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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Studies in the evolution of animals
Emmanuel Bonavia
1895
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Subject to vanity
Margaret Benson
1895
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Submission to the will of God
Gardner B. Perry
1819
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Suggestions on teachers' institutes
William Russell
1848
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Supplement to the Catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum
British Museum. Dept . of Zoology
1871
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Synopsis of the classification of the animal kingdom
Henry Alleyne Nicholson
1882
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Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan
William Stimpson
1853
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Tabular view of the primary divisions of the animal kingdom
Robert Edmond Grant
1861
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Tenby: a seaside holiday
Philip Henry Gosse
1856
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Text-book of materia medica for nurses
Lavinia L Dock
1892
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The "must" of love
David Caleb Cook
1898
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The American pulpit of the day, sermons by the most distinguished living American preachers
American pulpit
1875
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The American veterinarian
S. W. Cole
1850
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The American veterinarian, or diseases of domestic animals
S. W. Cole
1847
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The Animal Food Resources of Different Nations: With Mention of Some of the ..
Peter Lund Simmonds
1885
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The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to A. D. 325
Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Bernhard Pick, Ernest Cushing Richardson, Allan Menzies
1885
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The Antient Religion of the Gentiles, and Causes of Their Errors Consider'd: The Mistakes and ...
William Lewis, Baron Edward Herbert Herbert of Cherbury
1705
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The Atonement: Discourses and Treatises
Jonathan Edwards, John Smalley, Jonathan Maxcy, Nathanael Emmons, Edward Dorr Griffin, Caleb Burge, William Raymond Weeks, Congregational Board of Publication
1859
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The Basis of Faith: A Critical Survey of the Grounds of Christian Theism
Eustace R. Conder
1877
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The Benevolence of the deity, fairly and impartially considered in three parts ..
Charles Chauncy
1784
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The Bible doctrine of God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, atonement, faith, and election
William Kinkade
1829
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The Bible expositor
London. [from old catalog] Society for promoting Christian knowledge
1856
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The Book of Psalms in Metre: According to the Version Approved by the Church of Scotland
Church of Scotland, David McLaren
1883
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The Book of psalms, pointed for chanting, and adapted to appropriate chants by an English priest
[name Missing]
1858