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
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Consultationum canonicarum in quo praecipuae controversiae de iis, quae ad sanctorum canonizationem, ac sacros ritus . 2
Giacomo Pignatelli
1700NOT
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Consultationum canonicarum in quo praecipuae controversiae de iis, quae ad sanctorum canonizationem, ac sacros ritus . 3
Giacomo Pignatelli
1700NOT
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Consultationum canonicarum in quo praecipuae controversiae de iis, quae ad sanctorum canonizationem, ac sacros ritus . 4
Giacomo Pignatelli
1700NOT
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Consultationum canonicarum in quo praecipuae controversiae de iis, quae ad sanctorum canonizationem, ac sacros ritus . 5
Giacomo Pignatelli
1700NOT
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Consultationum canonicarum in quo praecipuae controversiae de iis, quae ad sanctorum canonizationem, ac sacros ritus . 6
Giacomo Pignatelli
1700NOT
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Consultationum canonicarum in quo praecipuae controversiae de iis, quae ad sanctorum canonizationem, ac sacros ritus . 7
Giacomo Pignatelli
1700NOT
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Consultationum canonicarum in quo praecipuae controversiae de iis, quae ad sanctorum canonizationem, ac sacros ritus . 8
Giacomo Pignatelli
1700NOT
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Consultationum canonicarum in quo praecipuae controversiae de iis, quae ad sanctorum canonizationem, ac sacros ritus . 9
Giacomo Pignatelli
1700NOT
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Contra aberrantes a recto divini cultus itinere
Mercurius Vipera
1522NOT
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Creta sacra sive de episcopis utriusque ritus graeci et latini in insula Cretae
Flaminio Cornaro
1755NOT
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Cultus Christi crucis ... exercitio menstruo expositur
J Schlick, Johann Nepomuk Ströhl
1756NOT
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Cultus Deo Ter Optimo Maximo, Virgineae Eiusdem Parenti, Caelitibusque A Literaria Iuventute Ottoburana Exhibendus
Maurus Feyerabend
1791Latin
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Cultus Divini Necessitatem Ratione naturali demonstratam
Georgius von Delfft, Martin Otto Henrici
1684Latin
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Cultus Latriae Verbo Incarnato Christo Deo-Homini In Eucharistia; Hyperduliae Beatissimae Virgini Mariae Dei-Paraea.; Duliae Angelis & Hominibus Beatis Imaginibus Et Reliquiis Ab Ecclesia Romano Catholica Omni Jure Exhibitus Adversus Veterum Recentiorumque ... Idolotriae Accusationem ... vindicatus
Lothar Helling, Franz Anselm Alexander von Pfeuffer
1754Latin
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Cultus Latriae Verbo Incarnato Christo Deo-Homini In Eucharistia; Hyperduliae Beatissimae Virgini Mariae Dei-Paraea; Duliae Angelis & Hominibus Beatis Imaginibus Et Reliquiis Ab Ecclesia Romano Catholica Omni Jure Exhibitus Adversus Veterum ... Idolotriae Accusationem ... vindicatus
Franz Anselm Alexander von Pfeuffer
1754Latin
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Cultus Molochi
Daniel Dietzsch
1675Latin
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Cultus Sancti Menstrui
Carlo Gregorio Rosignoli
1715Latin
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Cultus Sex-Dominicalis Sancti Aloysii Gonzagae E Societate Jesu
Luigi Gonzaga
1750Latin
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Cultus amarus Abrahami Sculteti cuius subdolum principium sub duplici anagrammate Satyrae reprehendit
Johann Sebastian Wieland
1625Latin
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Cultus popularis in Rossia originis ac progressus adumbratio
Nicolaus Iwanow
1839German
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Cur In Ecclesia Dei Ritus Processionum & circuitus abrogatus & ubiq[ue] tollendus potius, quam restituendus sit, Caussae breuiter indicatae
Joachim Westphal
1553Latin
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Cvltvs Mariano-Parthenii Certa prodigia. Sive Landulphus A Puquebrock Flandriæ Dynasta In Scenam Datus
Heinrich Gassler
1765Latin
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Darstellung der Brahmanisch-Indischen Götterlehre , Religionsgebräuche und bürgerlichen Verfassung
a Sancto Bartholomaeo Paulinus
1797German
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Das Christenthum als Cultus in seinem geschichtlichen Verlauf
Carl Grüneisen
1869German