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 spirit of God
P. C. Mozoomdar
1894
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The supernatural
Lyman Abbott
1898
- Read free
The talking thrush
W. H. D. Rouse, W. Heath Robinson, William Crooke, William 1848-1923 Crooke
1899
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The three grand exhibitions of man's enmity to God
David Thom
1845
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The true nature of divine service
Llewellyn Jones
1894
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The unknown God
Charles Loring Brace
1890
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The uselessness of vivisection upon animals as a method of scientific research
Lawson Tait
1880
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The voyage of the 'Discovery'
Robert Falcon Scott
1895
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The way of truth in evil times, for the believer and for the Church of God
William H. Dorman
1856
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The white leghorns
Heather Stoddard
1879
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The wilderness and its tenants
John Madden
1897
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The wisdom of God manifested in the works of the creation
John Ray, Frank N. Egerton
1691
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The wonderful works of God by man, as displayed in the vastness of a million units!
John Damp
1858
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The works of Dionysius the Areopagite
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
1897
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The works of Lactantius
Lactantius
1871
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The works of Roger Hutchinson ..
Roger Hutchinson
1842
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Theism
Randolph S. Foster
1889
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Thesmophoriazusae
Aristophanes
1838Ancient Greek
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Those Other Animals
G. A. Henty
1891
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Thoughts on Revelation
John McLeod Campbell
1862
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Three dialogues between Hylas and Philonous
George Berkeley, George B Berkeley, Michael B. Mathias, Daniel Kolak
1713
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Three friends of God
Frances A. Bevan
1887
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Through nature to God
John Fiske
1899
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Totem et Taboo
Sigmund Freud
1919