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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Xie long an mu fa shi
[19. Jh.]Chinese
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Zhao bing ke
Date unknownChinese
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Zhu zhang ge - BSB Cod.sin. 1002
Keine Datumsangabe, vermutlich 19. Jh.Chinese
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[ohne Titel]
vermutlich frühes 19. Jh.Chinese
Shamans: Siberian Spirituality and the Western Imagination
Ronald Hutton
2001
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Lakonische Kulte
Samuel Karl Anders Wide, Sam Wide
1893German

3777 pontos cantados e riscados na umbanda e na quimbanda
N. A. Molina
1975Portuguese
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A little present
1840
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Animals and birds
1864
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Carlo, or, Kindness rewarded
1870
Cheopsův odkaz
Michael Haase
2004Czech
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Curious creatures
1898

De Deo uno et trino
Louis Billot
1897Latin
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Domestic animals
1848

El totemismo en la actualidad
Claude Lévi-Strauss
1965Spanish

Ervas sagradas na Umbanda
João Sebastião das Chagas Varella
1973Portuguese

Extrait de la correspondance de la Soci©♭t©♭ Royale de M©♭dicine, relativement au magn©♭tisme animal
Académie nationale de médecine
1785French

Feitiços de prêto velho
N. A. Molina
1972Portuguese

Geschichte der Mongolen oder Tataren
Otto Wolff
1872French

Historia del glorioso San Guillermo duque de Aquitania, conde de Pictauia, frayle de los Ermitaños de N[uest]ro P. S. Augustin
Juan de Grijalva
1620Spanish

Ilundo :espíritos e ritos angolanos
Oscar Ribas
1975Portuguese
Kabalistická teurgie
Marek Dluhoš
2009Czech

La théurgie des Oracles chaldaïques à Proclus
Carine van Liefferinge
1999French

Les mystères de la magie
A. Ségouin
1853French