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
Drones, Tones, and Timbres
Carole Pegg
2023
Earthly Bodies, Magical Selves
Sarah M Pike
2001
Eastern Mysteries
David Allen Hulse
2002
Eleusinian sacrifices in the Athenian law code
Robert F. Healey
1961
Eleusis
Karl Kerényi
1967
Eleusis and the Eleusinian mysteries
George Emmanuel Mylonas
1961
- Read free
Elms homestead
M. O. Mrs Johnson
1871
Encyclopedia of Native American healing
William S. Ph. D Lyon
1996
Encyclopedia of ancient deities
Charles Russell Coulter
2000
Essays On The Lives Of Cowper, Newton And Heber
John Philips Potter
1830
Essential Asatru
Diana L. Paxson
2006
Ethopharmacology of agonistic behaviour in animals and humans
Paul F. Brain
1899
Etymologiae
Isidore of Seville
1470
Every Day Magic - a Pagan Book of Days
Lucya Starza
2017
Everyday Extraordinary
Christopher M. Gemerchak
2004
Everything You Need to Know about Paganism
Selene Silverwind
2006
Everything is under control
Robert Anton Wilson
1998
Everything that has been shall be again
John Gilgun
1724
Evil and the God of love
John Harwood Hick
1966
Extreme Sex (Ill)
Oliver Maitland
2003
- Read free
Fables of Aesop and others
Samuel Croxall
1722
- Read free
Fabulae Aesopi selectae or, Select fables of Aesop
H. Clarke
1787
Facing the fire, taking the stage
Joseph J. Long
2025
- Read free
Faggots for the fireside, or, Fact and fancy
Samuel G. Goodrich
1855