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
- Read free
The New Testament elder
Thomas Witherow
1873
- Read free
The Red River / by Wm. Murdoch. The Red River / by J.H. Rowan. The prairie chicken / by Ernest E.T. Seton
William Murdoch
1884
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The Shekinah in the soul
J. D. Dinnick
1893
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The Word of God in its relation to the Church
W. Rev Henderson
1888
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The abiding word
William Burt Pope
1840
- Read free
The admirable life of the glorious patriarch Saint Joseph
sor María de Jesús de Agreda
1859
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The all-seeing eye of God
Alexander Topp
1878
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The animal alkaloids, cadaveric and vital
A. M. Brown
1889
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The animal as a machine and a prime motor
Robert Henry Thurston
1894
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The animal kingdom, arranged according to its organization, serving as a foundation for the natural history of animals
Baron Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Edward Pidgeon, Henry McMurtrie, Edward Blyth, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray, P. A. Latreille, Metcalf Collection Ncrs, Henry 1793-1865 McMurtrie, Edward 1790-1858 Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith
1827
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The animal-lore of Shakespeare's time
Emma Phipson
1883
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The attitudes of animals in motion, illustrated with the zoopraxiscope
Eadweard Muybridge, Royal Institution of Great Britain
1882
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The being of God
Miles Powell Squier
1868
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The belief in immortality and the worship of the dead
James George Frazer
1913
- Read free
The check-rein
Toronto Humane Society
1888
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The circulation of the pure word of God
John Munro
1871
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The colonial furniture of New England
Irving Whitall Lyon
1891
- Read free
The conception of God
Josiah Royce
1895
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The conflict of Christianity with heathenism
Gerhard Uhlhorn
1879
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The cosmic God
Isaac Mayer Wise
1876
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The counter-case of the United States
United States
1893
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The creator, and what we may know of the method of creation
W. H. Dallinger
1887
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The crook in the lot, or, The sovereignty and wisdom of God displayed in the afflictions of men
Thomas Boston, Religious Tract Society, Jason Roth
1770
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The cult of Othin
H. Munro Chadwick
1899