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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Agenda seu rituale Passaviense
1689NOT
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Agenda seu rituale Passaviense
1719Latin
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Agenda seu ritus caeremoniarum ecclesiasticarum, ad uniformem ecclesiarum per universas provincias regni Poloniae usum officio Romano conformati
1591NOT
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Agenda sive benedictionale de actibus ecclesiae secundum chorum et observationem ecclesiae Pataviensis
1490Latin
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Agenda sive benedictionale secundum usum sanctae ecclesiae Pataviensis
1498Latin
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Agenda, Seu Rituale Osnabrugense, Ad usum Romanum accommodatum
1653German

Ahnen, Geister, höchste Wesen
Josef Franz Thiel
1977German
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Album illustratum autographorum facsimilia conplectens summi pontificis Pii IX
1870Latin
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Alphabetum seu instructio sacerdotum
1494Latin
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Altdeutsche Götterlehre
1876German

Amulets, talismans, and fetishes
Arthur S. Gregor, Anne Burgess
1975
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An Appeal to the Youth: Funeral Address of Henry N. White
Uriah Smith, Ellen Gould Harmon White
1864

Ancient Spells Witchcraft Book
Jacqueline Mcdonald
2005

Animizm i spiritizm
Aleksandr Aksakov
1893Russian
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Anleitung zur Ertheilung des Turnunterrichtes
1863German
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Antiquariats-Katalog von Buchholz & Werner in München
1888German
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Antiquus Liber Generationis Jesu Christi In Libello Novo
1715Latin
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Anweisung für die Distrikts-Schulräthe in Angelegenheit der Durchführung des Gesetzartikels XXXVIII v. J. 1868 über den Volksschulunterricht
1870NOT
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Arabia seu Arabum vicinarumq[ue] gentium Orientalium leges, ritus , sacri et profani mores, instituta et historia
1633Latin
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Arabia seu Arabum vicinarumque gentium Orientalium leges, ritus , sacri et profani mores, instituta et historia
1635NOT
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Aus der Schule des Wulfila
1899German
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Ausgewählte Urkunden zur Verfassungs-Geschichte der deutsch-österreichischen Erblande im Mittelalter
1895German
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Beleuchtung eines in der Tribune niedergelegten Aufsatzes: "Ueber die Nothwendigkeit einer Reform des katholischen Ritus "
1831German
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Benedictionale Romano-Bambergense, Sive Congeries Benedictionum Ordinariarum, Et Extra-Ordinariarum, Earumque Invocativarum Personarum Vel Rerum, Et Constitutivarum Tam Sacerdotalium, quam Episcopalium
1724NOT