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
- Read free

Boys at Chequasset, or, "A little leaven"
Adeline Dutton Train Whitney
1863
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Bruin
Mayne Reid
1861

Burlesque and the Art of the Teese/Fetish and the Art of the Teese
Dita Von Teese
2004
But the wise shall understand
Felipe A. Masotti
2025

Byzantine Perspectives on Neoplatonism
Sergei Mariev
2017

CULTURES OF FETISHISM
LOUISE J. KAPLAN
2006
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California agriculturist and live stock journal.
1870

Can Fish Feel Pain?
H. Cholmondeley-Pennell
1870

Can you keep a secret?
Katie Collins
2012

Candle Magic
Passion
2017

Candle magick
J. E. Auer
1996

Cartwheels in a sari
Jayanti Tamm
2009

Ceremonial Magic
Israel Regardie
1980
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Children of God and Union with Christ
Samuel Bradhurst Schieffelin
1896
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Chloe Lankton, or, Light beyond the clouds
Harriet G. Atwell
1859

Chosen by God
R. C. Sproul
1994
Christian metaphysics and neoplatonism
Albert Camus
2007

City of the broken dolls
Romain Slocombe
1997
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Cock Robin's courtship and marriage
Cock Robin
1824

Combatting cult mind control
Steven Hassan
1988

Comparative cognition
Edward A. Wasserman, Thomas R. Zentall
1899

Comprehending Cults
Lorne L. Dawson
1998

Confucianism and Modern China
Reginald Fleming Johnston
1934

Conscious union with God
Joel S. Goldsmith
1960