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 conflict of ages
Edward Beecher
1853
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The creator & the creature or, the wonders of divine love
Frederick William Faber
1857
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The creator and the creation, how related
John Young
1870
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The cruise of the Nelly
Benjamin Hooper
1871
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The cult of Asklepios
Alice Walton
1894
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The curiosities of food
Peter Lund Simmonds
1859
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The daily life of our farm
William Holt Beever
1871
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The danger of introducing noxious animals and birds
T. S. Palmer
1894
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The deadly wild beasts of India
Joseph Sir Fayrer
1889
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The depths of the sea
C. Wyville Sir Thomson
1873
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The divine life
Richard Baxter
1664
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The divine malignity
S. Miller Hageman
1885
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The doctrine of divine influence on the human mind
Joseph Priestley
1779
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The doctrine of the trinity in unity
Member of the Church of England
1833
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The domestic animals
Elliot G. Storke
1860
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The dominion of man
John George Wood
1889
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The educated horse
Denton Offut
1854
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The end and design of God's judgments
Thomas Greene
1721
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The endowments of man
William Bernard Ullathorne
1883
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The endowments of man considered in their relations with his final end
William Bernard Ullathorne
1880
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The ethics of experimentation upon living animals
Stephen Smith Burt
1891
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The evangel of love
Henry Sutton
1847
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The every-day book and Table book
William Hone
1826
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The excellence of goodness
Theodore Parker
1845