Tradition 35 of 35
Ancient religions, animism, and ritual
Ancient and traditional religious systems, animist and polytheist belief, deities, sacred rites, mystery cults, and historical ritual practices that contextualize magical and esoteric traditions.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 14,367
- Earliest
- 1100
- to 2026
- Read free
- 44%
- 6,362 with public full text
- With covers
- 49%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match4,877
- Metadata match260
- Query match9,225
- Source classification (retained through merging)5
Every placement records its evidence — the controlled subject queries that found the book at its sources and the bibliographic metadata retained through merging. Each book page shows its own. How the rationale system works.
Key subjects
- God2.1K
- Animals1.9K
- Early works to 18001.8K
- Juvenile fiction907
- Rites and ceremonies891
- History810
- Juvenile literature779
- Providence and government of God752
- Sermons669
- Funeral rites and ceremonies624
- Conduct of life615
- Religion557
- Bible479
- Children471
- Animal welfare462
- Christianity424
- animal magnetism417
- Children's stories380
- Fiction360
- Christian life357
- Natural history339
- Attributes334
- Zoology321
- Cult314
Top languages
- English7,932 · 55%
- German1,498 · 10%
- French1,335 · 9%
- Latin1,255 · 9%
- Italian437 · 3%
Notable authors
All authors- Harrison Weir40 in this tradition46 books
- Religious Tract Society32 in this tradition66 books
- France. Convention nationale31 books
- Augustine of Hippo26 in this tradition46 books
- Madeline Leslie25 in this tradition26 books
- Samuel G. Goodrich24 in this tradition34 books
- Franz Anton Mesmer23 in this tradition49 books
- Catholic Church22 in this tradition50 books
- Maximillien De Lafayette22 in this tradition24 books
- Martin Luther21 in this tradition129 books
- François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon21 in this tradition49 books
- Emanuel Swedenborg20 in this tradition84 books
14,367 books
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On the platonism of Wordsworth
J. H. Shorthouse
1881
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On the prevention of tuberculosis in animals, with special reference to prevention in the Dominion
D. McEachran
1899
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Opening address Society of Comparative Psychology
D. McEachran
1888
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Our Lady's dowry
Thomas Edward Bridgett
1875
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Parts of animals
Aristotle
1853
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Passing thoughts on man's relation to God and on God's relation to man
James Bovell
1862
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Personality, human and divine
John Richardson Illingworth
1894
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Physico-theology
William Derham
1713
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Poems
Francis Thompson
1893
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Pratique de la présence de Dieu
Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection, Joseph De Beaufort
1727
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Pre-organic evolution and the Biblical idea of God
Charles Chapman
1891
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Proceedings of the Tribunal of Arbitration
Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration
1892
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Protestancy Without Principles, Or, Sectaries Vnhappy Fall from Infallibility to Fancy. Laid Forth in Four Discourses by E.W
Edward Worsley
1668
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Providential epochs
Frank Milton Bristol
1894
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Queer pets at Marcy's
Harriet Mann Miller
1880
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Radical-mechanics of animal locomotion
William Pratt Wainwright
1880
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Rational theology and Christian philosophy in England in the seventeenth century
John Tulloch
1872
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Reasons why we should believe in God, love God and obey God
Peter H. Burnett
1884
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Reconciliation by incarnation
D. W. Simon
1898
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Records of big game
Rowland Ward
1892
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Religious ceremonies and customs, or, The forms of worship practiced by the several nations of the known world, from the earliest records to the present time. On the basis of the celebrated and splendid work of Bernard Picart. To which is added, A brief view of minor sects, which exist at the present day. Accompanied with a large map of the world
Charles Charles Augustus Goodrich
1836
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Remarks on the movements and breeding grounds of the fur seal, based on observations made while on the United States naval patrol of Bering Sea in 1894
John J. Brice
1894
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Report by Professor D'Arcy Thompson on his mission to the Behring Sea in 1896, dated March 4, 1897
D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
1897
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Report of the Bering Sea Commission, and report of the British commissioners of June 21, 1892
Bering Sea Commission
1893