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

Die Philosophie des Neuplatonismus
Clemens Zintzen
1977German
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Die Religion der alten Ägypter
1890German
Die Tübinger Theosophie
Laura Carrara, Irmgard Männlein-Robert, Vincent Clausing-Lage, Helmut Seng
2018German
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Die evangelisch-protestantische General-Synode des Großherzogthums Baden im Jahr 1834. 4
1834German

Die griechischen Mysterien
Frank Teichmann
2007German
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Die heilige Charwoche nach dem Ritus der römisch-katholischen Kirche
1817German
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Directorium Benedictinum perpetuum, sive ordo celebrandi divina officia, diurna, nocturna, missas, alia
1621Latin
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Directorivm Benedictinvm Perpetvvm: siue Ordo Celebrandi Divina Officia, Divrna, Noctvrna, Missas, Alia
1621Latin

Divinae institutiones
Lactantius
1570Latin
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Du wang mi yu
1895Chinese
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Duan qian fa shu (yi ben) - BSB Cod.sin. 455
1813Chinese
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Dvie službe rimskoga obreda za svetkovinu svetih Ćirila i Metuda izdao Ivan Berčić
1870NOT
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Entwurf der Organisation der Gymnasien und Realschulen in Oesterreich
1849German

Eric Stanton & the History of the Bizarre Underground
Richard Pérez Seves
2018
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Erlaß des k. k. Ministers für Cultus und Unterricht an die hochw. evangel. Superintendenzen beider Bekenntnisse in Ungarn
1856German
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Euchologion Sive Rituale Graecorum
1730Greek
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Euchologion sive rituale graecorum
1647Greek
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Evangelien, Gebete und Hymnen bei den Fronleichnamsprozessionen in der Erzdiöcese München-Freising
1899NOT

Everything I Love About Voyeurism
Candy Cakes
2017
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Extractum ex rituali romano
1898Latin
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Extractus Controversiae Inter Venerabilem Clerum Romano Catholicum, & Graeci Ritus Episcopos
1725Latin

Five Generations of Family Quotations
James E. Bruce Sr, Louise J. Bruce
2010
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Florentina approbationis cultus immemorabilis b. Joannae Soderini Priorissae sororam tertii ordinis servorum B. M. S. vulgo dictarum Le Ammantellate
1828NOT
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Fortgesetzte Sammlung der im Gebiete der inneren Staats-Verwaltung des Königreichs Bayern bestehenden Verordnungen von 1835 bis 1852
1853German