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 dissertation on the Eleusinian and Bacchic mysteries
Thomas Taylor
1790
A dissertation on the image of God wherein man was created
Benjamin Colman
1736
A dissertation on the nature and genius of the kingdom of Christ
Patrick Hutchison
1823
A dissertation upon the supposed existence of a moral law of nature
John Dove
1757
A disswasive from conformity to the world
Henry Stubbes
1675
A divine cordial
Thomas Watson
1800
A divine cordial ; The Saint's spiritual delight ; The Holy eucharist
Thomas Watson
1846
A divine riddle, he that is weak is strong, or, Directions how a weak Christian may be strong, and then especially, strong when he is weak
Peter Thacher
1723
A divine tragedie lately acted, or A collection of sundry memorable examples of Gods judgements upon Sabbath-breakers
Henry Burton
1636
A divine tragedie lately acted, or, A collection of sundrie memorable examples of Gods judgements upon Sabbath-breakers
Henry Burton
1642
A farther examination of Dr. Clarke's notions of space; with some considerations on the possibility of eternal creation
Joseph Clarke
1734
A fast sermon preach'd at Hackney, Novemb. the 3d, 1714
John Bates
1714
A fearful mistake
Religious Tract Society
1839
A few plain reasons why we should believe in Christ and adhere to His religion
Richard Cumberland
1801
A few practical suggestions for the burial of the dead in Christ
Robert Brett
1867
A few summer ceremonials at the Tusayan pueblos
Jesse Walter Fewkes, J. G. Owens
1892
A few words to the people of England
Christopher Fell, Francis Howgill, T. W
1655
A form of prayer, to be used in all churches and chapels throughout England, and Wales, and town of Berwick upon Tweed: on Wednesday the fourteenth day of January, being the day appointed by Her Majesty for a general fast and humiliation, to be observed in a most solemn and devout manner
Church of England
1707
A form of prayer, to be used in all churches and chapels throughout the Kingdom of England, Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick upon Tweed, on Wednesday the twentieth day of March, being the fast-day appointed by proclamation, to be observed in a most solemn and devout manner
Church of England
1706
A free gift, freely given of God to Henry Abbut
Henry Abbut
1684
A fresh suit against human ceremonies in God's worship
William Ames
1633
A fruteful treatise of predestination
John Véron
1561
A fruteful treatise of predestination and of the diuine prouidence of god
John Véron, John Tisdale
1561
A frutefull and godly exposition and declaracion of the kyngdom of Christ
Martin Luther
1548