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 relation of animal diseases to the public health
F. S. Billings
1884
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The relation of the vegetable and animal to the inorganic kingdom
William Scovell Savory
1861
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The relative influence of the sexes considered, in reference to propagation, as well in man as in the lower ranks of animals
John Wright
1842
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The religion of philosophy, as contra-distinguished from modern French philosophy
John Harriott
1812
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The religion of to-morrow
Frank Crane
1899
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The results of the use of tuberculin in the Castlecraig herd belonging to Sir T. D. Gibson Carmichael
James Wilson
1896
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The revelation of God in his word, shown in a graphic delineation of Holy Scripture for its friends and enemies
T. W. Gess
1841
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The revelation of the Father
Brooke Foss Westcott
1884
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The rights of animals, and man's obligation to treat them with humanity
William Hamilton Drummond
1838
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The rock of ages
Edward Henry Bickersteth
1860
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The sacred tree
J. H. Mrs Philpot
1897
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The savage world
James W. Buel
1891
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The scheme of divine revelation considered
George Chandler
1825
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The school of arts, or, New book of useful knowledge ...
J. Cundall
1780
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The sea and its living wonders
G. Hartwig
1860
- Read free
The sea-shore
Peter Martin Duncan
1879
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The sea-side and aquarium, or, Anecdote and gossip on marine zoology
John Harper
1858
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The sea-side companion
Mary Roberts
1835
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The seal-islands of Alaska
Henry Wood Elliott, Joseph Tuckerman Tower, United States. Department of the Interior, Census of the United States
1881
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The seals and whales of the British seas
Thomas Southwell
1881
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The self-revealing Jehovah of the Old Testament
Sarah Matilda Mrs Barclay
1885
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The seven parables, Matthew XIII
Arno Clemens Gaebelein
1881
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The shepherd of Israel
Obadiah Sedgwick
1658
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The sovereignty of God
Henry A. Boardman
1862