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
Certaine questions and answeres, concerning the knovvledge of God
William Burton
1591
Character of a Methodist
John Wesley
1808
Charis kai eirēnē, or A pacifick discourse of Gods grace and decrees
Henry Hammond
1660
Charity the end of the commandment; or, Universal love the design of Christianity
William Wishart
1731
Charter and by-laws of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
1891
Cheap and good husbandry
Gervase Markham
1664
Cheape and good husbandry
Gervase Markham
1648
Cheape and good husbandry for the well-ordering of all beast and fowles, and for the general cure of their diseases
Gervase Markham
1660
Cheape and good husbandry for the well-ordering of all beasts and fowls and for the general cure of their diseases
Gervase Markham
1683
Chesapeake zoölogical laboratory
William Keith Brooks, Johns Hopkins University
1878
Chidambara mahatmyam =
E. A. Sivaraman
1993
Child's natural history of beasts
Charles Williams
1800
Chinese ancestor worship in Malaya
Leon Comber
1954
Christ as our ancestor
Charles Nyamiti
1984
Christ crucified
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
1800
Christ's Kingdom in the earth
Warren Skinner
1834
Christ's fan in his hand, separating the wheat & chaff
Benjamin Wadsworth
1722
Christ's submission to His Fathers will
Nicolas Estwick
1644
Christ, the Covenant Messenger only ; also, Praying to see God's glory
Harvey Johnson
1886
Christian alternatives to ancestor practices
Bong Rin Ro
1985
Christian baptism
John Winebrenner
1873
Christian knowledge, and Christian confidence inseparable
Samuel Spring
1785
Christianity and ancient paganism
J. Murray Mitchell
1887
Christianity versus paganism
John Chadwick M.D
1870