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
A discourse concerning divine providence, in relation to national judgments
Thomas Smith
1693
A discourse concerning invocation of saints
Samuel Freeman
1684
A discourse concerning prayer ex tempore or by presence of the Spirit
Jeremy Taylor
1647
A discourse concerning the abstrusenesse of divine mysteries, together with our knowledge of them May I. 1627
John Doughty, John Lichfield, Edward Forrest
1628
A discourse concerning the being and attributes of God
Samuel Clarke
1725
A discourse concerning the existence and omniscience of God
Increase Mather
1716
A discourse concerning the existence and the omniscience of God
Increase Mather
1716
A discourse concerning the governing providence of God
Henry Stebbing
1757
A discourse concerning the imputation of Christ's righteousness to us, and our sins to him
Thomas Hotchkis
1675
A discourse concerning the object of religious worship, or, A Scripture proof of the unlawfulness of giving any religious worship to any other being besides the one supreme God
William Sherlock
1685
A discourse concerning, I the true import of the words Election and Reprobation...; II the extent of Christ's redemption; III the grace of God...; IV the liberty of the will...; V the perseverance or defectibility of the saints..
Daniel Whitby
1816
A discourse delivered Sabbath evening, Jan. 4, 1852
Ray Palmer
1852
A discourse delivered in the audience of His Excellency Caleb Strong, esq., governor
James Flint
1815
A discourse of God's omniscience
Samuel Whitman
1733
A discourse of God's omniscience; or, Concerning the benefit of living always under a realizing apprehension of God's eye
Samuel Whitman
1733
A discourse of God's wisdom, in the impetration and application of redemption
John Iremonger
1711
A discourse of an unconverted man's enmity, against God
John Howe
1700
A discourse of natural and reveal'd religion in several essays
Timothy Nourse
1691
A discourse of the divine omnipresence and its consequences
John Turner
1683
A discourse of the divine power, with respect to the origin and government of the universe
George Ollyffe
1727
A discourse of the judgments of God
Thomas Beverley
1668
A discourse of the love of God
Daniel Whitby
1697
A discourse of the punishment of sin in hell
Thomas Goodwin
1680
A discourse of the removal of the gospel
Stephen Charnock
1827