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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Representative responsibility
Henry Wallace
1867
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Researches on fossil bones, in which are established the characters of various animals whose species have been destroyed by the revolutions of the globe
M. Frederic Baron Cuvier
1834
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Results of a biological survey of the San Francisco Mountain region and desert of the Little Colorado, Arizona
C. Hart Merriam
1890
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Régles de la nomenclature des êtres organisés
International Congress of Zoology. 1st Paris 1889
1895
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Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht
Albert I Prince of Monaco, Robert F. Horton
1889
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Rights of God, written for the benefit of man
Thomas Branagan
1812
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Rural architecture
Lewis F. Allen
1852
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Rural life described and illustrated, in the management of horses, dogs, cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry, etc. etc
John Sherer
1868
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Scotch live-stock
James Bruce
1877
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Sea-side studies at Ilfracombe, Tenby, the Scilly Isles, and Jersey
George Henry Lewes
1858
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Seal and salmon fisheries and general resources of Alaska
1898
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Seal and salmon fisheries and general resources of Alaska ..
United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Special Agents Division
1898
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Second preliminary report of the Bering Sea fur seal investigations
United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Commission on Fur-Seal Investigations
1898
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Select passages illustrating Mithraism
A. S. Geden
1925
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Sermons of theism, atheism, and the popular theology
Theodore Parker
1853
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Sermons on the attributes of God
Daniel Whitby
1709
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Sermons on the security and happiness of a virtuous course, on the goodness of God, and the resurrection of Lazarus
Richard Price
1788
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Sermons preached before the University of Oxford, at St. Mary's church
Charles Henry Hall
1799
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Sermons, from the fowls of the air and the lilies of the field, or Lessons of faith beside the common path of life
Samuel Nott
1843
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Several Tracts on Hindoo Theism, &c. Containing the Third and Fourth Numbers ...
Prusunnu Koomar Thakoor
1845
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Sex antagonism
Walter Heape
1913
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Sheep
William Youatt
1837
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Silkworm
Charles V. Riley
1879
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Society the redeemed form of man
Sr Henry James
1879