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
- Read free
Vetervm Lvcernae Sepvlcrales
1702Latin
- Read free
Vita, Mors, Cultus Divi Joannis Nepomuceni
1708Latin
- Read free
Vitae episcoporum Premisliensium ritus latini, tam quae in manuscripto anno 1744 continentur, additis super hisce notitiis ex aliis rerum Polonicarum scriptoribus, quam abhinc usque usque ad praesentia tempora succedentium
1844NOT
- Read free
Vom deutschen Kirchenlied, wie's unsre Väter dichteten und sangen und vom musikalischen Theil des protestant. Cultus überhaupt
1844German
- Read free
Vselennaia
Friedrich Gerstäcker
1863Russian
- Read free
Ways of wood folk
William J. Long
1899
What Do Pagans Believe? (What Do We Believe)
Graham Harvey
2007
Yo soy ayahuasca
Jorge González, Leonidas Cevallos Mesones
2019Spanish
Zhongguo zi ran chong bai
Xingliang He
2008Chinese
Zur Urgeschichte der Ehe
Josef Kohler
1897German
The Neoplatonists
John Gregory
1991
A compleat history of the most remarkable providences both of judgment and mercy, which have hapned in this present age
William Turner
1697
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A day's ramble in Derbyshire, or, The travels of Tommy Wilson and Billy Passmore
1806
- Read free
A little present
1846
- Read free
A present for infants, or, Pictures for the nursery
1819
A sacred calendar of Eleusis
Sterling Dow
1966
- Read free
Aesop's fables
1818
Ancient Ways: Reclaiming Pagan Traditions
Pauline Campanelli, Dan Campanelli
1991
- Read free
Ann and Mary, a true story
1815
Art, Shamanism and Animism
Robert J. Wallis, Max Carocci
2022
Beyond the Gods: Volume I, II, III
Nickolas Patrick Joseph Schoff, Claude Anthropic
2026
- Read free
Billy Lovegood's history of birds and beasts
1785
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Book about beasts
1855
Capitalism Magic Thailand
Peter A. Jackson
2021