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
Death, Ritual and Belief
Douglas J. Davies
2017
Demonology, religion, and witchcraft
Brian P. Levacκ
2001

Diagnosis of mycotoxicoses
1899
Dreams Taken as Messages
Amelia Febriany
2026

Du sollst den Namen des Herrn deines Gottes nicht missbrauchen
Hermann Friedrich Kohlbrügge
1855
Early modern European witchcraft : centres and peripheries
Bengt Ankarloo, Gustav Henningsen
1990
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Edwin, the young rabbit fancier
1866
Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture
Wouter J. Hanegraaff
2012

Every man his own horse and cattle doctor
E. King Dodds
1886

Farming for Health
1899
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Four-footed favourites; or, Stories about pets ...
1862

Funeral customs the world over
Robert Wesley Habenstein
1960
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Giddy Gertrude
1816

God guides
Mary Geegh
1900

Greek and Roman religion
Alain Hus
1962
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History of beasts
1860
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Home pictures
1800

If You Dare
Harmony West
2023

Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa
Andrew Smith
1838
- Read free

In New England
1898
In search of truth : Augustine, Manichaeism, and other gnosticism : studies for Johannes van Oort at sixty
J.A. Van Den Berg, Johannes van Oort
2011
Indiáni Severní Ameriky
Larry J Zimmerman, Brian Leigh Molyneaux
2003Czech
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Infant's cabinet of birds & beasts
1820

Isaiah and the nature cults
Willis Williard Fisher
1938