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
Mysteries
Bernard Heuvel
2008
Mysteries of witchcraft and the occult
Robert Jackson
1991
Mystery Cults In The Ancient World
Hugh Bowden
2010
Mystery religions in the ancient world
Joscelyn Godwin
1981
Mystic Italy
Michael Ivanovitch Rostovtzeff
1927
Myth and cult
Kevin Clinton
1992
Mythes, rêves et mystères
Mircea Eliade
1957
Native American Testimony
Peter Nabokov
1978
- Read free
Natural history
William Bingley
1870
- Read free
Natural history in anecdote
Alfred H. Miles
1895
- Read free
Natural history of the animal kingdom for the use of young people
William Forsell Kirby
1889
- Read free
Natural history, or, Uncle Philip's conversations with the children about tools and trades among inferior animals
Francis L. Hawks, Philip Uncle
1833
- Read free
Natural-history Plays, Dialogues, and Recitations for School Exhibitions
Louisa Parsons Stone Hopkins
1885
Nature Spirituality From the Ground Up
Lupa
2016
- Read free
Neighbors with Claws and Hoofs, and Their Kin: For Boys and Girls
James Johonnot
1885
Neoplatonic philosophy
John M. Dillon, Lloyd P. Gerson
2004
Neoplatonism
Pauliina Remes
2008
Neoplatonism
Richard T. Wallis
1972
Neoplatonism and Contemporary Thought (Studies in Neoplatonism : Ancient and Modern, Vol 11)
R. Baine Harris
2001
Neoplatonism and Islamic thought
Parviz Morewedge
1992
Neoplatonism and Nature
Michael F. Wagner
2001
Neoplatonism in the poetry of Spenser
Robert Ellrodt
1960
New Age cults & religions
Texe W. Marrs
1996
- Read free
New-York evening tales: or Uncle John's true stories about natural history
G. V. H. Forbes
1833