A variety of texts listing the names of demons with instructions for raising them to do one's bidding.

Word means "black books". Grimoires were magician's textbooks, often containing codes to prevent their use by the uninitiated. Done in manuscript, to this day the words contained within a magical text carry no power unless rewritten in the hand of the practitioner. Examples of grimoires are: The Chaldean Oracles of Zoroaster The Grimoire of Honorius Key of Moses The Sacred Magic of Arra-Melin

Ancient or modern magical texts, such as the Book of Shadows. They are replete with instructions for working magic/sorcery, divination, spiritualism, and other occultic practices, procedures, and principles. Many of the older grimoires contain information believed to enable one to control various spirits so that they will perform one's desires.