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
Against Babylon and her merchants in England one groan more
John Anderdon
1660
Aggelokratia theon, or, A sermon touching Gods government of the world by angels
Robert Gell
1650
Albinus and the history of Middle Platonism
R. E. Witt
1937
All for the best
William R. Weeks, Oneida Association
1800
Almighty God, or, The conception of the divine being
Oswald John Simon
1880
Alteracio[n]s of kindoms, for despisi[n]g of god
William preacher of the word of God King
1550
Amend, amend, Gods kingdome is at hand, amen, amen, the proclamation ..
Eleanor Lady Douglas
1643
America's mission
Charles Wadsworth
1855
An Account of the awful death of Richard Parsons, whose flesh rotted on his bones agreeably to his impious wishes when disputing at a game of whist
James Nisbet
1839
An Adventure in Vermont
New-Hampshire Tract Society
1813
An Adventure in Vermont; or The story of Mr. Anderson
New England Tract Society, Vermont Religious Tract Society
1809
An Adventure in Vermont; or The story of Mr. Anderson
Mass.) Flagg and Gould (Andover
1815
An Adventure in Vermont; or, The story of Mr. Anderson
Mass.) Evangelical Tract Society (Boston
1812
An Adventure in Vermont; or, The story of Mr. Anderson
Evangelical Tract Society
1815
An Appeal to the citizens of Pennsylvania for the foundation of a veterinary department in the University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, University of Pennsylvania
1879
An Old English miscellany containing a bestiary, Kentish sermons, Proverbs of Alfred, religious poems of the thirteenth century
Richard Morris
1872ANG
An abridgement of the notable worke of Polidore Vergile
Polydore Vergil, Thomas Langley, Richard Grafton
1551
An abridgemente of the notable worke of Polidore Virgile
Polydore Vergil, Thomas Langley, John Tisdale
1560
An account of a most terrible fire
Thomas Gibbons
1769
An account of a most terrible fire that happened on Friday the eighth of September, 1727
Thomas Gibbons
1769
An account of the different kinds of sheep found in the Russian dominions, and among the Tartar hordes of Asia
Peter Simon Pallas, James Anderson
1794
An account of the mode of growth of young corals of the genus Fungia
Samuel Stutchbury
1833
An acquaintance with God the best support under afflictions
Francis Atterbury
1708
An additional account of the life of Theophilus R. Gates
Theophilus R. Gates
1813