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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Identity of the religions called druidical and Hebrew
Identity
1829
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Juventus mundi
William Ewart Gladstone
1869
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Notes and studies in the philosophy of animal magnetism and spiritualism
John Ashburner, John. [from old catalog] Ashburner
1867
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Römische mythologie
Ludwig Preller
1858German
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Sea fables explained
Henry Lee
1883
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The commencement daily news
Bucknell University
1887
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A view of all religions
Thomas Robbins, William Ward
1824
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Breve elogio y ceñida relación de la vida, enfermedad y muerte del serenissimo señor Francisco Farnesio, primero de este nombre y septimo duque de Parma, Placencia y Castro, &c., padre de la reyna na. sa. (que dios guarde)
Juan Bernabé Palomino, Antonio Maria Piscatori, Juan Román, Miguèl de Rèzola, Geronimo Val
1728Latin
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Joachimi Camerarii Symbolorum et emblematum
Joachim Camerarius, Daniel B. Fearing, Daniel B. Fearing Collection of Fish and Fishing
1668Latin
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Studien über den Bilderkreis von Eleusis
Carl Strube, Julius Theodor Carl Strube
1869German
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The assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Edgar Harkness Gray, Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
1865
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The assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
1865
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All'eterna fama dell'eminentissimo e reverendissimo signor cardinale Giovanni Maria Riminaldi, il collegio dei riformatori della Pontificia Università di Ferrara le presenti lugubri memorie dedica e consacra
Giovanni Emili, Anton von Maron, Pontificia Università di Ferrara, Petronio Zecchini
1790Italian
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Chapters on animals
Philip Gilbert Hamerton, Jules Jacques Veyrassat, Karl Bodmer, John Strangeways, Roberts Brothers
1874
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Des associations religieuses chez les Grecs, thiases, éranes, orgéons
Paul François Foucart
1873French
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Fvnerali antichi di diuersi popoli, et nationi
Thomaso Porcacchi
1574Italian
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Lettre du procureur de la commune au cure de S.-Severin, & re ponses du cure de S.-Severin au procureur de la commune
Louis-Pierre Manuel, Jean-Claude Le Blanc de Beaulieu, Claude Simon
1792French
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Mesmerism: its pretensions as a science physiologically considered
J. Allison
1844
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Polémica religioso-frenolójico-magnética
Mariano Cubí y Soler
1848Spanish
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Recherches sur l'origine, l'esprit et les progrés des arts de la Grèce
Pierre-François Hugues d'Hancarville, Pierre d' Hancarville
1785French
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Relation des rejouissances faites a Dijon pour la naissance de Monseigneur le duc de Bourgogne
Aimé Piron
1682French
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Some brief particulars regarding the arrival of the Marquis of Douglas and his illustrious bride Her Highness, the Princess Marie of Baden, at Hamilton Palace, on Thursday, September 14, 1843
Maclure & Macdonald, lithographer Maclure & Macdonald
1843
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The assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Alexander S. Twombly, Alexander Alexander Stevenson Twombly
1865
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The successful life
Geo. P Tyler, Geo. George Palmer Tyler
1865