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
Pagan Portals - Irish Paganism
Morgan Daimler
2015
Pagan mysteries in the Renaissance
Edgar Wind
1958
Pagan pride
M. Macha NightMare
2004
Paganism
Teresa Moorey
1996
Paganism
Owen Davies
2011
Paganism
Vivianne Crowley
1996
Paganism 101
Trevor Greenfield
2014
Paganism today
Charlotte Hardman, Graham Harvey
1995
Palaeontology
Richard Owen
1860
Paranormal states
Douglas Osto
2024
Paul and Hellenism
Hyam Maccoby
1991
- Read free
Paulina, and her pets
Orr
1849
Performance Studies
Richard Schechner
2012
Perspectives on Japan and Korea
Nordic Symposium on Japanese and Korean Studies
1991
Philoponus : On Aristotle Categories 1-5 with Philoponus
John Harris, Daniel King, Michael Griffin
2014
Philosophy and theurgy in late antiquity
Algis Uždavinys
2008
- Read free
Picture books for children. Animals
C. A. Johns
1859
Pictures
Robert Mapplethorpe
1983
- Read free
Pictures and stories for the young, or, Pleasing tales in poetry and prose
Sidney Babcock
1841
- Read free
Pictures and stories of animals
Sanborn Mrs Tenney
1868
- Read free
Pictures of animals
John Metcalf
1836
Plato
Karl Jaspers
1955German
Plato's third eye
Michael J. B. Allen
1995
Platonic Theology
Proclus Diadochus
1968French