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 dissertation upon the supposed existence of a moral law of nature, and upon the being of a triune god. Wherein is shewn that the idea of the former is not to be found in scripture, and is contrary to reason: and that the latter is contained in scripture, and is not contrary to reason. With a letter to the Right Reverend Thomas, Lord Bishop of Oxford. And a postscript to the Dunciad, the critical and monthly reviewers
John Dove
1757
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A few notes on cruelty to animals; on the inadequacy of penal law; on general hospitals for animals; &c. &c. &c
Ralph J. Fletcher, R. Fletcher
1846
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A general history of quadrupeds
Ralph Beilby
1792
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A guide to acquaintance with God
James Sherman
1826
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A guide to practical farriery, containing hints on the diseases of horses and neat cattle, with many valuable and original recipes from the practice of an eminent veterinary surgeon
J. Pursglove
1823
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A hand-book on tuberculosis among cattle
Henry L. Shumway
1895
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A history of the British hydroid zoophytes
Thomas Hincks
1868
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A history of the British zoophytes
George Johnston
1838
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A lecture on effects of weather on insects, delivered at the Royal agricultural college, Cirencester
Eleanor A. Ormerod
1882
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A literary curiosity
Manchester layman
1861
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A manual of marine zoology for the British Isles
Philip Henry Gosse
1855
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A manual of modern farriery
Thomas Brown
1800
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A manual of the sub-kingdom protozoa
Joseph Reay Greene
1863
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A manual on the hog
Georgia. Dept. of Agriculture
1877Danish
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A mechanical account of poisons in several essays
Richard Mead, Areskine Dr, Richard Janeway, Ralph Smith, Thordarson Collection
1702
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A monograph of the British naked-eyed Medusæ
Edward Forbes
1848
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A monograph of the seal-islands of Alaska
Henry Wood Elliott
1882
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A natural history of birds
George Edwards
1776
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A natural history of the animal kingdom
W. S. Dallas
1860
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A philosophical amusement upon the language of beasts
G.-H Bougeant
1739
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A philosophical amusement upon the language of beasts and birds. Written originally in French by Father Bougeant, ..
G.-H Bougeant
1739
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A philosophical and practical treatise on horses
John Lawrence
1810
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A phylogenetic classification of animals : (for the use of students)
W. A. Sir Herdman
1885
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A plea for the horse, in a few remarks and suggestions upon his treatment and management
John Haven Dexter
1846