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
The triumphs of God's revenge against the crying and execrable sinne of murther (1639)
John Reynolds
1621
The village lamb
John Iwuh
2007
The works of Hesiod
Hesiod
1728
The worship of baalim in Israel
H. Oort
1865
Thoughts Regarding the Future State of Animals
John Frewen Moor, Edith Carrington
1899
Time and Soul
Johannes Zachhuber
2022
Totem Poles
Carol Batdorf
1990
Totemism
Charles Hill-Tout
1903
Treatise on the theory of swimming
Ebenezer Martin
1876
Two dissertations
Fenton John Anthony Hort
1876
Unveiling the Mystery of Christ
Peter Jack-Rockson
2009
Utility and glory of God's immutable purposes
Sereno D. Clark
1857
Violence and the Sacred
René Girard
2005
Wildlife 2001
International Conference on Population Dynamics and Management of Vertebrates
1899
Wildwood Way
Cliff Seruntine
2015
You, in the Afterlife, Parallel Dimensions and Beyond the Future of Time and Space
Maximillien De Lafayette
2010
- Read free
Dancing Gods: Indian Ceremonials of New Mexico and Arizona
Erna Fergusson
Date unknown
- Read free
Lives of the Greek Heroines
Louisa L. J Menzies
Date unknown
- Read free
Myth, Ritual and Religion
Andrew Lang
Date unknown
- Read free
On the Mysteries
Andocides, approximately 440 B.C.-approximately 390 B.C.|* Andocides
Date unknown
- Read free
Paganism and Pagan Survivals in Spain up to the Fall of the Visigothic Kingdom
Stephen McKenna
Date unknown
- Read free
Solomon's Vineyard
Jonathan Latimer
Date unknown
- Read free
Stripping the Gurus: Sex, Violence, Abuse and Enlightenment
Geoffrey D Falk
Date unknown
- Read free
Take Me for a Ride: Coming of Age in a Destructive Cult
Mark E Laxer
Date unknown