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11 Free Magic Books [PDF]

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Looking for free magic books in PDF? You'll find works on ceremonial magic, classic grimoires, Egyptian rituals, and the history of the occult.

These foundational texts shaped Western esoteric tradition. Eliphas Levi, Wallis Budge, S. L. MacGregor Mathers, and Aleister Crowley each appear here in their canonical works of magick.

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Books on Ceremonial Magic

Ceremonial magic, also called high magic or ritual magick, is the practice of structured rites built on symbolism, invocation, and discipline. The titles below collect the canonical works of the tradition.

  • Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie Part II: The Ritual of Transcendental Magic

    Eliphas Levi's foundational treatise on ceremonial magic translated by A. E. Waite. Part Two lays out the ritual practice of high magic with its symbols invocations and the philosophy that underpins each operation.

    Eliphas Levi

    Format: PDF 153 pages 1.63 MB
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  • Magick in Theory and Practice

    Aleister Crowley's central treatise on magick known as Part III of Book 4 or Liber ABA. Sets out the theory and practical instructions for ritual magick the use of the pentagram and hexagram banishings invocations and the discipline of the magician.

    Aleister Crowley

    Format: PDF 297 pages 1.45 MB
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  • The Magus

    Francis Barrett's 1801 compendium of occult philosophy in three books covering natural magic alchemy talismanic magic and ceremonial magic. A canonical Western esoteric source with engravings of magical seals planetary spirits and symbolic figures.

    Francis Barrett

    Format: PDF 459 pages 27.51 MB
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  • The Book of Ceremonial Magic

    Arthur Edward Waite's critical study of grimoires from the Goetia through the rites of theurgy sorcery and necromancy. Surveys the secret tradition of Western ceremonial magic with a long discussion of the literature texts and historical sources.

    Arthur Edward Waite

    Format: PDF 267 pages 4.42 MB
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Books on Grimoires & Magical Texts

A grimoire is a manual of magical instruction, usually focused on summoning spirits, casting sigils, and constructing ritual tools. These are public-domain editions of the most influential grimoires in Western occultism.

  • The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage

    The Mathers translation of the famous grimoire attributed to Abraham the Jew with its instructions for the six month operation that culminates in conversation with the Holy Guardian Angel. Includes the magic squares and complete Book One of the original 1900 edition.

    S. L. MacGregor Mathers

    Format: PDF 252 pages 1.35 MB
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  • The Lesser Key of Solomon: Goetia

    The first book of the Lemegeton in the Mathers translation edited by Aleister Crowley. Catalogs the seventy two spirits of Solomon their sigils ranks and the operations for their evocation. The reference text for anyone studying goetic magic.

    S. L. MacGregor Mathers, Aleister Crowley

    Format: PDF 51 pages 0.58 MB
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  • The Greater Key of Solomon

    Mathers's edition of the Clavicula Salomonis translated from manuscripts in the British Museum. Lays out the preparation of the magician the construction of the magical instruments the conjurations and the seals and pentacles used in ceremonial operations.

    S. L. MacGregor Mathers

    Format: PDF 167 pages 7.9 MB
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Books on Egyptian & Ancient Magic

Egyptian magic predates the Western ceremonial tradition by millennia and shaped much of what came after. The works here, mostly by E. A. Wallis Budge, are the most-cited primary sources in English.

  • Egyptian Magic

    Wallis Budge's classic 1901 study of magic in ancient Egypt covering amulets magical names ceremonies and the connection between magic and Egyptian religion. The standard English entry point for anyone studying Egyptian ritual practice.

    E. A. Wallis Budge

    Format: PDF 132 pages 0.96 MB
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  • The Book of the Dead

    Wallis Budge's English translation of the chapters and hymns of the Theban recension of the Book of the Dead. The most cited primary source for the funerary rites prayers and spells used in ancient Egypt for the passage of the soul.

    E. A. Wallis Budge

    Format: PDF 341 pages 10.77 MB
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Books on the History & Theory of Magic

These titles step back from practice and look at magic itself: how it has been understood, contested, and reframed across cultures and centuries.

  • The Materiality of Magic

    A scholarly collection edited by Boschung and Bremmer that examines the material side of magic in antiquity. Twenty essays study amulets gems figurines grimoires and ritual tools across the Greco-Roman world and beyond.

    Dietrich Boschung, Jan N. Bremmer

    Format: PDF 448 pages 5.7 MB
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  • The History of Magic

    Levi's sweeping history of magic from antiquity to the nineteenth century in Arthur Edward Waite's English translation. Covers procedure rites and mysteries across cultures from the Egyptian priesthood through medieval Kabbalah and the Renaissance occult revival.

    Eliphas Levi

    Format: PDF 491 pages 3.77 MB
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  • Studies in Occultism

    A collection of articles by Blavatsky originally published in her magazine Lucifer between 1887 and 1891. Covers practical occultism black magic in science psychic action astral bodies and the constitution of the inner man.

    Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

    Format: PDF 114 pages 0.42 MB
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That wraps up our collection of free magic books in PDF. Open any title above to read online or download for free.

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