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 motion tending to the publick good of this age and of posteritie, or, The coppies of certain letters written by Mr. John Dury to a worthy Knight at his earnest desire
John Dury, Samuel Hartlib
1642
A mournful song occasioned by the shipwreck of the schooner Armistice, Captain Douglass, on Cohasset rocks, August 31, 1815
Thomas Shaw
1815
A narrative of the proceedings of the society called Quakers
Thomas Foster
1813
A nation nonplussed
William Wilson
1861
A necessarie admonition out of the prophet Joël
Edmund Bunny
1588
A new family encyclopedia, or, Compendium of universal knowledge : comprehend ing a plain and practical view of those subjects most interesting to persons in the ordinary professions of life
Charles Augustus Goodrich
1833
A new song; or, The marvelous works of God, in behalf of the American people
Shubael Granby Spees
1863
A pastoral letter, from the reverend Synod of New-York and Philadelphia, convened at New-York, to the churches subject to their care
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of New York and Philadelphia
1766
A pastoral letter, from the reverend Synod of New-York and Philadelphia, convened at New-York, to the churches subject to their care
Synod of New York and Philadelphia
1766
A personal God
A. A. E. Taylor
1875
A persuasive to public worship
George Burder
1832
A philosophical inquiry into the cause of animal heat
Peter Dugud Leslie
1778
A philosophical survey of the animal creation, an essay
John Bruckner
1768
A philosophicall essay towards an eviction of the being and attributes of God, immortality of the souls of men, truth and authority of Scripture
Seth Ward
1667
A philosophicall essay towards an eviction of the being and attributes of God, the immortality of the souls of men, the truth and authority of Scripture
Seth Ward
1652
A phisico-theological discourse upon the Divine Being, or first cause of all things, providence of God, general and particular, separate existence of the human soul, certainty of reveal'd religion, fallacy of modern inspiration, and danger of enthusiasm
John Turner, Anthony Horneck
1698
A pictorial and descriptive view of all religions
Charles A. Goodrich
1849
A platforme, made for the proofe of Gods prouidence
Arthur Dent
1608
A plea in behalf of our domestic animals against the cruelties of man
J. B. Gross
1869
A poem on the existence of God
Jonathan Allen
1772
A poem on the existence of God ; An ode on creation
Jonathan Allen
1803
A popular history of mammalia
Adam White
1850
A post-script to the late letter of the reconcileableness of God's prescience, &c
John Howe
1677
A post-script to the late letter of the reconcileableness of God's prescience, etc
John Howe
1677