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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Ordinis eremitarum Augustini approbationis cultus ab immemor. tempore praestiti Petro et Joanni Becchetti sacerdotibus professis
1835NOT
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Ordinis eremitarum S. Augustini approbationis cultus ab immemor. tempore praestiti ven. servae Dei Christinae de Vice-Comitibus tertiariae ord. eremit. S. Augustini
1834NOT
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Ordinis eremitarum S. Augustini confirmationis cultus ab immemorabili tempore praestiti ven. servis Dei Perpetuae, Foelicitati, et Basilicae hororibus S. Augustini et monialibus
1838NOT
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Ordinis eremitarum S. Augustini confirmationis cultus immemorabilis b. Joannis de Beate, religiosi prof. ord. erem. S. Aug
1832NOT
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Ordinis eremitarum S. Augustini confirmationis cultus immemorabilis b. Luciae Amerinae priorissae mantellatarum ex ordine S. Augustini
1832NOT
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Ordo et ritus sanctae metropolitanae ecclesiae strigoniens
1560NOT
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Ordo sepeliendi adultos et parvulos una cum absolutione ad tumbam (Libera)
1879Latin

Orixa Exu. Fundamentacao Do Misterio Exu Na Umbanda
[author not identified]
2008

Os arquétipos da umbanda
Rubens Saraceni
2007Portuguese

Os deuses da Umbanda
Neuza Itioka
1988Portuguese

Pagan Portals - Gods and Goddesses of Ireland
Morgan Daimler
2016
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Pannychis oder Ordnung der Gebete zum Gedächtniss an die Verstorbenen nach dem Ritus der orthodoxen orientalischen Kirche
1855NOT
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Pars ... Ritualis Seu Agendae Romano-Pragensis
1700Czech
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Pastorale Ad Usum Romanum Accommodatum Canones Et Ritus Ecclesiasticos, Qui ad Sacramentorum administrationem aliaque Pastoralia officia in Dioecesi Frisingensi rite obeunda pertinent complectens
1625Latin
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Pastorale Ad Vsvm Romanvm Accommodatvm
1612Latin
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Pastorale Ad Vsvm Romanvm Accommodatvm, Canones Et Ritvs Ecclesiasticos Qvi Ad Sacramentorvm Administrationem Aliaqve Pastoralia officia in varijs Diœcesibus Rite obeunda pertinent, complectens
1629Latin
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Pastorale Canones et ritus ecclesiasticos ... complectens
1589Latin
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Pastorale ad usum Romanum accommodatum, canones et ritus ecclesiasticos, qui ad sacramentorum administrationem aliaque pastoralia officia in dioecesi Frisingensi, rite obeunda pertinent complectens
1612NOT
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Pastorale, canones et ritus ecclesiasticos, qui ad sacramentorum administrationem alique pastoralia officia rite obeunda pertinent, complectens
1589Latin

Physico-theologie Oder Natur-leitung Zu Gott
William Derham - undifferentiated, Christian Ludwig Wiener, Johann Albert Fabricius
1732German
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Physiologia Crepitus Ventris, Et Risus
1607Latin
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Pontificalis Romani Clementis VIII. ac Urbani VIII. jussu editi et a Benedicto XIV. recogniti et castigati Ritus seu Ordines frequentius usitati
1869NOT
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Processionale Romano-Bambergense, Sive Congeries Rituum In Processionibus Publicis, Tam Ordinariis, Quam Extra-Ordinariis adhiberi solitorum
1724NOT

Proklos. Methode, Seelenlehre, Metaphysik
Matthias Perkams
2006German