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 essay on the divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ as distinguished from his deity
Richard Wright
1814
An essay on the equity of divine government
Edward Williams
1813
An essay on the existence and attributes of God
Edward Steere, Chiswick Press
1856
An essay on the future existence of the brute creation : from "The veterinarian," October, 1839
William Floyd Karkeek
1878
An essay on the future life of brute creatures
Richard Dean
1768
An essay on the kingdom of Christ
Abraham Booth
1788
An essay on the law of God
John Stanford
1791
An essay on the object, nature, and design of religious worship
Richard Wright
1812
An essay on the unity and supremacy of the one God and Father
Richard Wright
1805
An essay on the use of mixed and compressed cattle fodder for feeding and fattening horses, oxen, cows, sheep, hogs or pigs ... on ship-board, in camps, or in garrisons. ..
Stephen Lawson
1797
An essay towards a natural history of the corallines, and other marine productions of the like kind, commonlyfound on the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland
John Ellis
1755
An essay towards a natural history of the corallines, and other maringe productions of the like kind, commonly found on the coasts of Great Britain
John Ellis, A. Millar, John and James Rivington, R. and J. Dodsley
1755
An essay towards an history of all the remarkable providences which have happened in this present age
W. Turner
1695
An essay upon the works of creation and providence
W. Turner
1695
An essay, on such physical considerations as are connected with man's ultimate destination..
Andrew Carmichael
1830
An examination of the arguments against the existence of a surpreme intelligence, founded upon the laws of nature
Allen Morron
1848
An examination of the characteristics of genera and species
John Bachman
1855
An exercitation concerning the true time of our Saviour's Passover
John Turner
1684
An exhortation given forth at the requirings of the Lord
Henry Lombe
1694
An exhortatyon or warnynge, to beware of greater plagues & troubles, then are yet come vppon thys realme
Giles Coucheman
1551
An experimental index of the heart
Richard Younge
1658
An exposition of I Tim. III. 16
James Kendall, Bay Association
1825
An exposition of three points of popular theology
Benjamin Todd
1865
An exposition on the Lord's prayer
Ezekiel Hopkins
1692