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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A Natural History of the Most Remarkable Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Serpents ...
Mary Trimmer, Samuel Williams, Thomas Bewick, Thomas Tegg, R . Jennings, Richard Griffin, C. and C . Whittington
1825
A Passage North
Anuk Arudpragasam
2021
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A Teacher's gift
Sarah J. Slocum
1857
- Read free
A century of fables in verse
W. R Evans
1860
A dog named boo
Lisa J. Edwards
1779
- Read free
A first lesson in natural history
Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz
1859
A guide to New York's fetish underground
Claudia Varrin
2002
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A lonely little lady
Dolf Wyllarde
1897
A philosophical and practical treatise on horses, and on the moral duties of man towards the brute creation
John Lawrence
1796
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A pleasing variety for the youthful mind
Mahlon Day
1838
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A practical essay on the club-foot, and other distortions in the legs and feet of children, intended to show under what circumstances they are curable, or otherwise; with thirty-one cases ... and the specification of the patent ... by T. Sheldrake, ..
Timothy Sheldrake
1798
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A present for a little boy
William Darton
1798
A treatise of the fear of God
John Bunyan
1679
A visible display of divine providence
William Gregory
1800
A wisewoman's guide to spells, rituals, and Goddess lore
Elisabeth Brooke
1995
A witch alone
Marian Green
1991
- Read free
A zigzag journey in the sunny South, or, Wonder tales of early American history
Hezekiah Butterworth
1886
- Read free
ABC
Arthur Mrs Gaskin
1895
- Read free
Aaron in the wildwoods
Joel Chandler Harris
1897
Advances in animal welfare science 1984
Michael W Fox
1899
- Read free
Aesop in rhyme
Jefferys Taylor
1828
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Aesop in rhyme, with some originals
Jefferys Taylor
1820
Aesthetic themes in pagan and Christian Neoplatonism
Daniele Iozzia
2015
African spirituality
Anthony Ephirim-Donkor
1997