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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Veterum Romanorum Religio castrametatio, disciplina militaris ut & balneae ex antiquis numismatibus & lapidibus demonstrata
Guillaume Du Choul
1686Latin
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[Nekrokedeia]: or, the art of embalming etc
Thomas Greenhill
1705
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... De tail des ce re monies et de l'ordre a observer dans la fe te a l'E tre supre me
France. Convention nationale
1794French
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An exposition of the dangers of interment in cities
Felix Pascalis Ouviere
1823
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Ancient Christianity
Lyman Coleman
1856
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Life and immortality
Thomas G. Gentry, Thomas Thomas George Gentry
1897
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Nos los inquisadores contra la heretica prauedad, y apostassia, en la ciudad de Mexico, estados, y prouincias de la Nueua España, Nneua [sic] Galicia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Yucatan, Verapaz, Honduras y Islas Philipinas, y su distrito, y iurisdicion por authoridad appostolica, &c
Tribunal de la Inquisición en México
1620Spanish
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Raccolta d'orationi et rime di diversi
Francesco Coattini
1589Italian
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... E loge des Franc ʹais morts en de fendant la Re publique
Yonne
1797French
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A history of Egyptian mummies, and an account of the worship and embalming of the sacred animals by the Egyptians; with remarks on the funeral ceremonies of different nations, and observations on the mummies of the Canary Islands, of the ancient Peruvians, Burman priests, etc
Thomas Joseph Pettigrew
1834
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Ancient heraldic and antiquarian tracts
James Sir Balfour, James Maidment, James Balfour
1837
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Ceremonies Funebres De Toutes Les Nations
Muret Pierre
1679French
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Confédération nationale, du 14 juillet 1790
1790French
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Das classische Heidenthum und die christliche Religion
Franz Hektor Ritter von Arneth
1895German
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Description fidelle De tout ce qui a précédé, accompagné & suivi la cérémonie de la Confédération nationale, du 14 Juillet 1790
1790French
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Discours prononce dans le temple consacre a la Raison, a Toulouse, le de cadi 30 frimaire de l'an second de la Re publique franc ʹaise
A. G. Descombels
1793French
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Détails de la fête nationale Du 14 Juillet 1790
1790French
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Hieronymi Montii ivreconsvlti mediolanensis ac regii senatoris oratio
Hieronymvs Montivs
1568Latin
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Rapport fait au nom du Comite de salut public, par Maximilien Robespierre, sur les rapports des ide es religieuses et morales avec les principes re publicains, et sur les fe tes nationales
Maximilien Robespierre, David, Jacques Louis, 1748-1825. Plan de la fête a l'Etre suprême, qui doit être célébrée le 20 prairial, France. Convention nationale, France. Convention nationale. Comité de salut public, publisher Imprimerie nationale
1794French
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Urban Shamans
Rivadossi, Silvia | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-
2020Italian
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... De tail de la ve ritable marche des ce re monies, et de l'ordre a observer dans la fe te a l'E tre supre me
France. Convention nationale
1794French
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Descrizione delle pompe funebri celebrate da i cavalieri del sacro, e militare ordine di santo Stefano P., e M. nella loro chiesa a coventuale della città di Pisa, il di 19. diciembre dell' anno 1765 per le morte dell'augustissimo imperatore Francesco primo
Flaminio Dal Borgo, Antonio Gregori, Francesco Taddei
1765Italian
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I riti funebri di Roma pagana
Francesco Eugenio marchese de Guasco, Francesco Eugenio Guasco
1758Italian
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Sapientissimi philosophi Aristotelis Stagiritae Theologia, siue, Mistica phylosophia secundu[m] Aegyptios nouiter reperta et in latinum castigatissime redacta
Plotinus, Aristotle, Castellani, Pietro Nicolò de, Ibn Nāʻimah, ʻAbd al-Masīḥ ibn ʻAbd Allāh, active 9th century, Plotinus. Enneads. IV-VI. Latin, Francesco Rosi
1519Latin