The texts listed here are ones that I mention in Urban Fantasy: How to Write Paranormal and Supernatural Thrillers (2023) or are ones I found while I was researching the chapters on magic, witchcraft, and demonology for that book. This is not meant to be an exhaustive list – on some of the websites listed below you will find many other texts.
Where there is a Wikipedia article about a text, I have also included this link – you will find details about the content of an item in these articles.
Note: Links are given here in good faith, I’ve tested them all out. I am listing each as a place where a document can be found and am not explicitly or implicitly endorsing any of the websites or organisations.
Grimoires at the Hermetics Resource Site
https://www.hermetics.org/library/Library_Grimoires.html
Includes:
Solomonic Grimoires
The Greater Key of Solomon Part 1
The Greater Key of Solomon Part 2
The Greater Key of Solomon Part 3
The Lesser Key of Solomon (Legemeton I) (Goetia)
The Lesser Key of Solomon (Legemeton II) (Teurgia- Goetia)
Ars Paulina (Legemeton III)
Ars Almadel (Legemeton IV)
Ars Nova (Legemeton V)
Ars Notoria
Grimoire of Armadel
Grimoirum Verum
The Abramein Books
The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage Book 1
The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage Book 2
The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage Book 3
Various Grimoires
Arbatel of Magic
Heptameron by Peter de Abano
The Grand Grimoire
The Black Raven – Johannes Faust
Grimoire of Honorius
Sword of Moses – The 6th and 7th Book of Moses; The 8th Book of Moses
The Black Pullett
Secret Grimoire of Turiel
Grimoires at the Internet Sacred Texts Website
https://sacred-texts.com/grim/index.htm
Includes:
The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage translated by S.L. MacGregor Mathers (1900)
The Magus by Francis Barrett (1801)
The Book of Ceremonial Magic by Arthur Edward Waite (1913)
Sixth Book of Moses
Seventh Book of Moses
The Key of Solomon the King translated by S. Liddell MacGregor Mathers (1888)
The Lesser Key of Solomon by S.L. MacGregor Mathers and Aleister Crowley (1904)
Pow-wows; or Long Lost Friend by George Hohman (1820)
The Golden Tractate of Hermes Trismegistus
https://sacred-texts.com/alc/goldtrac.htm
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa: Of Occult Philosophy, Book I. (Part 1)
http://www.esotericarchives.com/agrippa/agrippa1.htm
Witchcraft
Malleus Maleficarum (1487) by Heinrich Kramer (Latinized as ‘Henricus Institor’). The title is usually translated into English as Hammer of the Witches’
National Library of Medicine. Page scans of the Latin edition to view or download http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9413083
Internet Archive. Digitized version of Der Hexenhammer (German) https://archive.org/details/derhexenhammer00spregoog
Internet Sacred Texts Archive. Text of the 1928 English translation by Montague Summers https://sacred-texts.com/pag/mm/index.htm
Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleus_Maleficarum
Del Congresso Notturno delle Lammie Libri Tre (1749) by Girolamo Tartarotti. A literal translation of the title is ‘The Nocturnal Conference of the Three Lamia Books,’ with lamia being female demons or vampires.
Wellcome Collection. Page scans of the Italian edition viewable online plus a downloadable PDF https://wellcomecollection.org/works/e6tesxav
Google Books. Page scans of the Italian edition viewable online plus a downloadable PDF https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Del_congresso_notturno_delle_lammie_libr/Az4Mn-wqYKkC?hl=en&gbpv=0
The Witchcult in Western Europe (1921) by Margaret Murray
Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.24123/page/n3/mode/2up
Project Gutenberg. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20411
The God of the Witches (1931) by Margaret Murray
Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.200609/page/n3/mode/2up
Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Murray#Murray’s_witch-cult_hypotheses
La Sorcière (1862) by Jules Michelet. English edition as La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages, translated by L.J. Trottier (1863) also known as Satanism and Witchcraft
Internet Archive. French edition https://archive.org/details/lasorcire00mich
Internet Archive. English trans. By L.J. Trottier https://archive.org/details/lasorcierewitcho00michiala/page/n7/mode/2up
Project Gutenberg. English trans. By L.J. Trottier https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/31420
Wikipedia. ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanism_and_Witchcraft_(book)
Woman, Church and State (1893) by Matilda Joslyn Gage Project Gutenberg. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45580
Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/womanchurchstate00gagerich
Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_Joslyn_Gage#Woman,_Church,_and_State
Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches (1899) by Charles Leland.
Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/aradiaorgospelw00lelagoog
Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aradia,_or_the_Gospel_of_the_Witches
Wicca
Book of Shadows by Gerald Gardner, written in the late 1940s or early 1950s. https://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/gbos/index.htm
Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Shadows
Herbals
Cruydeboeck (1554) by Rembert Dodoens
Google Books. Dutch edition https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Cruijdeboeck/kykmVKUmURcC?hl=en&gbpv=0
Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes (1597) by John Gerard
Science History Institute. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/x059c8449
Ex-Classics. https://www.exclassics.com/herbal/herbalintro.htm
Demons & Demonology
The Shahnameh, also referred to as The Epic of Kings by the Persian poet Ferdowsi (Hakim Abol Qasem Ferdowsi Tousi ) dates from between c. 977 and 1010 AD. English translation by Helen Zimmern at the Iran Chamber Society website: https://www.iranchamber.com/literature/shahnameh/shahnameh.php
Also at the Internet Classics Archive: https://classics.mit.edu/Ferdowsi/kings.html
English translation (1905) by Arthur George Warner and Edmond Warner at the Internet Archive:
https://archive.org/details/shahnama01firduoft/page/n5/mode/2up
Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahnameh
Book of Jubilees, also known as Lesser Genesis (Leptogenesis), a Jewish apocryphal text probably written before 100 BC. English translation of 1902 by R.H. Charles at the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/bookofjubileesor00char/page/n7/mode/2up
Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Jubilees
A Treatise of Witchcraft (1616) by Alexander Roberts
Project Gutenberg. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/17209/17209-h/17209-h.htm
De Confessionibus Maleficorum et Sagarum (1589) by Peter Binsfeld. The title is translated into English as Of the Confessions of Warlocks and Witches or Treatise on Confessions by Evildoers and Witches.
Google Books. Latin edition https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Tractatus_de_confessionibus_maleficorum/kPY6ttS1IxcC?hl=en&gbpv=0
Léo Taxil (a pen name of Marie Joseph Gabriel Antoine Jogand-Pagès) published two books intended to ‘prove’ the links between freemasonry and demon worship. In 1897, Taxil admitted the texts were a hoax.
Les Mystères de la Franc-Maçonnerie Dévoilés (1886, The Mysteries of Freemasonry Unveiled)
Google Books. French edition https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/_/hR4mUIRgjHwC?hl=en&gbpv=1
Le Diable au XIXe Siècle (1895, The Devil in the Nineteenth Century)
Wikisource. French edition https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Le_diable_au_XIXe_si%C3%A8cle
Google Books. French edition https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/_/LFxIAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1
Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9o_Taxil
Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxil_hoax
Devil Worship in France (1896) by A.E. Waite debunks the claims made by Taxil.
Internet Sacred Texts Archive. https://sacred-texts.com/evil/dwf/index.htm
Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie (Dogma and Rituals of High Magic) by Éliphas Lévi was published in two volumes in 1854 and 1856. Translated into English as Transcendental Magic, its Doctrine and Ritual (1896) by Arthur Edward Waite. John Michael Greer and Mark Mikituk published The Doctrine and Ritual of High Magic: A New Translation in 2017.
Internet Archive. French edition https://archive.org/details/dogmeetrituelde00lvgoog
Internet Archive. English translation by Arthur Edward Waite https://archive.org/details/transcendentalma00leviuoft/
Google Books. French edition https://books.google.ws/books?id=rMPKc78gz4YC&printsec
Hathi Trust. French edition https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000585994
Wellcome Trust. English translation by Arthur Edward Waite https://wellcomecollection.org/works/npaxcba4
Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogme_et_Rituel_de_la_Haute_Magie
De Operatione Daemonum; Dialogus de Energia seu Operatione Daemonum by Michael Psellos or Psellus (c.1017-1076 AD). English translation as On the Operation of Daemons (1843), translated by Marcus Collisson
Esoteric Archives. English translation by Marcus Collisson
http://www.esotericarchives.com/psellos/daemonibus.pdf
Documenta Catholica Omnia. Greek and Latin edition
Discours Exécrable des Sorciers (1602) by Henry Boguet. English translation as Examen of Witches (1929) by Montague Summers. I haven’t been able to find the English text online – contact me if you find it and I’ll update this entry.
Internet Archive. French edition https://archive.org/details/BIUSante_39589
Google Books. French edition
https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Discours_execrable_des_sorciers_Ensemble/jnYUXu8GLXQC
Daemonolatreiae Libri Tres (1595) by Nicholas Rémy. English translation as Demonolatry (1929) by E.A. Ashwin, edited by Montague Summers
Google Books. Latin edition https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Nicolai_Remigii_Daemonolatreiae_libri_tr/I8VbAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
Internet Archive. English translation by E.A. Ashwin
https://archive.org/details/DemonolatryNicholasRmyTrans.ByMontagueSummers1595/mode/2up
Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemonolatreiae_libri_tres
Tractatus de Superstitionibus, Contra Maleficia Seu Sortilegia Quae Hodie Vigent in Orbe Terrarum (1515) by Martin of Arles (Martinus de Arles y Andosilla, 1451?–1521)
Google Books. Latin edition https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/_/-sdlAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1
Colenda Digital Repository. Penn Libraries. Latin edition
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3zg6gq1g
De la Démonomanie des Sorciers (1580) by Jean Bodin. The title translates as ‘Of the Demon-mania of the Sorcerers’. There are several versions to view online or download at GallicaBNF.fr – enter the title in the search box.
https://gallica.bnf.fr/accueil/en/content/accueil-en?mode=desktop
Internet archive. French edition https://archive.org/details/deladmonomanie00bodi/mode/2up
There are several versions listed in the archive, search for the title for others
Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Bodin#De_la_d%C3%A9monomanie_des_sorciers
Formicarius written between written 1436–1438 by Johannes Nider (c.1380–1438). The fifth volume/section of the book dealt with witches and demons.
University of Vienna. Latin edition https://www.europeana.eu/item/9200174/o_153046
Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formicarius
Daemonologie (1597), or Daemonologie, In Forme of a Dialogue, Divided into three Books: By the High and Mighty Prince, James &c. to give it its full title, written by King James VI of Scotland who later became James I of England.
Project Gutenberg. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25929
Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemonologie
The Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584) by Reginald Scot
Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/discouerieofwitc00scot/
Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/discoverieofwitc00scot
Project Gutenberg. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/60766/60766-h/60766-h.htm
De Daemonialitate et Incubis et Succubis by Ludovico Maria Sinistrari (1622 or 1632-1701). The manuscript was discovered in London in 1872 by Isidore Leseux, who published a French translation in 1875 and an English translation (Demoniality, or Incubi and Succubi) in 1879. 1680 has been suggested as the date of composition.
Project Gutenberg. English translation https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54243
Internet Archive. English translation https://ia800909.us.archive.org/28/items/demonialityorinc00sinirich/demonialityorinc00sinirich_bw.pdf
Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Daemonialitate_et_Incubis_et_Succubis
Traité sur les Apparitions des Esprits et sur les Vampires ou les Revenans de Hongrie, de Moravie, &c. (1751) by Antoine Augustin Calmet (1672-1757). The title translates as Treatise on the Apparitions of Spirits and on Vampires or Revenants of Hungary, Moravia, et al. An English translation by Henry Christmas was published as The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. in 1850
GallicaBNF. French edition https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k68179p.image.f2.langFR.pagination
Project Gutenberg. English translation by Henry Christmas https://www.gutenberg.org/files/29412/29412-h/29412-h.htm
The Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, or ‘False Monarchy of Demons,’ originally appeared as an appendix to De Praestigiis Daemonum (1577) by Johann Weyer, a grimoire listing demons, the appropriate hours to call them, and the rituals needed to conjure them. An English translation, possibly by Abraham Fleming, was included in Reginald Scot’s The Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584)
Esoteric Archives. Latin and English translation
http://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/weyer.htm
Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudomonarchia_Daemonum
Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_praestigiis_daemonum
The Lesser Key of Solomon (also known as Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis or just the Lemegeton) was anonymously authored and published in the mid-seventeenth century. It is divided into five books: the Ars Goetia, Ars Theurgia-Goetia, Ars Paulina, Ars Almadel, and Ars Notoria. A section of Ars Goetia later labelled ‘Liber Malorum Spirituum seu Goetia’(‘Book of Evil Spirits or Goetia’), contains the names of 72 demons along with their rank/title and their sigils, which might be drawn as part of a ritual to summon them. The occultist Aleister Crowley produced his own translation of ‘Goetia.’
Esoteric Archive. English translation http://esotericarchives.com/solomon/lemegeton.htm
Internet Sacred Texts Archive. English translation https://sacred-texts.com/grim/lks/index.htm
Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lesser_Key_of_Solomon
Dictionnaire Infernal (1818) by Jacques Collin de Plancy. An 1863 edition is notable for sixty-nine illustrations of the appearance of demons by Louis Le Breton. Some of these were used in S.L. MacGregor Mathers’s edition of The Lesser Key of Solomon.
Google Books. French edition https://archive.org/details/dictionnaireinf02plangoog
GallicaBNF. French edition https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5754923d
Google Books. Illustrated 1863 French edition https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Dictionnaire_infernal/uv5MAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionnaire_Infernal
Other Online Resources
Twilit Grotto: Archives of Western Esoterica
http://www.esotericarchives.com/esoteric.htm
Witchipedia https://magickalspot.com/witchipedia/
Llewellyn Encyclopedia www.llewellyn.com/encyclopedia/
Works on Witchcraft at the Miskatonic University Library
http://www.yankeeclassic.com/miskatonic/danthropology/wicca/witchbks.htm
Thelema Texts by Aleister Crowley and others at SacredTexts.com
https://sacred-texts.com/oto/index.htm
Nag Hammadi Library (The Nag Hammadi Scriptures)
http://gnosis.org/naghamm/nhl.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nag_Hammadi_library
Compendium rarissimum totius Artis Magicae sistematisatae per celeberrimos Artis hujus Magistros. Anno 1057. Noli me tangere (c.1775) [German and Latin text]
Wellcome Collection. https://wellcomecollection.org/works/cvnpwy8d/items
De Rebus Sacris et Ecclesiasticis Exercitationes XVI (1614) by Isaac Casaubon Internet Archive. Latin text https://archive.org/details/isaacicasauboni00unkngoog
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