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
The Books of Joel and Amos with Introduction and Notes: With Introduction ...
S. R. Driver
1898
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The Boston Christian Scientist
Boston Christian Science Society
1889
- Read free
The Bramble: To which is Added a Letter to Rev. Thomas Whittemore, an Answer to The Hoe, a ...
John Gregory, Thomas Whittemore
1837
- Read free
The Brown Animal Sanatory Institution
Society for the Abolition of Vivisection
1888
- Read free
The Bureau of Animal Industry
J. M. Rusk
1890
- Read free
The Christian commonwealth
John Eliot
1659
- Read free
The Christian hymnal
James W. Wilson
1887
- Read free
The Christian knight
Benoît de Canfield
1619
- Read free
The Christian layman
Benjamin of Pensacola Parsons
1842
- Read free
The Christian plan
Walter Hodges
1752
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The Conflict of Ages: Or, The Great Debate on the Moral Relations of God and Man
Edward Beecher
1854
- Read free
The Danish Ingolf-Expedition
Danish Ingolf-Expedition
1898
- Read free
The Death valley expedition
A. K. Fisher
1893
- Read free
The Divine Panoply
J. of Manchester Walker
1840
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The Divine Trinunity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
Francis Cheynell
1650
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The Divine purpose
John Matthews
1840
- Read free
The Edinburgh School of Medicine
William Nisbet
1802
- Read free
The Fables of Aesop, and others
Aesop, Thomas Bewick
1818
- Read free
The Face of Jesus
William Horatio Clarke
1883
- Read free
The Glorious Name of God, the Lord of Hosts ...: Opened in Two Sermons, at Michaels Cornhill ..
Jeremiah Burroughs
1643
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The God of the Jews
William tradesman Skinner, William Skinner
1819
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The Good Shepherd : a discourse
J. Oliver Wilson
1867
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The Gospel of the Kingdom: A Kingdom Not of this World; Not in this World; But to Come in the ..
Henry Dana Ward
1868
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The Great Barrier reef of Australia
W. Saville Kent
1893