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
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A comparative view of the state and faculties of man with those of the animal world
John Gregory
1766
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A compilation of analyses of American feeding stuffs
Edward Hopkins Jenkins
1892
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A compleat history of druggs divided into three classes, vegetable, animal and mineral
Pierre Pomet
1712
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A compleat history of drugs
Pierre Pomet
1712
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A complete history of drugs
Pierre Pomet
1748
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A concise account of veterinary surgery, its schools and practitioners, for the benefit of proprietors of domesticated animals
Veterinary Surgeon
1834
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A contribution to American thalassography
Alexander Agassiz
1888
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A critical and candid examination of a late publication entitled The doctrine of eternal misery
Dan Foster
1803
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A defence of Dr. [Samuel] Clarke's Demonstration of the being and attributes of God
John Clarke
1732
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A defence of Hindoo theism
Rammohun Roy Raja
1817
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A description of more than three hundred animals, including quadrupeds, birds, fishes, serpents, and insects, forming a compendium of natural history confirmed by actual and personal observations
A. D. M'Quin
1812
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A description of the grand pantomimical drama of Obi: or, Three-Finger'd Jack
John Fawcett
1800
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A descriptive catalogue of hunting trophies, native arms, & costumes, from the far interior of South Africa
Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming
1850
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A dictionary of useful animals and their products.
Peter Lund Simmonds
1883
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A discourse concerning the divine providence
William Sherlock, William Ellery Channing
1694
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A discourse delivered Sabbath evening, January 4, 1852
Ray Palmer
1852
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A discourse of the knowledge of God, and of our selves
Matthew Hale
1688
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A discourse of the visible and invisible Church of Christ
John Rogers
1719
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A discourse upon governments, divine and human
John Calkins Coit
1853
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A discourse, delivered before the Legislature of Vermont, on the day of general election, at Montpelier, October 12, 1826
Wilbur Fisk
1826
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A discourse, delivered in the South church in Portsmouth
Joseph Buckminster
1806
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A discussion of the law of priority in entomological nomenclature
William Arnold Lewis
1872
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A dissertation on divine justice, or, The claims of vindicatory justice asserted ...
John Owen
1770
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A dissertation on the sensible and irritable parts of animals
Albrecht von Haller
1755