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
Physiological cruelty, or, Fact v. fancy
Philanthropos
1883
- Read free
Physiological researches
Benjamin Sir Brodie
1851
- Read free
Physiologie artistique de l'homme en mouvement
Paul Richer, Paul Marie Louis Pierre Richer
1896
- Read free
Physiology at the farm in aid of rearing and feeding the live stock
William Seller, Henry Stephens
1867
- Read free
Piper's poultry
Hugh Piper
1889
- Read free
Plea for mercy to animals
James Macaulay
1875
- Read free
Plea for the heathen, or, Heathenism ancient and modern
Massachusetts Sabbath School Society
1832
- Read free
Plea for the ways of God to man
William Fleming
1858
- Read free
Pleiocene fossils of South-Carolina
M. Tuomey
1857
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Plotin et l'Occident
DeForest B. Winchell
1875
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Polytheism and fetishism
Maurice Briault
1931
- Read free
Ponds and ditches
M. C. Cooke
1880
- Read free
Ponds and rock pools
Henry Scherren
1894
- Read free
Porphyry, the philosopher, to his wife, Marcella
Porphyry
1896
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Poultry
Hugh Piper
1871
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Poultry-keeping
Arthur Roland
1892
- Read free
Power from on high
Benjamin Fay Mills
1890
- Read free
Practical discourses on the perfections and wonderful works of God
Joseph Reeve
1840
- Read free
Practical infidelity portrayed and the judgments of God made manifest
Abner Cunningham
1836
- Read free
Preliminary account of experiments in regard to the circulatory and respiratory changes observed in animals placed in the pneumatic cabinet
H. Newell Martin
1886
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Prepare to meet thy God!
Religious Tract Society
1839
- Read free
Prevalence of tuberculosis in the domesticated animals
Sheridan Delépine
1895
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Prevention of fowl cholera
D. E Salmon
1881
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Principles of animal mechanics
Samuel Haughton
1873