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
On the use of the sutures in the bones of animals : read before the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, December 1, 1803
Benjamin Gibson
1805
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On the voice of birds
Philip Bury Duncan
1830
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Order and regulations for the inspection of cattle and sheep for export
United States. Department of Agriculture. Office of the Secretary
1895
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Organic materia medica
Davis & Company Parke
1888
- Read free
Organic materia medica and therapeutics
James Young Simpson
1885
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Our Arctic province, Alaska and the Seal Islands
Henry Wood Elliott
1886
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Our domestic animals in health and disease
John Gamgee
1861
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Our dumb companions, or, Conversations of a father with his children about dogs, horses, donkeys, and cats
Thomas Jackson
1864
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Our duty towards animals
Philip Austin
1885
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Our poor relations
Edward Bruce Sir Hamley
1872
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Outlines of a new theory of muscular action ..
Samuel Haughton
1863
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Outlines of comparative physiology
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz
1851
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Outlines of the veterinary art
Delabere P Blaine
1841
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Pagan Christs
John Mackinnon Robertson
1911
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Palaeontology, or, A systematic summary of extinct animals and their geological relations
Richard Owen
1860
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Pal©Œontology
Richard Owen
1860
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Palæontology, or, A systematic summary of extinct animals and their geological relations
Richard Owen
1860
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Parthenia
Eliza Buckminster Lee
1858
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Passional zoology
A. Toussenel
1852
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Pearls of the faith
Edwin Arnold
1883
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Performing the Divine: Mediums, Markets and Modernity in Urban Vietnam
Kirsten W. Endres
2011
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Petland revisited
John George Wood
1884
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Phases of animal life past and present
Richard Lydekker
1892
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Philosophic essays on the manners of various foreign animals; with observations on the laws and customs of several eastern nations
Foucher d'Obsonville
1784