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 importance of true religion, and the care of God to preserve it
William Dalgliesh
1808
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The increase of righteousness the best preservative against national judgements
Joseph Wilcocks
1720
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The industries of animals
Frédéric Houssay
1893
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The influence of animal experimentation on medical science
Alfred L. Loomis
1894
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The influence of chemistry of the development of a rational system of stock-feeding
Charles A. Goessmann
1883
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The influence of metallic tractors on the human body, in removing various painful inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatism, pleurisy, some gouty affections, &c. &c
Benjamin Douglas Perkins
1798
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The insects in council
Susanna Watts
1828
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The intelligence of animals
Ernest Menault
1872
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The internal parasites of our domesticated animals
T. Spencer Cobbold
1873
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The internal parasites of our domesticated animals : a manual of the Entozoa of the ox, sheep, dog, horse, pig, and cat
T. Spencer Cobbold
1873
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The key to the kingdom
James Reid
1800
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The king of the animal kingdom
P. T. Barnum
1889
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The kingdom of Christ
Richard Whately
1841
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The kingdom of God
John Watson
1895
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The kingdom of Heaven
Jesse Henry Jones
1871
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The kingdom of heaven here and hereafter
Rayner Winterbotham
1898
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The kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ
William Wilson
1859
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The knowledge of God subjectively considered
Robert J. Breckinridge
1859
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The language used in talking to domestic animals
Henry Carrington Bolton
1897
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The law of cremation
Aubrey Richardson
1893
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The law of the nutrition of animals pointed out
Robert Dundas Thomson
1848
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The life and exploits of three-finger'd Jack, the terror of Jamaica
William Burdett
1800
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The life and habits of wild animals
Joseph Wolf
1874
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The life of Joseph Wolf
Alfred Herbert Palmer
1895