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 exiled God
Fred C. Spurr
1896
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The experimental method in medical science.Second course of the Cartwright lictures of the Alumni association, College of physicians and surgeons, New York, delivered January 24, January 31, and February 7, 1882
John Call Dalton
1882
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The extent of the atonement
Thomas William Jenkyn
1835
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The external and internal parasites of [man and] domestic animals
A. E. Verrill
1870
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The fables of Æsop and others
Charles H. Bennett
1857
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The family, farm and gardens
Elliot G. Storke
1859
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The farmer's book and family instructor
Joseph Pritts
1845
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The farrier's and horseman's complete dictionary
Thomas surgeon Wallis
1759
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The fauna and flora about Coldspring Harbor, L.I
Charles Benedict Davenport
1898
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The fauna of the deep sea
Sydney John Hickson
1893
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The fear of God
Robert Collyer
1862
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The final destiny of the animal creation
William Ralph
1893
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The flora of the Assyrian monuments and its outcomes
Emanuel Bonavia
1894
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The fountain of life opened, or, A display of Christ in his essential and mediatorial glory
John Flavel
1673
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The four great evils of the day
Henry Edward Manning
1871
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The fulfilling of the Scripture
Robert Fleming
1681
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The fulfilling of the Scripture... Vol. I.
Robert Fleming
1845
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The functional development of the cerebral cortex in different groups of animals
Wesley Mills
1896
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The fur seals and fur-seal islands of the North Pacific Ocean
United States. National Church Arson Task Force. Commission on Fur-Seal Investigations, United States. Dept. of the Treasury, United States. Dept. of the Treasury Commission on Fur-seal Investigations, David Starr Jordan
1898
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The future of the human race
John Francis Fisher
1880
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The future of the lower animals
Frances Power Cobbe
1884
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The gallop
Edward L Anderson
1883
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The game birds and wild fowl of Sweden and Norway
L. Lloyd
1867
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The gentleman's new pocket farrier
Richard Mason
1830