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, delivered at Catskill ... July 30, 1812
Petrus Van Vlierden
1812
A sermon, delivered at Catskill, on Thursday July 30, 1812
Petrus Van Vlierden
1812
A sermon, delivered at Lynn on the general fast, April 17, 1794
Joseph Roby
1794
A sermon, delivered at Northampton, September 18,1817
Jesse Appleton
1817
A sermon, delivered at West-Stockbridge, some time since
John Camp
1794
A sermon, delivered at the dedication of the North Congregational Meeting-House, in New-Bedford, June 23, 1818
John Codman
1818
A sermon, delivered before the convention of the Diocese of New-York, in Trinity Church, on Tuesday, October 19, 1824
Samuel H. Turner
1824
A sermon, delivered in Milford, N.H., on the anniversary thanksgiving, December 25, 1817
Humphrey Moore
1818
A sermon, delivered in Rutland, at the funeral of Charles Miles
Abishai Crossman
1813
A sermon, delivered in Saco, June 27, 1838
Carlton Hurd
1838
A sermon, delivered in the North Presbyterian Church in Hartford, May 20, 1813 ..
Lyman Beecher
1813
A sermon, delivered in the Universalist meeting-house in Portsmouth, N.H. ... April 13, A.D. 1815
Hosea Ballou
1815
A sermon, occasioned by the expected removal of a number of families to New Connecticut
Joel Baker
1811
A sermon, on divine decrees and moral necessity, reconciled with freedom of the will, in opposition to fatalism and natural compulsion
David Porter
1804
A sermon, on the nature of Divine government
Thomas Page
1793
A sermon, on the nature of love to God, preached at Ashby, Massachusetts, April, 1812
Seth Payson
1812
A sermon, preached April 17, 1811, at the dedication of the new meeting house in North Milford
Bezaleel Pinneo
1811
A sermon, preached April 9, 1865, the Sunday after the capture of Richmond
W. S. Leavitt
1865
A sermon, preached March 5, 1817, at the dedication of the new Presbyterian church in the village of Auburn
Dirck C. Lansing
1817
A sermon, preached at Byfield, and in the First Presbyterian Congregation in Newburyport. ...
Elijah Parish
1823
A sermon, preached at Littleton, April 18th [i.e., 13th], 1815
Edmund Foster
1815
A sermon, preached at Shutesbury, in September, 1809
Henry Williams
1810
A sermon, preached at the ordination of the Rev. Caleb J. Tenney
Asa Burton, Daniel Hopkins, William Patten, First Congregational Church
1804
A sermon, preached before His Excellency Isaac Tichenor, Esq. governor; His Honor Paul Brigham, Esq. lieutenant-governor; the honorable Council, and House of Representatives of the state of Vermont
Heman Ball, Vermont. General Assembly
1804