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 speech of monkeys
Richard Lynch Garner
1892
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The spiritual mustard pot
Charles Morey
1824
- Read free
The spiritual order and other papers
Thomas Erskine
1876
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The sportsman's handbook to practical collecting, preserving, and artistic setting-up of trophies and specimens
Rowland Ward
1880
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The state religion of China
Andrew Patton Happer
1881
- Read free
The story of a heathen and his transformation
H. L. Reade
1890
- Read free
The story of life in the seas
Sydney John Hickson
1898
- Read free
The strange and prodigious religions, customs, and manners, of sundry nations
R. B
1683
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The strength of imagination in pregnant women examin'd
James Augustus Blondel
1727
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The strike at Shane's
American Humane Education Society
1893
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The structure of animal life
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz
1866
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The subterranean Crustacea of New Zealand
Chas Chilton
1894
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The summer homes of the sea-birds
William John Clarke Miller
1895
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The survey of western Palestine
H. B. Tristram
1884
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The system of nature
Edward Newman
1843
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The term question, or, An enquiry as to the term in the Chinese language which most nearly represents Elohim and Theos as they are used in the Holy Scriptures
William Armstrong Russell
1877
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The theatre of Gods judgements
Thomas Beard
1631
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The theocratic kingdom of Our Lord Jesus, the Christ, as covenanted in the Old Testament and presented in the New Testament
George Nathaniel Henry Peters
1884
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The thirst for the living God
Francis Greenwood Peabody
1886
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The three temples of the one true God contrasted
Samuel Hinds
1830
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The times of men are in the hand of God, or, A sermon occasioned by that awfull providence which hapned in Boston in New-England, the 4th day of the 3d moneth 1675
Increase Mather
1675
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The titles of Jehovah
John William Reeve
1864
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The totem poles in Stanley Park
John C. Goodfellow
1920
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The totems of Alaska
Winter & Pond
1905