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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Arcana of nature, or, The history and laws of creation
Hudson Tuttle, Datus Kelley, Datus Kelley Hudson Tuttle
1862
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Belief in God
Alfred Williams Momerie
1886
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Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...
[author not identified], [name Missing]
1796
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Benjamin Smith Barton's, Dr. der Arzneygelahrtheir ... Abhandlungen über die vermeinte Zauberkraft der Klapperschlange und anderer amerikanischen Schlangen : und über die wirksamsten Mittel gegen den Biss der Klapperschlange
Benjamin Smith Barton, Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann
1798German
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Brāhmanism and Hindūism
Monier Monier-Williams
1887
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Ceremonial
1861
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Die griechischen Culte und Mythen in ihren Beziehungen zu den orientalischen Religionen
Otto Gruppe
1887German
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Funeral observances at New London, Connecticut, in honor of Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president of the United States, Wednesday, April 19, 1865
Thomas Thomas Power Field, Giles Buckingham Willcox
1865
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Human Magnetism; Its Claims to Dispassionate Inquiry: Being an Attempt to Show the Utility of ..
William Newnham, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
1845
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Lettre de M. le Marquis de ***
1782
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Natural theology
Alexander Crombie
1829
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Plan of the creation; or, Other worlds, and who inhabit them
Charles Louis Hequembourg
1858
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Popery in alliance with heathenism
John Poynder
1835
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Regii fvneris pompa
Girolamo Bosso
1621Italian
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Solenni esequie di Sua Maestà Maria Luisa di Borbone
Domenico Bertini, Cattedrale di Lucca, Giovanni Lazzarini, G Nerici
1824Italian
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The religions and religious ceremonies of all nations
Joseph Nightingale
1821
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The religious life of the Zu©łi child
Matilda Coxe Stevenson, Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. no 00032431
1887
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Vestiges of ancient manners and customs
John J. Blunt, John John James Blunt, John James Rev Blunt
1823
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A discourse concerning the connexion of the prophecies in the Old Testament
Samuel Clarke
1725
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A glimpse at the monumental architecture and sculpture of Great Britain
Matthew Holbeche Bloxam
1834
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A summary of the Bible history, and a brief notice of the prophecies relating to our Saviour
Anthony Boulton
1833
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An animadversion to mr. Richard Clyftons Advertisement
Henry Ainsworth, Richard Clyfton, Richard Clyfton Henry Ainsworth
1613
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Bibliotheca ritualis concinnatum opus a Francisco Antonio Zaccaria, ac duos in tomos tributum
Francescantonio Zaccaria
1776Latin
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Exposition
C[harles] F. [from old catalog] Durant, Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection DLC [from old catalog], Charles Ferson Durant
1837