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
Platonisms
Kevin Corrigan, John D. Turner
2007
Play Piercing
Deborah Addington
2006
- Read free
Pleasing poetry and pictures
Sidney Babcock
1850
Plotinus the Platonist
David J. Yount
2012
- Read free
Popular Scripture zoology
Maria E. Catlow
1852
Power Animal Meditations
Nicki Scully
2001
Power of place
James Robson
2009
Practical Heathen's Guide to Asatru
Patricia M. Lafayllve
2013
Principles of animal taxonomy
George Gaylord Simpson
1961
Proclus et la théologie platonicienne
Colloque international de Louvain-la-Neuve
2000
Proclus et son influence
Werner Beierwaltes, Linos Benakis, Stanislas Breton, Fernand Brunner, Joseph Combès, Michael Erler, Pierre Hadot, Antony C. Lloyd, Henri-Dominique Saffrey, Hans-Rudolf Schwyzer, Alain-Philippe Segonds, Carlos G. Steel, Loris Sturlese, Leendert Gerrit Westerink, Laura Westra
1987
Pulp Fetish
Fred Berger
2007
- Read free
Quadrupeds
Mayne Reid
1860
Quaestiones disputatae de veritate
Thomas Aquinas
1475
Quantification of circulating proteins
Wim Th. Hermens, George M. Willems, Marja P. Visser
1899
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Queer little people
Harriet Beecher Stowe
1867
Quodlibeta
John Duns Scotus
1477
Raven
Tim Reiterman, John Jacobs
1982
Reading Plotinus
Kevin Corrigan
2004
Reconsidering Nature Religion (Rockwell Lecture Series)
Catherine L. Albanese
2002
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt
2022
Rethinking Religion (Opuscula Graecolatina)
Jorgen Podemann Sorensen
1989
Rite of funerals (U.S.)
Catholic Church
1985
Rite, drama, festival, spectacle : rehearsals toward a theory of cultural performance
John J. MacAloon
1984