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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Versuch einer Darstellung des animalischen Magnetismus, als Heilmittel
Carl Alexander Ferdinand Kluge, Joseph Henry Green, King's College London, John Simon, Thomas's Hospital. Medical School Library former owner
1811German
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The contemporary evolution of religious thought in England, American and India
Eugène comte Goblet d'Alviella, J Moden
1886
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Tractatvs de phyllobolia, seu, Florum et ramorum sparsione in sacris & civilibus rebus usitatissima
Johann Nicolai, Johann Conrad Dieterich
1698Latin
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Geschichte des untergangs des griechisch-römanischen heidentums ...
Viktor Schultze
1887German
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Antonii Thylesii consentini oratio in funere illustriss. Io. Iacobi Triuultii Magni
Antonio Telesio
1519Italian
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Levée du corps et inhumation des adultes morts d'une maladie épidé mique
Église catholique. Archidiocèse de Québec. Archevêque, E.-Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau
1875French
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Rapport fait par Leclerc (de Maine-&-Loire), sur les institutions relatives a l'e tat civil des citoyens
Jean-Baptiste Leclerc, France. Corps législatif. Conseil des cinq-cents, publisher Imprimerie nationale
1798French
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Lettre de l'auteur de la Découverte du magnétisme animal [i.e. F.A. Mesmer], à l'auteur des Reflexions preliminaires [i.e. J.J. Duval d'Éprémesnil]
Franz Anton Mesmer
1785French
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Proceedings at the ceremony of laying the chief corner stone of the Normal and Model Schools and education offices for Upper Canada, on Wednesday, the second day of July, 1851, by the Right Honorable the Earl of Elgin, Governor General of Canada, &c., &c
James Bruce Earl of Elgin, Egerton Ryerson, Council of Public Instruction, James Bruce Elgin, John Hamilton
1851
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How to magnetize, or, Magnetism and clairvoyance
James Victor Wilson, Harry Houdini Collection
1878
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The Connecticut press
J.R. Hawley & Co
1865
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Traité théorique et pratique du magnétisme animal, ou méthode facile pour apprendre à magnétiser
J.-J.-Jean-Joseph-Adolphe Ricard, Jean Joseph Adolphe Ricard
1841French
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An essay on the demoniacs of the New Testament
Hugh Farmer, John Adams, Boston Public Library) John Adams Library BRL
1775
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Iconologia deorum, oder Abbildung der götter
Joachim von Sandrart, Christian Sigmund Froberger, Christoph Riegel, Georg Christoph Eimmart, Susanna Maria von Sandrart
1680German
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Naturgeschichte der Sage
Julius Braun
1864German
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Pompe funebre du très-pieux et très-puissant prince Albert, archiduc d'Autriche, duc de Bourgogne, de Brabant, &c
Jacques Francquart
1729French
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Ueber die alten und neuen Mysterien
Johann August Starck, Daniel Berger, Duke University. Library. Jantz Collection. German Baroque Literature, G. W Hoffmann, Johann August von Starck
1782German
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A Tale of Two Capitalisms
Supritha Rajan
2023
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A memorial of Frederick Douglass from the City of Boston
Boston City Council
1896
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Abrégé de l'Origine de tous les cultes
Dupuis, 1742-1809 author Dupuis, Charles François Dupuis
1821French
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Allgemeine Erläuterung über den Magnetismus und den Somnambulismus
Franz Anton Mesmer
1815German
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Altindischer ahnencult
Willem Caland
1893German
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Five essays
John Kearsley Mitchell, S. Weir Mitchell
1859
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God and Humans in Islamic Thought
Maha Elkaisy-Friemuth
2006