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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Kollektar und Rituale - BSB Clm 22039
1120Latin
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Kurzer Abriß der Religionsgeschichte von Anbeginn der Welt bis auf unsere Zeit
1850NOT
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L'orthopédie, ou, l'art de prevenir et de corriger dans les enfans, les difformités du corps
Nicolas Andry de Bois-Regard
1741French

La Paix des bonnes ames
Pierre Poiret
1687French

La Philosophie de Plotin
Joachim Lacrosse
2003French

La légende d'Hiram & les initiations traditionnelles
Daniel Beresniak
1976French

La perspective éleusinienne dans la politique de Solon
L. M. L'Homme-Wéry
1996French

Last Days
Brian Evenson
2009

Le mouvement
Étienne-Jules Marey
1894French

Le pays des Zendjs
L. Marcel Devic
1883French

Le totemisme aujourd'hui
Claude Lévi-Strauss
1962French
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Lehrbücher für die Jugend in Nordcarolina
1788German
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Les animaux en liberté
Benjamin Rabier
1890French

Les gloires de Marie
Alphonsus Maria de Liguori
1850French
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Libellus agendarum, circa sacramenta, benedictiones, & caeremonias, secundum antiquum usum Metropolitanae Ecclesiae Salisburgensis
1557NOT
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Libellvs Agendarvm, Circa Sacramenta, Benedictiones, & Caeremonias, secundum antiquum vsum Metropolitanae Ecclesiae Salisburgensis
1557German
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Liber Ritualis Episcopatus Augustensis, Distinctus In Tres Partes, Et Ad Usum Romanum Accommodatus
1612Latin
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Liber Ritvalis Episcopatvs Avgvstensis
1612Latin
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Liber inaugurationis, seu descriptio ritus circa initiandos fratres et sorores in Confraternitatem Josephburgensem S. Michaelis
1699NOT
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Litaney Aller Heiligen, Wie die Zur Kriegs-Zeit wider den Türcken, Nach Dem Römischen Rituale pflegt gebett zu werden
1688German
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Litterae boni amici ad Doctorem Sorbonicum, qui fuit author libri, cui titulus: Defensio Iudicii formati a S. Sede Apostolica 20. Nov. 1704 circa ritus et ceremonias Sinensium contra libellum, ut vocat, seditiosum cum titulo Reflexiones circa res praesentes in China
1710NOT
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Liturgia sacra
1555NOT

Llewellyns Sabbats Almanac Llewellyns Sabbats Almanac
Ed Day
2010

Magic and Fetishism Cambridge Library Collection Spiritualism and Esoteric Kno
Alfred C. Haddon
2012