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 natural history of the European seas
Edward Forbes
1859
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The naturalist in Siluria
Mayne Reid
1889
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The naturalist in Siluria (Herefordshire, Radnorshire, Brecknockshire and Glamorganshire). By Captain Mayne Reid ..
Mayne Reid
1890
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The naturalist's cabinet
Thomas Smith
1806
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The naturalists' miscellany
George Shaw
1789
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The nature & development of animal intelligence
Wesley Mills
1898
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The nature and development of animal intelligence
Wesley Mills, [Thomas] Wesley Mills
1898
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The new knowledge and the old Gospel
F. C. Bryan
1800
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The nine circles of the hell of the innocent
G. M. Rhodes
1892
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The object and method of zoological nomenclature
David Sharp
1873
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The obligation and extent of humanity to brutes; principally considered with reference to the domesticated animals
William Youatt
1839
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The ocean world
Louis Figuier
1868
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The ocean, atmosphere and life
Élisée Reclus
1873
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The office and work of elders
1895
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The omnipresence of the Diety
Robert Montgomery
1828
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The opposites of the Universe
Manie Sands
1897
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The painless extinction of life in animals designed for human food
Henry M'Cormac
1864
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The pantropheon, or, History of food, and its preparation, from the earliest ages of the world
Alexis Soyer
1853
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The pestilence abroad, and the perplexity of our affairs at home, consider'd and improved
John Withers
1721
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The philosophy of reform
Charles Billings Smith
1846
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The physiology of the domestic animals
Robert Meade Smith
1889
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The pilgrim's manual of devotion to good Saint Anne, St. Anne de Beaupré
G. M. Ward
1886
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The planet
Larry Best
1869
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The plant, an illustration of the organic life of the animal
Harland Coultas
1855