While many prominent manuscripts have been fully digitized and are readily available online, many more appear only as catalogue entries. The items listed here are by no means exhaustive. Whether this be in the form of an ancient (or an ostensibly ancient) manuscript that is said to contain hidden secrets from the past or a more modern grimoire or book of shadows that is purposefully imbued with power based on physical ingredients or special rituals, the physicality of books can be as important as their content. Physical books and manuscripts often play a central role in the occult. Aside from physical evidence (age and composition of ink, paper, velum, etc) linguistic analysis can also reveal the likely origin and composition of purportedly ancient texts. While modern manuscript studies can reveal more detailed information about when and where a text was created, the fictional providence of occult texts many times has a powerful effect on how it was received and viewed. Many are purported to be based on ancient or older texts, have pseudepigraphic authors, or are unique in one way or another.

They are included in this section because the physical manuscripts require study and not just the content within them.

This section contains important manuscripts primarily from the pre-modern era.

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