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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Principles of general and comparative physiology
William Benjamin Carpenter
1839
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Prophetic expositions, or, A connected view of the testimony of the prophets concerning the Kingdom of God and the time of its establishment
J. Litch
1842
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Protection of animals
George T. Angell
1874
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Protest against proposed legislation restricting the experiments of the department of agriculture
James Wilson
1897
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Providence
John Ogilvie
1764
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Providence unfolded; comprising the History of providence as unfolded in the Book of Esther
Alexander Carson
1851
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Public and private life of animals
J. Thomson
1877
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Queries relating to live stock
London Board of Agriculture
1796
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Rare and remarkable animals of Scotland
John Graham Sir Dalyell
1847
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Reason insufficient without revelation
Robert S. Candlish
1834
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Recent essays by various authors on bacteria in relation to disease
William Watson Sir Cheyne
1886
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Records of Big Game: With Their Distribution, Characteristics, Dimensions, Weights, and ..
Rowland Ward
1899
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Reflections on the works of God in Nature and Providence, for every day in the year
Christoph Christian Sturm
1805
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Regulation of slaughter-houses. Report of a deputation received by the Right Hon. Walter H. Long... from the Church Society for the Promotion of Kindness to Animals, and the Church Sanitary Association, 25th February 1897
Walter H. Long
1897
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Regulations for the inspection and quarantine of animals imported from Canada into the United States
United States. Department of Agriculture. Office of the Secretary
1897
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Regulations for the inspection of live stock and their products
United States. Department of Agriculture. Office of the Secretary
1895
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Regulations for the inspection of salted pork and bacon for export
United States. Department of Agriculture. Office of the Secretary
1890
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Regulations for the safe transport of cattle from the United States to foreign countries
United States. Department of Agriculture. Office of the Secretary
1897
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Remains of Samuel Bartlett Parris, M.D
Samuel Bartlett Parris
1829
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Remarkable escapes from peril
Thomas Osmond Summers
1856
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Report
United States. Board of Inquiry Concerning Epizootic Diseases among Swine
1889
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Report of Dr. George Turner's experience of diphtheria, especially in its relations to lower animals, partly obtained in the course of inspections made for the [Local Government] Board in 1886
George Dr Turner
1887
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Report of a committee of the Linnaean Society of New England, relative to a large marine animal, supposed to be a serpent, seen near Cape Ann, Massachusetts, in August 1817
Linnaean Society of New England
1817
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Report of a committee, appointed by the Pennsylvania state agricultural society, to visit the Farmers' high school of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania state agricultural society, Samuel G. Goodrich
1859