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
Traite des maladies parasitaires non microbiennes des animaux domestiques
Louis Georges Neumann, George Fleming
1892
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Traité des sensations
Etienne Bonnot de Condillac, Edward Johnson, Joseph Maria Weissegger Von Weisseneck
1754French
- Read free
Travels in West Africa
Mary Henrietta Kingsley
1897
- Read free
True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin
Louis De Montfort, Mary
1863
- Read free
Truth and liberty
T. W. Fyles
1877
- Read free
Two lectures on theism
Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison
1897
- Read free
Types of animal life
George Jackson Mivart
1893
- Read free
Uncle Remus and his friends
Joel Chandler Harris
1892
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Uncle Remus; or, The story of Mr. Fox and Brer Rabbiit
Joel Chandler Harris
1883
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Union with God
J. Rendel Harris
1895
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Vedische Mythologie
Alfred Hillebrandt
1891
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Veterinary notes
Andrew Smith
1882
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Voices for the speechless
Abraham Firth
1883
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What has been accomplished during five years by the Toronto Humane Society
Toronto Humane Society
1892
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Wild animals I have known and 200 drawings
Ernest Thompson Seton
1898
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Wild beasts
John Hampden Porter
1894
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Wild beasts and their ways
Samuel White Sir Baker, SirSamuel White Baker
1890
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Within the veil, or, Entire sanctification
James Caswell
1889
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Wood's Bible animals
John George Wood
1877
- Read free
Works.
Stephen Charnock
1864
- Read free
Ysengrimus
Nivardus, Ernst Voigt, J. Mann, 12th Cent Nivardus
1884
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Zoologie analytique, ou, Méthode naturelle de classification des animaux
C. Duméril
1803French
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Zoophytes
James D. Dana
1846
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English Translation of Three Books on Life
Marsilio Ficino, Source Library, Google Gemini
2026