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
Era
An help to the duty in, and right improvement of sickness. By Henry Newcome, M.A. minister of the Gospel
Henry Newcome
1685
An historical dissertation on the gods of the East Indians
Bouchet
1700
An historical dissertation upon the Thebean Legion
Jean Dubourdieu
1696
An historical view of the rise and progress of infidelity, with a refutation of its principles and reasonings, in a series of sermons preached for the lecture founded by the Hon. Robert Boyle, in the parish church of St. Mary Le Bow, London, from the year 1802 to 1805
William Van Mildert
1806
An history of seasonable interpositions; especially relating to the twice-memorable fifth of November
Cotton Mather
1719
An holy connexion, or A true agreement between Jehovahs being a wall of fire to his people, and the glory in the midst thereof: or A word in season to stir up to a solemn acknowledgement of the gracious protection of God over his people; and especially to a holy care that the presence of God may yet be continued with us
James Fitch
1674
An hue and cry for innocent blood; or, A dissertation, plainly proving, that God Almighty does not visit the sins of the parents upon the children
A Christian
1732
An humble tesimony [sic] unto the goodness and severity of God in His dealing with sinful churches and nations
John Owen
1681
An humble testimony unto the goodness and severity of God in his dealing with sinful churches and nations, or, The only way to deliver a sinful nation from utter ruine by impendent judgements, in a discourse on the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, Luk. 13.1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ...
John Owen
1681
An inaugural dissertation on animal heat ...
Robert Morrell
1810
An index to the animal and vegetable kingdoms of Wordsworth
J. R. Tutin
1892
An inquiry into the structure and animal oeconomy of the horse
Richard veterinary surgeon Lawrence
1801
An inquiry into the true nature of instinct and of the mental distinction between brute animals and man
John Oliver French
1826
An inquiry respecting the true nature of instinct
John Oliver French
1825
An introduction to the fifth book of Hooker's treatise Of the laws of ecclesiastic polity
Francis Paget
1899
An introduction to the study of natural history
Louis Agassiz
1847
An introductory discourse delivered in the Reformed Dutch Church in ... Philadelphia, October 10th, 1813
Jacob Brodhead
1813
An introductory discourse, delivered in the Reformed Dutch Church, in the city of Philadelphia, October 10th, 1813
Jacob Brodhead
1813
An investigation into the parasites in the pork supply of Montreal
William Osler, A. W. Clement
1883
An ordinance of the Corporation of Trinity Church, in the city of New-York, relative to sextons, funerals, interments, ets., in their property
Trinity Church
1848
An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for the more effectuall puting in execution the directory for publique worship
England and Wales. Parliament
1645
An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament·
England and Wales. Parliament
1645
An ordination sermon delivered at a meeting of the Ohio Presbytery, at the forks of Wheeling, April 20th, 1814
Member of said Presbytery
1814
Anatomical outlines of the horse
J. A. McBride
1878