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
Histoire critique de l'école d'Alexandrie
E Vacherot
1846French
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Histoire du culte des divinités d'Alexandrie
Georges Louis Lafaye, Georges Lafaye
1884French
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Histoire naturelle de Buffon
René-Richard Castel
1802French
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Il favore de gli dei
Bernardo Sabadini
1690Italian
- Read free
Immanuel Kant's kleinere Schriften zur Ethik und Religionsphilosophie
Immanuel Kant
1870German
- Read free
Indulgence de la portioncule ou Grand pardon d'Assise
X
1894French
- Read free
Joannis Wiclif Trialogus cum supplemento trialogi
John Wycliffe, Gotthard Victor Lechler
1869Latin
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Johannes Tauler und die Gottesfreunde
Bernhard Baehring
1853German
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Kinderleben, oder, Das Märchen ohne Ende.
Friedrich Wilhelm Carové, Sarah Austin
1834
- Read free
L'animisme ou la matière et l'esprit conciliés par l'identité du principe et la diversité des fonctions dans les phénomènes organiques et psychiques
Claude Joseph Tissot
1865French
- Read free
L'idea di tutte le perfezioni
Giuseppe Felice Tosi
1690Italian
- Read free
La bonne Ste Anne
père Frédéric de Ghyvelde
1896French
- Read free
La dévotion à Saint-Antoine de Padoue
E. DeLamarre
1895French
- Read free
La fin du paganisme
Gaston Boissier
1891French
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La machine animale
Étienne-Jules Marey
1873French
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La montagna fulminata
Christoforo Bonvalori
1628Italian
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La raison et le christianisme
Charles Secrétan
1863French
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Le Canada-français et la providence
Philippe Masson
1875French
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Le mois du Précieux Sang de N.S. Jésus-Christ
Marin de Boylesve
1882French
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Lehrbuch der hebräischen Archäologie
Wilhelm Nowack
1894German
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Les Amis de Dieu au quatorzième siècle
Auguste Jundt
1879French
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Les mystères de Mithra
Franz Cumont, Franz Valery Marie Cumont
1900French
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Les soirées de Saint-Pétersbourg ou Entretiens sur le gouvernement temporel de la Providence ..
Joseph de Maistre
1821French
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Lettres sur les animaux
Charles Georges Leroy
1768French