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
Meditations on the love of God
Diego de Estella
1898
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Memorial
Association of American Physicians
1896
- Read free
Mercy, its place in the divine government
John M. Armour
1891
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Microscopical researches into the accordance in the structure and growth of animals and plants
Theodor Schwann
1847
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Microscopy for beginners
Alfred C. Stokes
1887
- Read free
Mind in animals
Ludwig Büchner
1880
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Mind in nature
Henry James Clark
1865
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Mind in the lower animals
W. Lauder Lindsay
1879
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Mornings among the Jesuits at Rome
M. Hobart Seymour
1849
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Moses and Aaron
Thomas Goodwin
1625
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My country
Giles Henry Mandeville
1861
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My first duty
Juliet C. Smith
1896
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My household of pets
Théophile Gautier
1882
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Mystères de Mithra
Franz Valery Marie Cumont
1903
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Narrative of a journey across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River, and a visit to the Sandwich Islands, Chili, &c
John Kirk Townsend
1839
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Natural History, Lore and Legend: Being Some Few Examples of Quaint and By-gone Beliefs Gathered ..
F. Edward Hulme
1895
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Natural Theology: Also the Doctrines of Brougham and the Immaterialists Respecting the Soul
George Ensor
1838
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Natural history
Alfred H. Miles
1895
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Natural history
Richard Lydekker
1897
- Read free
Natural history
Philip Henry Gosse
1848
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Natural history of Victoria
Frederick McCoy
1878
- Read free
Natural history, lore and legend : being some few examples of quaint and by-gone beliefs gathered in from divers authorities, ancient and mediaeval, of varying degrees of reliability
F. Edward Hulme
1895
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Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular
Charles Colcock Jones Jr
1888
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New American farm book
Richard Lamb Allen
1869