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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Banning Black Gods
Danielle N Boaz
2021
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Bell's New Pantheon; Or, Historical Dictionary Of The Gods, Demi Gods, Heroes, And Fabulous Personages Of Antiquity 2 Vols. COMPLETE
John Bell
1789
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Bulfinch’s Mythology: The Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry, Legends of Charlemagne - Thomas Bulfinch - Mythological Pantheons, Ritual Symbolism, Sacred Narratives, Legendary Beings, Divine Mythopoesis, Ancient Folklore, Theogony, Mythic Origins, Legendary History -1-3 Volumes -
W. Blackwood Thomas Cadell
1827
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Chapter 18 Derivative and Associative Popular Frazerism
Alessandro Testa
2025
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Cicero
Cicero
1481
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Cicero’s Tusculan Disputations, On the Nature of the Gods, and On the Commonwealth (Yonge Translation, 1888)
Marcus Tullius Cicero
1888
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Daily morning chronicle
Daniel Carpenter Forney
1862
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Delle cose gentilesche, e profane transportate ad uso, e adornamento delle chiese
Giovanni Marangoni
1744Italian
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Georg Zoegas Abhandlungen
Georg Zoega, Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker
1817German
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Histoire de ma vie
George Sand
1854French
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Initiation into the Mysteries. A Collection of Studies in Religion, Philosophy and the Arts
Anikó Daróczi, Enikő Sepsi, Miklós Vassányi
2020
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Introduction a la vie devote
Francis de Sales
1662
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Lucy Shinn's letter to her daughter, Milicent, about a funeral, a young lady's duty, Millie's commencement appointment, and a birthday wish
Lucy Clark Shinn
1880
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Manuel pratique de magnétisme animal
Alphonse Teste
1840French
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Memorial of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the consecration of the Most Rev. John J. Williams, Archbishop of Boston
Bernard Corr
1891
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Memorial volume of the centenary of St. Mary's Seminary of St. Sulpice, Baltimore, Md.: 1791-1891
1891
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On the worship and love of God
Emanuel Swedenborg
1828
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Paridis Crassi bononien. olim apostolicarvm cerimoniarvm magistri ac episcopi pisavren. De cerimoniis cardinalivm et episcoporum in eorum dioecesibus libri dvo
Paride Grassi
1564Italian
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Rapport fait a la Convention nationale au nom du Comité de salut public par Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre
1794
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Rituals in Slavic Pre-Christian Religion
Enrique Santos Marinas, Juan Antonio Álvarez-Pedrosa
2023
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Rituum, qui olim apud Romanos obtinuerunt, succincta explicatio
Willem Hendrik Nieupoort, John Adams, Jacobus Broedelet, Jan Goeree, John Adams Library MB
1723Ancient Greek
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Souvenir of the sacerdotal golden jubilee of the Most Rev. John J. Williams, Archbishop of Boston
Bernard Corr
1895
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Techniques of Spiritual Experience
Jean-Pierre Brach, Thierry Zarcone
2025
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The Carmelite Manual ; containing a selection of beautiful prayers, and various practices of piety
John Spratt
1846