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
Thunder Rides a Black Horse
Claire R. Farrer
1994
Time, history and ritual in a K'iche' community
Paul van den Akker
2018
To Walk a Pagan Path
Alaric Albertsson
2013
To be a Jew
Hayim Donin
1972
Tomer Devorah
Moses ben Jacob Cordovero, Moïse Cordovéro, Charles Mopsik
1623
Totem Poles
Bellerophon Books
1983
Totem magic
Yasmine Galenorn
2004
Totem poles
Marius Barbeau
1942
Toybag Guide to Erotic Knifeplay
Miranda Austin, Sam Atwood
2005
- Read free
True charity
Massachusetts Sabbath School Society
1836
Twilight
William Gay
2006
- Read free
Two Arrows
William Osborn Stoddard
1886
Two discourses concerning the soul of brutes
Thomas Willis
1683
Two treatises of Mr. Jeremiah Burroughs
Jeremiah Burroughs
1649
- Read free
Uncle Frank's select fables, for good boys and girls
Francis C. Woodworth
1847
- Read free
Uncle Remus and his legends of the old plantation
Joel Chandler Harris
1881
Under the Totem
Michael Eigen
2016
Under the ancestors' shadow
Francis L. K. Hsu
1948
Under the spell of Mother Earth
Berit Kjos
1992
Unlocking the mysteries of birth and death
Daisaku Ikéda
1988
- Read free
Useful knowledge
William Bingley
1816
Vicissitudes of Totemism
Gérard Lucas
2015
Voodoo & hoodoo
James Haskins
1978
Walkers between the worlds
Caitlin Matthews, John Matthews
2003