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
An appeal to the members elect of the legislature of the state of New-York
Native American
1837
An argument for Shang Te as the proper rendering of the words Elohim and Theos, in the Chinese language
James Legge
1850
An ark for all God's Noahs in a gloomy, stormy day : ǂb or, the best wine reserved till last
Thomas Brooks
1811
An ark for all God's Noahs, in a gloomy, stormy day, or, The best wine reserved till last ..
Thomas Brooks
1811
An arke for all Gods Noahs in a gloomy, stormy day, or, The best wine reserved till last, or, The transcendent excellency of a believers portion above all earthly portions whatsoever
Thomas Brooks
1662
An attempt to demonstrate
Samuel Drew
1820
An attempt to demonstrate from reason, and revelation, the necessary existence, essential perfections, and superintending providence, of an eternal being, who is the creator, the supporter, and the governor, of all things
Samuel Drew
1820
An attempt to discover some of the laws which govern animal torpidity and hibernation
Peter A. Browne, Association of American Geologists and Naturalists
1847
An attempt to show that the knowledge of God, has, in all ages, been derived from revelation or tradition, not from nature
James Paton
1773
An attempt towards an explanation of the theology and mythology of the antient pagans
John Turner
1687
An attestation to divine truth
George Ward
1770
An aunsuuere made by Bar. Traheron to a priuie papiste
Bartholomew Traheron
1558
An engraving showing nearly all the valuable fur skins of North America
Northwestern Hide and Fur Co
1894
An enquiry respecting love
Thomas Gisborne
1838
An epistle to all professors in New-England, Germany, and other parts of the called Christian vvorld
George Fox
1673
An epistolary discourse on the great assistances to a Christians faith
Robert Fleming
1692
An essay concerning the generation of heat in animals
Robertus Douglas
1747
An essay in defence of the moral character of the Deity
Joel Beach
1801
An essay on election and reprobation
Richard Wright
1818
An essay on human magnetism
George W. Alden
1846
An essay on human magnetism, or, The infant magnetism enrobed in its true panoply
Henry Foster Smith
1844
An essay on humanity to animals
Thomas Young
1798
An essay on imposing and subscribing articles of religion
Thomas Herne
1720
An essay on the connexion of life with respiration in newborn animals, or An experimental inquiry into the phenomena attending the life and death of animals brought forth in different media
William Purnell, University of Pennsylvania
1811