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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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. 3
1893NOT
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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. 4
1898NOT
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Rituale per darsi l'Abito della Regia Collana da sua Maestà a'Cavalieri ... di S. Gennaro
1741Italian
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Rituale per darsi la Croce ... a'Cavalieri ... di S. Gennaro
1741Italian
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Rituale per ogni loggia dei Liberi Muratori sotto l'Obbedienza del G. O. Italiano
1862Italian
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Rituale romano illustrato
1749NOT
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Rituale romanum
1688NOT
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Rituale romanum
1628Latin
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Rituale romanum
1700NOT
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Rituale romanum
1679NOT
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Rituale romanum
1625NOT
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Rituale romanum
1738NOT
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Rituale romanum
1619NOT
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Rituale romanum
1617Latin
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Rituale romanum
1636NOT
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Rituale romanum
1652NOT
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Rituale romanum
1669NOT
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Rituale romanum
1686NOT
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Rituale romanum
1770NOT
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Rituale romanum
1760NOT
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Rituale romanum
1584NOT
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Rituale sacramentorum ad praescriptum Sanctae Romanae ecclesiae
1612Latin
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Ritus Chori S. Ecclesiae Pataviens
1513NOT
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Ritus Ecclesiae Romanae libri 3 contenti
1516NOT