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

A homiletical commentrary on the Book of Judges
1889
- Read free

A register of experiments anatomical, physiological, and pathological performed on living animals
1858
- Read free

A review of Doct. Emmons's theory of God's agency on mankind
1821
- Read free

A rough shaking
George MacDonald
1890
- Read free

A visit to Nahant
1839
- Read free

A visit to Nahant, being a sequel to the Wonders of the deep
1847
- Read free

Address by Hon. George B. Loring, and report of Col. Daniel Needham
1891
- Read free

Among the brigands
James De Mille
1872
- Read free

Among the farmyard people
Clara Dillingham Pierson
1899
- Read free

Among the forest people
Clara Dillingham Pierson
1898
- Read free

An elementary manual of zoology, designed for the use of forest officers in India
1893
- Read free

An inquiry into the feasibility of introducing useful marine animals into the waters of Great Salt Lake
1899
- Read free

Anecdotes
1841
- Read free

Backwoods of Canada
Catherine Parr Traill, Michael A. Peterman
1836
- Read free

Beeton's book of poultry and domestic animals
1870
- Read free

Cassell's popular natural history.
1865
- Read free

Cat and dog, or, Memoirs of puss and the Captain
Julia Charlotte Maitland
1854
- Read free

Child life
John Greenleaf Whittier
1871
- Read free

Clemency to brutes
1761
- Read free

Contagious and infectious diseases among domestic animals
1884
- Read free

Contagious diseases of domesticated animals
1883
- Read free

Daddy Jake the runaway
Joel Chandler Harris
1889
- Read free

Dame Wiggins of Lee and her seven wonderful cats
John Ruskin
1885
- Read free

Dialogues on divine providence
1856