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277 books of 336 · showing 251–277 · oldest first
Egyptian religion and magic 1
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Jewish scripture and tradition 1
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prayers from antiquity; the order fixed in the Middle Ages
Siddur
The daily prayer book: the Amidah, the Shema and the prayers before sleep.
Greek and Roman mysteries 4
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The Golden Verses
literary work
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The Life of Apollonius of Tyana
work by Philostratus
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The Orphic Hymns
collection of 87 short religious poems composed in either the late Hellenistic or early Roman era
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The Sibylline Oracles
collection of oracular utterances in Greek hexameter, containing Hellenistic/Roman mythology with Jewish, Gnostic and Christian stories
Gnosticism 2
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The Gospel of Thomas
Coptic-language early Christian non-canonical gospel, part of the Nag Hammadi library
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Pistis Sophia
gnostic text in the form of a dialogue between Jesus and the disciples
Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah 1
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The Sword of Moses
apocryphal book of ancient Hebrew magic
Alchemy 3
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Grimoires and ritual magic 6
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The Grimoire of Pope Honorius
17th to 18th century grimoire
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The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses
18th- or 19th-century grimoire, attributed to Moses; instructs the reader in the spells used to create the miracles portrayed in the Bible, with annexes of Talmudic magic...
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Testament of Solomon
Old Testament pseudepigraphical work ascribed to King Solomon
Renaissance magic and Christian Cabala 1
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The Magical Calendar
esoteric calendar by Johann Baptist Grossschedel
Witchcraft and demonology 2
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The Wonders of the Invisible World
book published by Cotton Mather in 1693
Rosicrucianism 2
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French occultism 1
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Theosophy and its descendants 2
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Modern witchcraft 1
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