This is a further guide-post – to accompany those detailing my geomantic, necromantic, and traditional folk magical resources – for all those interested exploring grimoires and grimoiric magic.
And who could blame you? Who wouldn’t want to study and explore magical practices derived from poring over tomes of arcane characters and spirit catalogues which detail conjurational speech acts and the protocols of their employment, preparations and purifications to empower the conjuror, ‘Supernatural Secrets’ of spellcraft and spirit-led sorcery, and a host of the various spirits themselves and their offices and sigils with and by whom to work…
In-Depth Overviews
The most immediately useful material I have available on traditional and historical grimoires and their spirits and magics come in the form of my Libraries of the Sorcerers series:
The Heptameron class-bundle explores the history and practical application of this popular early modern grimoire of planetary conjuration, drawn from sources as wide as medieval angelology and nigromantia, as well as some evidence of influence from Arabic djinn magic. This is probably a good place to start your grimoire studies.
The Arbatel class-bundle examines the history and practical application of the popular early modern grimoire, the Arbatel; which offers a concise and unique take on its “Olympian” ruling spirits of the seven classical planets. For those interested in a shorter handbook of grimoiric magic, accompanied by theological and cosmological material.
The Cambridge Book of Magic class-bundle analyses the history and practical application of the early modern grimoiric compendium, the Cambridge Book of Magic; a sixteenth-century English collection of charms, rites, spells, and seals. This class provides a a firm grounding in these sorts of spellbooks emphasizing both individual operations and their modular and interrelated applications.
The Excellent Booke of the Arte of Magicke class-bundle examines this sixteenth-century English grimoire’s engagements with the Four Kings, the senior demon/fallen angel Azazel, the conjuring of devils to impart magical knowledge and expertise, as well as methodologies relying on a two-person team of scryer and operator.
The Grimoire of Pope Honorius class-bundle investigates this various manuscript variants of this French demonological manual, combining a formal system of spirit conjuration with seven demons of the week-days and the Four Kings, with collections of shorter spells, charms, and talismanic objects drawn from folk magic and ritual sorcery alike.
The Key of Solomon class-bundle tackles one of the more infamous collections of early modern spirit conjuration, the (various manuscripts called the) Clavicula Salomonis, which details a huge variety of ritual tools, an overarching method of conjuring a range of angelic and demonic spirits, and a host of talismans, pentacles, and other magical artefacts.
The Grimorium Verum class-bundle offers a rundown of perhaps my favourite goetic manual of conjuration, spirit-pacting, and spellcraft; examining the tools, techniques and protocols of this nigromantic handbook. If you are looking for a grimoire that works by more consent than compulsion or “spirit-bullying”, this is the class-bundle for you.
(All of these class-bundles come with the recorded lecture, as well as a host of other resources and recommended reading for further study and applications.)
You can also pick up all seven of these classes (and save a few pennies along the way) by way of the Libraries of the Sorcerers: A Guided Tour of Grimoire Magic course series, which includes all seven of the class-bundles mentioned above.
Finally, you can also learn a little more about the context and accompanying magical journal detailing various visions – not to mention instructions from dead magicians about how to do effective magic – found in the Excellent Booke of the Arte of Magicke with The Excellent Booke: A Manual of English Nigromancy class-bundle.
Tools of the Trade
If you are more interested in cross-sectional studies of the ritual tools and magical implements found in grimoires, as well as in wider folklore and legend, you should certainly have a look at my Treasures of the Sorcerers series of modular class-bundles:
The Wands class-bundle examines wands, rods, scepters, and other magic staffs in mythology, religion, history and sorcery; from their constructions and consecrations to their magical implementations and meanings. This covers the virtues of different wand woods, as well as detailing how “magic sticks” are used for divination, treasure-hunting, spirit conjuring, and much more.
The Blades class-bundle investigates the use and meaning of swords, daggers, athames, and other magic blades in mythology, religion, and history as well as operative ritual magic. From black-handled conjuring blades and Airy ceremonial daggers to folk magical knife charms and the athame and boline of witchcraft traditions, not to mention legendary swords and other bladed weapons of mythic value.
The Shewstones class-bundle covers the preparation and employment of a wide range of crystal balls, enchanted mirrors, scrying-stones, and other visionary tools in history, legend, religion, and magic. This touches on “black mirrors” and water-bowl gazing, remote-viewing and evocatory scrying, historical exemplars of visionary tools, crystallomancy, Solomonic and Cyprianic magic mirrors, and much more along the way.
The Garments class-bundle analyses a huge range of ritually potent apparel and costumery, concentrating on clothes, footwear, headgear, and other magic garments of myth, religion, and historical sorcery. This class-bundle compares a ceremonial robes of office, the use of ecclesiastical vestments in ritual magic, and enchanted apparel created for particular effects such as magical cloaks, garters, and more.
The Rings class-bundle considers the history, legends, and practical sorcerous use of magical rings; delving into a range of both grimoiric sourcebooks and folk magical applications alike to chart an investigation through lapidary study, techniques of spirit conjuration, and the consecration and use of enchanted stones, metals, and other materia to form wearable amulets of protection, empowerment, and ensorcelling.
You can also enjoy all of these classes (and again save some monies) via the five-part course series, Treasures of the Sorcerers: A Guided Tour of Ritual Tools & Magic Objects.
Honourable mention should also go out to my Instruments of Nigromancy class-bundle for all those interested in the ritual tools of specifically demonological and folk necromantic grimoire magic.
And, speaking of goetic grimoires…
Devilishly Grimoiric Magic
For those looking for step-by-step training in working one of the best grimoiric foundations for goetic magic, look no further than the Grimorium Verum Foundation course, a four-part series examining and analysing the “True Grimoire” for its protocols, spirits catalogue, tools, and further experiments. This is arguably my most in-depth and practical training material on grimoire magic; drawn from decades of my own work with this handbook and its spirits.
For those looking to dip a toe into helpful technqiues of goetic conjuration – specifically some herbcraft and asperging practices for purification, consecration of tools and spaces, and grounding yourself to best practice – you should certainly check out The Three Purifying Herbs of the Grimorium Verum class-bundle.
For those looking to take their extant devilish practices even deeper, the Goetic Spellcraft: Practical Sorceries of the Grimorium Verum course series offers a four-part series exploring the operative and experimental sorcery of traditional folk necromantic rites, charms, talismans, and workings - found in a host of nigromantic manuals and collections of ‘Supernatural Secrets’ - empowered by the spirits of the goetic grimoires.
For a wider and deeper cross-sectional survey of important conjurational matters, A Goetia of the Four Kings Foundation course, a three-part series exploring early modern grimoiric material detailing the conjuration and spell-craft of the four ‘principal’ demonic spirits of the cardinal directions: Oriens, Paimon, Amaymon, and Egyn. This course series also comes with a free hour of one-to-one coaching to help integrate this material into your practice.
Finally, for those looking for a more streamlined approach to goetic spirit-pacting and “applied conjurations”, The Book of the Science of Nigromancy course offers a three-part series investigating the pact-based spiritwork and spellcraft of this thus-far-underexamined sixteenth-century English manual of goetic conjuration and sorcery, which includes Cyprianic material, concise conjurational techniques, and remarkably practical means of dispatching spirits to work.
Grimoiric Conversations
If you are looking for more casual (and free!) conversation about grimoiric matters, I have been lucky enough to have appeared on the Glitch Bottle podcast a couple of times to talk grimoires with their gracious and knowledgeable host Alexander Eth:
Glitch Bottle Episode #29: Entering the House of Solomon saw Alexander and I discussing the sixteenth-century English grimoire and scrying recordings referred to as the Excellent Booke of the Arte of Magicke.
Glitch Bottle Episode #114 - The Four Kings & Cyprian’s Mirror afforded Alexander and I a chance to chat about a grimoiric operation to create and use a magic mirror contained in the manuscript entitled the Art of Cyprian, about which I wrote a little chapbook which was published by Hadean Press.
I’ve also talked about grimoires, magical compendia, and the personal ‘working-books’ of historical practitioners with my friend and colleague Douglas of the What Magic Is This podcast here.
I was also a co-guest with my brilliant conspirator Brian Johnson on the Hadean Press podcast, hosted by goetic magician and great pal of mine Mat Hadfield, in which we discussed Brian and I’s recent collaboration on the Faustian grimoire, The Black Raven, here.
An Ever-Unfolding Haunted Catalogue
This post will continue to be expanded as I put out new studies and training materials, so feel free to check back here semi-regularly!
As of writing mid-October 2025, I am amidst teaching a four-part modular series on Faustian grimoires, the recordings of which I will be making available on the Talks page of my site as per usual in good time.
You can also sign up to my Friends of English Magic mailing list (if you haven’t already!) to receive notifications about both newly-available recorded class-bundles and series, as well as live online classes, courses, event appearances, and my new publications, not to mention sales of batches of talismanic objects and rituals tools I periodically build, enchant, and make available to folks, and various other updates.