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
"Entering into the Kingdom of God"
Henry Solly, General Baptist Assembly
1881
"God is love"
Henry Olcott Sheldon
1842
"It is ten thousand years ago."
American Tract Society
1800
"It is ten thousand years ago."
Religious Tract Society
1851
"My Lord's epitaph"
Peregrine Crawford
1867
"Our Father."
Roswell Rice
1872
"Power from on high."
S. S. Smith
1840
"Protection to animals"
Edwin B. Russell, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
1875
"The Lord of hosts"
J. Howard Suydam
1859
"The Lord our righteousness."
Religious Tract Society
1851
"The most holy bambino."
Religious Tract Society
1839
"The worship of the lamb"
C. L. Courtenay
1876
"Three Cruises of the Blake"
Alexander Agassiz, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
1888
'E 'Anothen sophia, or, The properties of heavenly wisdom
Matthew Fowler
1682
'Tis all for the best
Hannah More
1814
100th anniversary of the founding of Williams College through the munificence of Colonel Ephraim Williams
Williams College
1893
A Brief biographical sketch of I. A. Van Amburgh, and an illustrated and descriptive history of the animals contained in his menagerie
O. J. Ferguson
1861
A Brief dissertation on funeral solemnities
Micaiah Towgood
1745
A Brief historical account of several of the most remarkable years of war, drought, famine, and pestilence in England, and the time when they happened
Gent
1699
A Calm Answer To a Violent Discourse Of N.N. a Seminary Priest, For The Invocation of Saints
Peter Du Moulin
1677
A Letter concerning Invocation of Saints, and Adoration of the cross, writ Ten Years since, to John Evelyn of Depthford Esq
Thomas Barlow
1679
A Plea for the dumb creation
Hannah White Richardson
1873
A Sabbath at home
Timothy East
1825
A Sabbath at home
George Horne
1800