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 lion hunter at home!
Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming
1855
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The littoral marine fauna of Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Richard Rathbun
1881
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The live-stock of the farm
William Thomas Carrington, C. Larcom
1882
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The logic of the CHristian faith
Patrick Edward Dove
1856
- Read free
The love of God
Henry Jennings
1865
- Read free
The love we live by
XX Mrs. [from old catalog Ratcliff
1873
- Read free
The manuscripts of S.H. Le Fleming, esq., of Rydal hall ..
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
1890
- Read free
The march of the Seventh reg't
S. H. Weston
1861
- Read free
The marine invertebrates and fishes of St. Andrews
William Carmichael McIntosh
1875
- Read free
The martyr president
Daniel C. Eddy
1865
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The master-builder's plan
George Ogilvie
1858
- Read free
The mediatorial work of our Lord Jesus Christ
Eleazar Lord
1845
- Read free
The modern rack
Frances Power Cobbe
1889
- Read free
The moral aspects of vivisection
Frances Power Cobbe
1875
- Read free
The morning watches, and Night watches
John R. Macduff
1853
- Read free
The movements of respiration and their innervation in the rabbit
Max Marckwald
1888
- Read free
The mute Christian under the smarting rod
Thomas Brooks
1669
- Read free
The mysteries of God
Philip Henry Gosse
1884
- Read free
The mysteries of the great deep
Philip Henry Goose
1866
- Read free
The mysteries of the great deep : or, The physical, animal, geological & vegetable wonders of the ocean
Philip Henry Gosse
1866
- Read free
The mystery of God
Thomas Vincent Tymms
1893
- Read free
The mystical hymns of Orpheus
Orpheus
1896
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The nation's wail
George Duffield
1865
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The natural history of Ireland
William Thompson
1849