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
Animorphia
Kerby Rosanes
1727
Apollinaire, Cubism and Orphism
Adrian Hicken
2002
Apollyon
Jennifer L. Armentrout
2013
Architecture in living structure
G. A. Zweers, P. Dullemeijer
1899
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
Frans de Waal
2016
- Read free
Artful anticks
Oliver Herford
1894
Ashanti fetish houses
Michael Swithenbank
1969
Asian perceptions of nature
Ole Bruun, Arne Kalland
1995
Asklepios
Karl Kerényi
1959
Athena
Susan Deacy
2007
Bar do thos grol
Karma Lingpa
1957
Battle for the mind
William Walters Sargant
1957
Beck on Mithraism
Roger Beck
2004
Being of the sun
Ramón Sender Barayón
1973
Beirut Hellfire Society
Rawi Hage
2019
Bellman & Black
Diane Setterfield
2013
Best fetish erotica
Cara Bruce
2002
Beyond personality
C. S. Lewis
1944
Beyond the Shadows
Brent Weeks
2008
Bigfoot boy
J. Torres
2012
- Read free
Bird's nests
C. A. Johns
1854
Bonds of love
Sarah K
2013
Bonehunters
Steven Erikson
2006
- Read free
Book of natural history
D. Lothrop & Company
1880