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 full account from Ireland, of the maid at Dublin
Mount Mr
1700
A funeral sermon, delivered at Belchertown, March 23d, 1809
Sylvester Burt
1809
A gad of steele, wrought and tempered for the heart to defend it from being battred by Sathans temptation, and to give it a sharpe and lasting edge in heavenly consolation
Henry Ironmonger Walker
1641
A general epistle to be read in the fear of God in and amongst the assemblies of his people
William Dewsbury
1682
A general epistle to friends who are convinced of God's eternal truth, and have received the testimony of it
James Parke
1678
A general system of nature
Carl Linnaeus, William Turton
1800
A glimpse of God, or, A treatise proving that there is a God
Thomas Byrdall
1665
A guide to the first and second Egyptian rooms
British Museum. Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities
1898
A half-century discourse, delivered Monday, Oct. 19, 1818
Joseph Lee
1819
A hidden gospel the cause of the loss of souls
Robert Peden
1847
A historical discourse prepared for the semi-centenary Sabbath
J. J. Janeway
1840
A history of antient ceremonies
Jonas Porrée
1669
A history of the horse, in all its varieties and uses
William Youatt
1831
A humble discourse of the incomprehensibleness of God
Benjamin Colman, Ebenezer Pemberton, Bartholomew Green, Samuel Gerrish, Robert T. Aitchison Collection
1715
A humble discourse on the incomprehensibleness of God
Benjamin Colman
1715
A hundred meditations on the love of God
Robert Saint Southwell, Robert Southwell
1873
A hundred meditations on the love of God
Diego de Estella
1873
A hymn to the God of Abraham
Thomas Olivers
1770
A learned and profitable treatise of Gods prouidence
Ralph preacher of the word Walker
1608
A learned discourse of ceremonies retained and used in Christian churches
Lancelot Andrewes
1653
A lecture on the divine decrees
David Rice
1791
A letter by Simon Hough, to his friend
Simon Hough
1795
A letter concerning invocations of saints, and adoration of the cross
Thomas Barlow
1679
A letter concerning the soul and knowledge of brutes, wherein is shewn they are void of one and incapable of the other
F. B
1721