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
Jacky Dandy's delight
1819
- Read free
Jacky Dandy's delight, or, The history of birds and beasts
1820
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Little Frank and other tales
1838
- Read free
Little animals described for little people
1870
- Read free
Little ditties
1874
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Mamma's stories about animals
1853
- Read free
Memoirs of Dick
1800
Mithraic iconography and ideology
Leroy A. Campbell
1968
- Read free
Mr. Sweet Potatoes
1899
Northern magic : rune mysteries & shamanism
Edred Thorsson
1998
- Read free
On the Gulf
1898
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Our four footed friends
1880
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Paulina and her pets
1845
Report on the seal islands of Alaska
Henry Wood Elliott
1875
Rock Art and the Wild Mind
Ingrid Fuglestvedt
2017
Sallustius concerning the gods and the universe
Sallustius
1926
Shamans, Nostalgias, and the IMF
Laurel Kendall
2009
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Stories about animals.
1830
Tantra, Ritual Performance, and Politics in Nepal and Kerala
Matthew Martin
2020
The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts
James P. Allen
2015
The Cambridge Handbook of Western Mysticism and Esotericism
Glenn Alexander Magee, Charles W. Stein, Joscelyn Godwin, Jessica Elbert Decker, Gwenaëlle Aubry, Roelof van den Broek, Daphna Arbel, April D. DeConick, William C. Chittick, Brian Ogren, Bruce Milem, Anne L. Clark, Antoine Faivre, Peter J. Forshaw, Bruce T. Moran, Hereward Tilton, Jan A.M. Snoek, Jane Williams‐Hogan, Adam Crabtree, Cathy Gutierrez
2016
- Read free
The Child's story-book
1840
The Daimon in Hellenistic Astrology
Dorian Gieseler Greenbaum
2015
The Demiurge in Ancient Thought
Carl Séan O’Brien
2015