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
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Histoire du merveilleux dans les temps modernes
Louis Figuier
1860French
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Initia philosophiæ ac theologiæ ex Platonicis fontibus ducta sive Procli Diadochi et Olympiodori in Platonis Alcibiadem commentarii. Ex codd. mss. nunc primum Graece editit itemque eiusdem Procli institutionem theologicam integriorem emendatioremque adjecit Fridericus Creuzer
Proclus Diadochus, Georg Friedrich Creuzer, the Younger Olympiodorus, approximately Proclus
1820Ancient Greek
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Les initie s, anciens et modernes
C.-L Cadet de Gassicourt, C.-Charles-Louis Cadet de Gassicourt
1797French
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Oratio habita in funere Joannis Palatii, canonici ac ducalis ecclesiae vicarij, bullae clementinae conservatoris, plebani S. Mariae Matris Domini, ejusdemque congregationis archipraesbiteri ..
Giovanni Antonio Tassi, Domenico Lovisa
1713Latin
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The ancient world and Christianity
Pressensé, Edmond de
1898
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De cultu ac usu luminum antiquo
Heinrich Christian Ludwig Stockhausen
1726Latin
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Description de la fe te a l'E tre supre me
Auxerre
1794French
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Description des emble mes & le gendes des vingt-huit drapeaux des districts de la Garde nationale de Lyon
Lyon
1790French
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Francisci SerlupI ab intimo pontificio cubiculo in funere Josephi I. Lusitaniae regis fidelissimi oratio
Francisco Serlupi, Pietro Leone Bombelli, Angelo Campanella, Francesco Cecchini, Marco Di Pietro, Generoso Salomoni
1777Latin
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Karye kojung
Ho-ik Cho, Asami Collection CUY, Korean Rare Book Collection CUY
1646Korean
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Namgye Sonsaeng yesol
Se-chae Pak, Asami Collection CUY, Yu Kim, Korean Rare Book Collection CUY
1718Korean
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Paganisme et Judaīsme
Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger
1858French
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Recueil des pi©·ces les plus int©♭ressantes sur le magn©♭tisme animal
Nicolas Bergasse, Antoine Court de Gébelin, Franz Anton Mesmer
1784French
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Ueber die Gottheiten von Samothrace
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling, Duke University. Library. Jantz Collection
1815German
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Gvalterii Corbetae ivreconsvlt. et senatoris mediolan. Oratio habita in fvnere divi Francisci II. Sfortiae vicecomitis mediol. dvcis
Gualterius Corbeta
1535Latin
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Orazione funebre & componimenti diversi per la morte dell'augustissimo imperadore de' romani Francesco I., granduca VIII. di Toscana
Abraham Isaac Castello, Joseph Castello, Marco Coltellini
1765Italian
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Populäre Aufsätze aus dem Alterthum vorzugsweise zur Ethik und Religion der ..
Karl Lehrs
1856German
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Sermon en las honrras funerales
Pedro Jerónimo Córdoba, Córdoba, Pedro Jerónimo, 17th cent, Giacomo Dragondelli
1666Spanish
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Unitarian affirmations
1886
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Ad Clementem XII. Pont. Max. in funere Friderici Augusti Saxonici Poloniae Regis S.R.J. electoris
Enea Silvio Cardinal Piccolomini, Enea Silvio Piccolomini, Girolamo Rossi, Giovanni Maria Salvioni
1733Latin
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Dettaglio dell'apparato nelle solenni esequie dell'altezza serenissima del principe vescovo di Augusta Giuseppe primo, langravio di Hassia Darmstadt
Osmaro Bacchi, Carlo Belgeri, Filippo Carmignani
1768Italian
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Funerali in morte dell'augusta imperatrice regina Maria Teresa d'Austria, madre della Maestà della nostra regina
Gennaro Migliaccio, Raffaele Mormile
1781Italian
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Pythagoras his monad and triad
Philip Burton
1730
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Re ponses faites par J.B. Leclerc (de Maine-&-Loire), aux objections propose es contre l'institution du livre de famille, & les ce re monies relatives au mariage, a la naissance, &c
Jean-Baptiste Leclerc, France. Corps législatif. Conseil des cinq-cents, publisher Imprimerie nationale
1797French