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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Io. Lami de eruditione apostolorum
Giovanni Lami
1738Latin
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Ioan. Baptistae Baiardi Additiones et annotationes insignes ac solemnes, ad Iulii Clari receptarum Sententiarum libros V. sive practicam criminalem
Giovanni Battista Baiardi
1617NOT
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Ioannis Fucherij Altissiodoren. Ivrisdici praesularum Gallicorum, praefecturarumque Ritus Iudiciales
Jean Foucher
1548Latin
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Ioannis Mevrsii De Fvnere Liber Singularis
Johannes van Meurs
1604Latin
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Ioannis Talentonii, ... Variarum & reconditarum rerum Thesavrvs
Giovanni Talentoni
1605Latin
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Ioh. Frid. Christii Noctium academicarum libri siue specimina quatuor
Johann Friedrich Christ
1729Latin
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Iosephi Laurentii Polymathia
Giuseppe Laurenzi
1666NOT
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Iosephi Lavrentii Lvcensis Polymathia: Sive Variae Antiqvae Ervditionis Libri Sex
Giuseppe Laurenzi
1666Latin
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Israels Propheten als Träger der Offenbarung
Simon Temstrup Michelet
1898German
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Iurantium Extra Ecclesiam Dei Ritus Et Formulas
Johann Friedrich Mickel
1736Latin
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Iurantium intra ecclesiam ritus et formulas recenset Jo. Frid. Mickel
Johann Friedrich Mickel
1736NOT
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Iusti Lipsii Electorum liber I
Justus Lipsius
1580NOT
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Ivsti LipsI Electorum. 1, Liber primus, in quo, praeter censuras, varii prisci ritus
Justus Lipsius
1585Latin
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Ivsti LipsI Electorum. 2, Liber secundus, in quo mixtim ritus & censurae
Justus Lipsius
1585Latin
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Ivsti Lipsi[i] Electorvm Liber I
Justus Lipsius
1580NOT
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Jacobi Pignatelli ... consultationum canonicarum tomus
Giacomo Pignatelli
1694Latin
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Jacobi Pignatelli E Cryptaleis In Salentinis Sacrae Theologiae, ac J. U. Doctoris Consultationes Canonicae
Giacomo Pignatelli
1700Latin
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Jacobi Suederici Theologi collectaniolum de religiosorum origine et eorundem per mundum multiplicatione ac a ceteris vulgaribus per habitus signa et ritus discrimine
Jakob Schwederich
1525NOT
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Jacquemin der Freimaurer oder die geheimen Gesellschaften in Frankreich
Jacques Albin Simon Collin de Plancy
1848German
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Jdea Cultus Mariani
Franz Neumayr
1747Latin
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Jo. Ulrici Steinhoferi Graecia Sacra, Hoc Est, Ritus Atque Consuetudines Veterum Graecorum Circa Sacra
Johann Ulrich Steinhofer
1734Latin
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Joannis Gryphiandri JC. De Weichbildis Saxonicis, sive colossis Rulandinis urbium quarundam Saxonicarum, commentarius historico-juridicus
Johannes Gryphiander
1666Latin
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Joannis Ludovici Schönleben Carnioli Labacensis, SS. Theol. Doctoris, Protonot: Apostolici, Archi-Diaconi Inferioris Carnioliae. Vera Ac Sincera Sententia De Immaculata Conceptione Deiparae Virginis Eiusdemque cultus festivi obiecto, In Qua Ad trutinam Bullarum Apostolicae Sedis appenditur, & examinatur Synopsis Historica De Eadem Conceptione F. Marcelli Siderei Cyriaci Opusculum Extemporaneum
Johann Ludwig Schönleben
1670Latin
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Joannis Ludovici Schönleben Carnioli Labacensis, SS. Theol. Doctoris, Protonot: Apostolici, ArchiDiaconi Inferioris Carnioliae. Vera Ac Sincera Sententia De Immaculata Conceptione Deiparae Virginis Eiusdemque cultus festivi obiecto, In Qua Ad trutinam Bullarum Apostolicae Sedis appenditur, & examinatur Synopsis Historica De Eadem Conceptione F. Marcelli Siderei Cyriaci Opusculum Extemporaneum
Johann Ludwig Schönleben
1670Latin