1743. With Peter Hammer ’s heirs.
17. ↑ German version of the Grimoire Armadel (PDF; 516 kB).
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19. ↑ Mara Huber-Legnani: Roger Bacon, teacher of descriptiveness . Hochschulverlag, Freiburg 1984. ISBN 3-8107-2195-6 .
20. ↑ De Throno Salomonis. MS Münich clm 8987 ff. 192r-199v., Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.
21. ↑ Heptameron (PDF; 251 kB).
22. ↑ The Little Book of Black Venus attributed to John Dee translated by Teresa Burns and Nancy Turner .
23. ↑ De Heptarchia Mystica .
24. ↑ Liber Loagaeth .
25. ^ Sloane Ms. 3191 ( memento June 25, 2008 on the Internet Archive ).
26. ↑ ^{a b c d} Kurt Benesch : Magic of the Renaissance. Fourier Verlag, Wiesbaden 1985, ISBN 3-921695-91-0 .
27. ^ Theosophia pneumatica .
28. ↑ Semiphoras et Shemhamphoras .
29. ↑ Merlin: The philosophical Merlin, the tr. Of a valuable MS., Formerly in the possession of Napoleon Buonaparte [ed. by RCS and GWG]. January 1, 1822 ( google.com [accessed July 3, 2016]).
30. ↑ Hygromantia Salomonis (excerptum e cod. Monac. 70, fol. 240r) {4350.001}.
31. ^ J. Heeg: Codices Parisini. appendix [Hermetica] [Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum Graecorum 8.2. Brussels: Lamertin, 1911]: 143–165. Word Count: 5,852.
32. ↑ The Book Concerning The Tincture Of The Philosophers by Paracelsus. In: www.sacred-texts.com. Retrieved July 5, 2016 . 
33. ^ The Rosarium Philosophorum. In: special.lib.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved July 7, 2016 . 
34. ↑ Johann Maier : The Book of Secrets: to a newly discovered writing from Talmudic times. Judaica 24, 1968, pp. 98-111.
35. ↑ ^{a b c d} Eduard Hoffmann-Krayer , Hanns Bächtold-Stäubli: Concise Dictionary of German Superstition , Verlag Walter de Gruyter , reprint. de Gruyter, Berlin 1987/2000, ISBN 3-11-016860-X .
36. ↑ Nobilis Johannes Kornreutheri (PDF; 63 kB).
37. ↑ Enchiridion Leonis Papae: Oraciones Misteriosas Enviadas por el Papa Leon. Tres Grandes Libros Magia T.II. Idea Equipo Editorial (Hoyo de Manzanares), Madrid 1999, ISBN 84-7910-040-0 .
38. ^ ^{A b} Alfred Lehmann : Superstition and sorcery. From the oldest times to the present , Gondrom-Verlag, 5th edition: Reprint of the Stuttgart edition, 1908. ISBN 3-934673-61-9 .
39. ↑ ^{a b c d} Wolfgang Bauer (ed.): The sixth and seventh book of Moses. Its real worth and what the people are looking for in it. K. Kramer, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-87956-118-4 .
40. ^ Adolf Spamer: Romanus booklet. Historical-philological commentary on a German magic book. Edited by Johanna Nickel, Berlin 1958 (= German Academy of Sciences in Berlin: Publications of the Institute for German Folklore, 17).
41. ↑ Sixth and seventh book Mosis or The magical-sympathetic house treasure, that is Mosi's magical spirit art, the secret of all secrets, literally according to an old manuscript with astonishing illustrations. Without a place and without a year; Reprint Berlin 1976; Reprint of the new edition without a year, also Bohmeier-Verlag, Leipzig, 2003; ISBN 3-89094-376-4 ; here (included as part IV): Romanus book or God the LORD keep my soul […] .
42. ↑ Gottfried Selig: Sepher Schimmusch Tehillim, or, Use of the Psalms for the physical well-being of people: a fragment from the practical Kabbalah, together with an excerpt from some other Kabbalistic writings / translated by Gottfried Selig. In Commission by JA Kunze, Berlin, Jewish National & University Library, Jerusalem - NNL The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1788. Class. 296.787 SYSNO 1190277.
43. ↑ Angel help for protection and protection in great need , doi: 10.3931 / e-rara-16459 .
44. ↑ Douze Anneaux .
45. ↑ Matthías Viðar Sæmundsson: galdrabók Islensk . Almenna bókafélagið, Reykjavík 1992. ISBN 9979-4-0068-4 .
46. ↑ Stephen E. Flowers: The Galdrabók. To Icelandic grimoire. Weiser, York Beach, Me 1989. ISBN 0-87728-685-X .
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49. ↑ Dominik Wunderlin: Means to Salvation. Religious symbols of blessing and protection in the Dr. Edmund Müller (= treasures from the Dolderhaus in Beromünster, issue 7). Beromünster 2005, ISBN 3-9521775-9-8 .
50. ↑ Paracelsus: Magical Instructions. Working group f. Religious u. Weltanschauung fr. ISBN 3-927890-09-X .
51. ^ Collectif: Le grand et le petit albert. les secrets de la magie naturelle et cabalistique (Broché). Collection: Hors Collection, Belfond 1999 ISBN 2-7144-3565-3 .
52. ↑ Albertus Magnus: Proven and approved, sympathetic and natural Egyptian secrets for people and cattle. J. Kamphausen Verlag, Bielefeld 1979, ISBN 3-591-08103-5 .
53. ↑ Albertus Magnus: From this one can recognize all the secrecy of the female sex, the same from her birth, sampt some artzney der Kreuter, also from virtue ... a reinforced regiment for the bad thing. Steingrüben-Verl., Stuttgart 1966.