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 sermon on 1st. Timothy, 4, 10
Isaiah Parker
1809
A sermon on divine providence
W Rees
1863
A sermon on the dimensions of eternal love
William Huntington
1804
A sermon on the foreknowledge of God
Nathanael Emmons
1821
A sermon on the greatness and government of God
William Barns
1840
A sermon on the nature of love to God
Seth Payson
1812
A sermon on the purposes of God
Bryan Morse
1856
A sermon on the unjustifiableness of cruelty to the brute creation
Clergyman of the Church of England, Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
1824
A sermon preach'd at White-Hall on Sunday, September 8, 1695
John Adams
1695
A sermon preach'd before King Charles II, February 10, 1677/78
Zachary Craddock
1740
A sermon preach'd before King Charles II, February 10, 1677/78, upon the providence of God in the government of the world
Z. Cradock
1740
A sermon preach'd before the Honourable the House of Commons at St. Margaret's Westminster, on Friday, January the 30th, 1718/19. Being the Anniversary of the Martyrdom of King Charles the First. By John Waugh D. D. Rector of St. Peters Cornhill, and Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty
John Waugh
1719
A sermon preach'd before the King at St. James's, April 16. 1696
John Bp. of Ely Moore
1696
A sermon preach'd before the Queen at Windsor, September the 12th, 1708
Thomas Manningham
1709
A sermon preach'd before the honourable house of Commons
Charles Trimnell
1708
A sermon preached at Daventry, December 7, 1755
S. Clark
1756
A sermon preached at Hingham and Quincy, 20th August, 1812
Henry Colman
1812
A sermon preached at Littleton April 18th, 1815
Edmund Foster
1815
A sermon preached at Naraganset. March 15th. A.D. 1740,1
James MacSparran
1741
A sermon preached at Nemphterbrae in Clidsdale
John Welch
1703
A sermon preached at Plymouth, December 22, 1793
Chandler Robbins
1794
A sermon preached at the dedication of the First Congregational Church in New York
Edward Everett
1821
A sermon preached at the visitation of the Honourable and Right Reverend Richard, Lord Bishop of Durham
Robert Lowth
1767
A sermon preached before the Central Church, Chicago, Ill., October 12, 1879
David Swing
1879