Saturday, September 19, 2026 · 天火 · tianmu.org
Grimoires and Ritual Magic
Historical grimoire and ritual-magic texts with Solomonic, Mosaic, Abramelin, and elemental-spirit transmissions, kept separate from modern neo-Hermetic revival.
✦ ─── ⟐ ─── ✦
Texts
Magick in Theory and Practice — Aleister CrowleyAleister Crowley's 1929 systematic treatise on ceremonial magic, Part III of his Book Four, covering ritual theory, the magical weapons, and the formulae of Thelemic practice.Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend — John George HohmanJohann Georg Hohman's 1820 Pennsylvania Dutch charm-book of folk-healing remedies, protective charms, and braucherei (pow-wow) blessings, published in Reading, Pennsylvania.The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage — S.L. MacGregor MathersA foundational grimoire of ceremonial magic detailing the system of Abra-Melin, including the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel.The Comte de Gabalis — Abbe de VillarsA seventeenth-century French esoteric classic presenting Rosicrucian and elemental philosophy through witty dialogues between the narrator and the mysterious Comte de Gabalis.The Key of Solomon the King — S. Liddell MacGregor MathersThe most influential grimoire of the Western tradition, detailing Solomonic conjurations, pentacles, and ceremonial preparations.The Lesser Key of Solomon — Mathers and CrowleyThe Goetia and Lemegeton -- the famous catalogue of seventy-two spirits with their seals and conjurations.The Seventh Book of MosesThe companion to the Sixth Book of Moses, presenting the Twelve Tables of the Spirits and an elaborate system of Mosaic conjurations.The Sixth Book of MosesA German magical text presenting the seven mystical seals of Moses with their spirit conjurations, widely used in folk magic traditions.The Tarot — S.L. MacGregor MathersS.L. MacGregor Mathers's 1888 treatise on the Tarot: card history, symbolism, cartomantic meanings, three methods of divination, game rules, and Qabalistic correspondences.The Vision and the Voice, Liber 418 — Aleister CrowleyAleister Crowley's visionary record of the thirty Enochian Aethyrs, first sought in Mexico in 1900 and completed in the Algerian desert in 1909, with his own added commentary.