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
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Æsop's fables
Maria Edgeworth
1824
Dice and gods on the Silk Road
Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, Zhao Lu
2021
Communicating with the Gods
Matthias Schumann, Elena Valussi
2024
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... h.e. Liturgiæ Syriacæ Septimanæ Passionis Domini Nostri Jesu Christi
Johann Christian Clodius
MDCCXX.Latin
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Augustini Balthasaris, J.U.D. Profess. In Academia Gryphica Ordinarii, Rituale Academicum
Augustin von Balthasar
MDCCXLIIGerman
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B. Ioachimi Hildebrandi Theologi Post Fata Celeberrimi Rituale Eucharistiae Veteris Ecclesiae
Joachim Hildebrand
Anno MDCCXVII.Latin
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B. Ioachimi Hildebrandi Theologi Post Fata Celeberrimi Ritvale Evcharistiae Veteris Ecclesiae
Joachim Hildebrand
MDCCXXXXVI.Latin
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Commentarii in quattuor epistulas Pauli - BSB Clm 6285
Sophronius Eusebius Hieronymus
2. Hälfte 10. Jh.Latin
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Cæremoniale Continens Ritvs Electionis Romani Pontificis Gregorii Papæ XV
Papst Gregor XV.
MDCCXL.Latin
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De Cærimoniis In Gratiam Calvinianorum Haudquaquam Mutandis Admonitio
Sebastian Edzardi
A.C. MDCCV.Latin
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De Ortu, et Progressu Cultus , ac Festi Immaculati Conceptus Beatæ Dei Genitricis Virginis Mariæ
Marco Antonio Gravois
MDCCLXIILatin
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Gloria Sanctissimi Protoparentis Benedicti in terris Adornata, Seu Vita, virtutes, prodigiosè gesta, & cultus SS. Patriarchæ
Thomas Aquinas Erhard
MDCCVIIII.Latin
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Instructio Parochi Circa Tremendum Missæ Sacrificium Privatum
Johann Georg Spengler
MDCCXLIX.Latin
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Joannis Gvilielmi Stvckii Tigvrini Opervm Tomvs .... 2, Continens Sacrorvm Et Sacrificiorvm Gentilivm Brevem Et Accvratam Descriptionem, universæ superstitionis Ethnicæ ritus cerminoniasque complectentem
Johann Wilhelm Stucki
MDCXCV.Latin
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Pavli Hachenbergi Summi Viri Germania Media
Paul Hachenberg
Anno MDCCIX.Latin
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Peregrinvs Ad Loca Sancta Orthodoxvs, Et Pivs Demonstratvs. Siue Vindiciæ Sacrarum Peregrinationum, Processionum, Inuocationis Sanctorum, Cultus imaginum, & miraculorum Ecclesiæ
Johann Stalen
Anno M.DC.XXXXIX.Latin
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Rituale Argentinense
Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan
M.DCC.XLII.Latin
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Rituale Frisingense ex norma et ritu Romanum sumptum
Freising Albert Sigmund
Anno M.DC.LXXIII.Latin
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Rituale ecclesiasticum
Bernhard Sannig
Anno MDCCXXXIIILatin
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Tergeminvm Specimen Dispvtationis, A Magistro Qui Est Ipsa Veritas, Habitae, Ex Matthaei C. XXII. Demonstratvm, cuius occasione vna ex Historia Ecclesiastica De Pharisaeis Saddvcaeis Et Herodianis aduersariis Domini Iesu, cum quibus disputavit, disquiritur
Valentin Veltheim
M DC XCIXLatin
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Theologia Polemica, Seu Vindiciæ Ecclesiæ Catholico-Romanæ
Gaetano Felice Verani
Anno MDCCXIX.Latin
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Theophili Raynavdi Societatis Iesv Theologi, Pontificia
Théophile Raynaud
M.DC.LXV
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Thomae Goodwini Moses & Aaron, Seu Civiles & Ecclesiastici Ritus Antiquorum Hebraeorum
Thomas Godwin
Anno MDCCIII.Latin
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Tuba Tragica, Seu Historiæ Horroris Plenae Dominicis Per Annum Concionatorio ritu aptatæ, Quibus ad oculum ostenditur, quam acribus pœnis flagitia proscindat scelerum Ultor Deus
Christoph Selhamer
Anno Gratiæ M.DC.XCIX.Latin