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
Farmer's guide in the management of domestic animals, and the treatment of their diseases
Thomas B Williams
1849
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Fauna Orcadensis
George Low
1813
- Read free
Fauna hawaiiensis
David Sharp
1899
- Read free
Fauna littoralis Norvegiae, oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oder wenig bekannten Seethiere
M. Sars
1846
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Feeding acorns
George Washington Carver
1898
- Read free
Footprints of life, or, Faith and nature reconciled
Philip Harvey
1868
- Read free
For the oracles of God, four orations
Edward Irving
1823
- Read free
Foreign bird keeping
Arthur G. Butler
1899
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Forest creatures
Charles Boner
1861
- Read free
Forms of animal life
George Rolleston
1870
- Read free
Foure sermons of Maister Iohn Calvin
Jean Calvin
1579
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Free thoughts upon the brute-creation
John Hildrop
1742
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Fresh water flora and fauna of Central Park
L. P. Gratacap, Anthony Woodward
1884
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Fresh water sponges
Edward Potts
1887
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From North Pole to equator: studies of wild life and scenes in many lands
Alfred Edmund Brehm
1896
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Fulfilling of the Scripture
Robert Fleming
1726
- Read free
Further report on the tsetse fly disease or Nagana, in Zululand
David Sir Bruce
1896
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General features of Chusan
Theodore Edward Cantor
1842
- Read free
General order to inspectors
United States. Department of Agriculture. Office of the Secretary
1896
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Genuine tobacco juice, free of duty
Laidlaw & Co
1866
- Read free
Geology of Clydesdale and Arran
James Bryce
1859
- Read free
Geology of Wisconsin
Wisconsin. Chief Geologist
1877
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Glad Tidings: For the Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand ..
Henry Dana Ward
1838
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Gleanings from the natural history of the ancients
W. Houghton
1879