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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The barn-yard
D. H. Jacques
1866
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The beauties of Sturm, in lessons on the works of God, and his providence
Christoph Christian Sturm
1798
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The benefits of affliction
Cornelius Tyree
1862
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The better Testament
William Gallio Schell
1899
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The biblical, the ecclesiastical, and the philosophical notion of God, and the soul's normal delight in Him
Theodore Parker
1858
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The birth of the universe
R. P. Ambler
1853
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The book of Saint Bernard on the love of God
Bernard of Clairvaux
1881
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The builders of the sea
Richard Mayde
1876
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The career of the God-idea in history
Hudson Tuttle
1869
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The cattle industry ...
George B. Loring
1884
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The cave fauna of North America
Alpheus S. Packard
1888
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The changes produced by man in the indigenous fauna and flora of Great Britain
George Rolleston
1879
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The choice: a discourse, occasioned by the present severe drought; the mortal fever which prevails in Portsmouth, in this near vicinity, and in many of our capital, sea-port towns; and the threatening prospect of a calamitous war with a powerful nation. Delivered at Greenland, Sept. 9, 1798
Samuel Macclintock
1798
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The city of God, tr. and ed. by Marcus Dods
Augustine of Hippo
1871
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The colours of animals
Edward Bagnall Poulton, Edward Bagnall Sir Poulton
1890
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The comical creatures from Wurtemberg
Herrmann Ploucquet
1851
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The commentaries of Proclus on the Timaeus of Plato, in five books
Proclus Diadochus
1820
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The common objects of the sea shore
John George Wood
1857
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The complete works of Stephen Charnock
Stephen Charnock
1864
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The conchologist's companion
Mary Roberts
1824
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The conchologist's companion; comprising the instincts and construction of testaceous animals; with a general sketch of those extraordinary productions which connect the vegetable and animal kingdoms
Mary Roberts
1824
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The conchologist's nomenclator
Agnes Catlow
1845
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The confirming work of religion: or, its great things made plain, by their primary evidences and demonstrations ...
Robert Fleming
1693
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The confirming worke of religion
Robert Fleming
1685