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 days of the fathers in Ross-shire
John Kennedy
1861
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The directory for the public worship of God, form of presbyterial church government, ordination of ministers, and the Directory for family worship
Westminster Assembly
1828
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The diseases of live stock and their most efficient remedies
William B. E. Miller
1885
- Read free
The divine government
Southwood Smith
1826
- Read free
The divine indwelling
Edmund Woodward Brown
1895
- Read free
The divine love
John Eadie
1856
- Read free
The divine love and the divine forgiveness illustrated in two sermons
R. B. Wiggins
1851
- Read free
The doctrine of God in the Jewish apocryphal and apocalyptic literature
Henry J. Wicks
1871
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The doctrine of a divine special providence illustrated
James C. Usher
1857
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The eastern oriel opened
Henry Scadding
1842
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The epidemic zymotic diseases of animals and how they are communicated to man
James Sir Grant
1885
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The equity of God's dealings with nations
Brown Emerson
1812
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The everlasting arms
Francis E. Clark
1898
- Read free
The everyday book; or, A guide to the year
William Hone, william Honew
1800
- Read free
The face of Jesus, or, Thoughts for the mature concerning the nature of the word of God
William Horatio Clarke
1883
- Read free
The fallacy of atheism
William Seymour
1888
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The fatherhood of God
Charles Henry Hamilton Wright
1867
- Read free
The fatherhood of God
John Coleman Adams
1888
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The fisheries of the Adriatic and the fish thereof
G. L. Faber
1883
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The foreknowledge of God
Loenzo Dow McCabe
1878
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The four leading doctrines of the New Church
Emanuel Swedenborg
1831
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The fourfold sovereignty of God
Henry Edward Manning
1871
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The fur seals and fur-seal islands of the North Pacific Ocean
David Starr Jordan
1898
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The fur-bearing animals of North America
Elliott Coues
1877