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
Life on the seashore
J. H. Emerton
1880
- Read free
Lily's scrap-book
Sale Mrs Barker
1877
Listeners
Jordan Tannahill
2021
Listening people, speaking earth
Graham Harvey
1997
- Read free
Little Blossom's reward
Laura Winthrop Johnson
1854
- Read free
Little Mr. Van Vere of China
Harriet A. Cheever
1898
- Read free
Little people and their homes in meadows, woods and waters
Stella Louise Hook
1888
- Read free
Little truths
Sidney Babcock
1835
- Read free
Little workers
James Carter Beard
1871
- Read free
Live toys; or, Anecdotes of our four-legged and other pets
Emma Davenport
1862
Living With Honour
Emma Restall Orr
2008
Living with the Dead
Nicola Harrington
2012
Llewellyn's 2018 Witches' Spell-A-Day Almanac
Llewellyn Publication Staff, Peg Aloi, Barbara Ardinger, Blake Octavian Blair, Thuri Calafia
2017
- Read free
Lobo, Rag, and Vixen, and pictures
Ernest Thompson Seton
1899
Love From Heaven
Lorna Byrne
1657
- Read free
Loveliness
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
1899
Magdalen Manuscript
Tom Kenyon, Judi Sion
2002
Magic, witchcraft, and paganism in America
J. Gordon Melton
1982
Magical religion and modern witchcraft
James R. Lewis
1996
Making Magickal Incenses & Ritual Perfumes
Keith Morgan
2001
Making the gods speak
Vincent Goossaert
2022
- Read free
Marvels of animal life
Charles Frederick Holder
1885
- Read free
Mary Jones
Arnaud Berquin
1848
Masken und Mythen
Annemarie Schweeger-Hefel
1980