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
Ancestor religion in Southern Africa
H. Kuckertz
1981
Ancestor worship in Africa
James Thayer Addison
1924
Ancestors in Christ
Mary Potts
1970
Ancestors, adolescents, and the absolute
Pro Mundi Vita. Centrum Informationis
1977
Ancestral worship
James Jackson
1907
Ancestral worship and Fung-Shuy
M. T Yates
1867
Ancient heathenism and modern spiritualism
H. L. Hastings
1890
And they shall look upon him whom they have pierced
Eleanor Lady Douglas
1649
Angel ministry
J. J Morse
1885
Angelic ministrations
John Pierpont
1837
Angelic wisdom
Emanuel Swedenborg
1862
Angelic wisdom concerning the divine love and concerning the divine wisdom
Emanuel Swedenborg, James John Garth Wilkinson, Rudolph Leonhard Tafel
1883
Animadversions on the Reverend Mr. Croswell's late Letter &c
A. Cumming
1763
Animal biography, or, Popular zoology
William Bingley
1813
Animal drawing
Caroline Hunt Rimmer
1895
Animal electricity and magnetism demonstrated, by the laws of nature, with new ideas upon matter and motion
John professor of animal magnetism Bell, John Bell
1792
Animal intelligence
George John Romances
1890
Animal magnetism
George Winter
1801
Animal magnetism (mesmerism) and artificial somnambulism
C. Countess de Dominique
1874
Animal magnetism and the associated phenomena, somnambulism, clairvoyance, &c
Edwin Lee
1849
Animal magnetism or mesmerism
William Lang
1844
Animal physiology
Southwood Smith
1838
Animal products; their preparation, commercial uses, and value
Peter Lund Simmonds
1889
Animal simples
William Thomas Fernie
1899