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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La divina provvidenza
Antonio Maria Borgo
1885Italian
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Materia medica
Carl Linnaeus, Johann Christian Daniel Schreber
1782Latin
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Nouvelle m©♭chanique des mouvements de l'homme et des animaux
P.-J Barthez
1798French
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Recherches exp©♭rimentales sur les propri©♭t©♭s et les fonctions du syst©·me nerveux, dans les animaux vert©♭br©♭s
P. Flourens
1842French
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Scholien zu Aristoteles Werk "De partious animalium."
Bernhard August Langkavel
1863German

The farrier's dog and his fellow
Will Allen Dromgoole
1897
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Anecdotes
1837

Four feet by two
1891
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God's government, from a lawyer's standpoint ...
1873

Our four-footed friends and favourites
1800
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The belief of the rational Brethren of the west
1819
Atlantide e altre pagine di storia proibita
Nicola Bizzi
2018Italian
Odisch-magnetische briefe
Karl Freiherr von Reichenbach, J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Karl von Reichenbach, Gustav Theodor Fechner
1852German
Sul dio di Socrate [di] Apuleio
Lucius Apuleius, Christian Lütjohann, Apuleius, Michael Bingenheimer, Matthias Baltes
1878German
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A Dissertation on the Mysteries of the Cabiri: or the Great Gods of Phenicia, Samothrace, Egypt, Troas, Greece, Italy, and Crete
George Stanley Faber
1803
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A Yaqui Easter
Muriel Thayer Painter
1971
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Alaskan Eskimo Ceremonialism
Margaret Lantis
1947
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Animism: or, Thought Currents of Primitive Peoples
George George William Gilmore
1919
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As He Lay Dead, a Bitter Grief
William Styron
1962
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At the Back of the Black Man's Mind: or, Notes on the Kingly Office in West Africa
Richard Edward Dennett
1906
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Burial Service of the Orders of Knighthood as Adopted by the Grand Commandery of Michigan, and Recommended by the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the United States
Knights Templar. Grand Commandery|* Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Michigan
1868
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Cargo Cult: Strange Stories of Desire from Melanesia and Beyond
Lamont Lindstrom
1993
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Ceremonial Costumes of the Pueblo Indians: Their Evolution, Fabrication, and Significance in the Prayer Drama
Virginia More Roediger
1991
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Ceremony and Power: Performing Politics in Rome Between Republic and Empire
Geoffrey S Sumi
2005