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
Era
- Read free

Rituale Romano-Eystettense
1880Latin
- Read free

Rituale Romanum
1888Latin
- Read free

Rituale Romanum
1881Latin
- Read free

Rituale Romanum
1872Latin
- Read free

Rituale Romanum
1895Latin
- Read free

Rituale Romanum
1891Latin
- Read free

Rituale Romanum
1884Latin
- Read free

Rituale Romanum
1898Latin
- Read free

Rituale Romanum Caeremoniale Episcoporum Ac Pontificale Romanum
1752Latin
- Read free

Rituale Romanum Pauli V. Pont. Max. jussu ed. et a Benedicto XIV. auctum et castigatum, cui novissima accedit benedictionum et instructionum appendix
1895NOT
- Read free

Rituale Romanum Pauli V. Pontificis maximi iussu editum atque a felicis recordationis Benedicto XIV auctum et castigatum, in quo, quae parochis ad administrationem sacramentorum, benedictiones, et conjurationes necessaria censentur, acrurate sunt posita
1851NOT
- Read free

Rituale Salisburgense
1686Latin
- Read free

Rituale Salisburgense
1640NOT
- Read free

Rituale Sive Agenda Ad Usum Ecclesiarum Metropolitanæ Moguntinæ, Et Cathedralium Herbipolensis Et Wormatiensis
1671Latin
- Read free

Rituale copto-arabicum
1763Arabic
- Read free

Rituale ecclesiae Dunelmensis
1839Latin
- Read free

Rituale ecclesiae cathedralis Augustanae - BSB Clm 3904
1440Latin
- Read free

Rituale für Dominikanerinnen - BSB Clm 2912
1465German
- Read free

Rituale für Dominikanerinnen - BSB Clm 2913
1465German
- Read free

Rituale für Neujahr, Versöhnungs- und Laubhüttenfest - BSB Cod.hebr. 86
1400Hebrew
- Read free

Rituale für ein Dominikanerinnenkloster - BSB Clm 28937
1496Latin
- Read free

Rituale parvum
1892Latin
- Read free

Rituale parvum continens sacramentorum administrationem, infirmorum curam, benediciones diversas nocnon absoluciones in articulo mortis impertiendas ad sacerdstum curam animarum agentium usum commodiorem ex rituali romano excerptas. 1
1882NOT
- Read free

Rituale parvum continens sacramentorum administrationem, infirmorum curam, benediciones diversas nocnon absoluciones in articulo mortis impertiendas ad sacerdstum curam animarum agentium usum commodiorem ex rituali romano excerptas. 2
1889NOT