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
Decency and order in publick worship recommended
Thomas Bisse
1723
Deep calleth unto deep, or, A visitation from on high unto the breathing seed of Jacob
William Bayly
1663
Defense of an essay on the proper rendering of the words Elohim and Theos into the Chinese language
William Jones bp Boone, William Jones Boone
1850
Defense of the Vindication of the Catholic doctrine concerning the use and veneration of images, the honor and invocation of saints, and the keeping and honoring their relics
John Baptist Mary David
1823
Dependence and free agency
Lyman Beecher
1832
Der Ursprung der Geistmetaphysik
Hans Joachim Krämer
1964
Descriptions of several new or rare animals, principally marine, discovered on the south coast of Devonshire
George Montagu
1815
Deus justificatus, or, The divine goodness vindicated and cleared against the assertors of absolute and inconditionate reprobation
Henry Hallywell
1668
Deus nobiscum
Cotton Mather
1725
Devout rhapsodies
J. A. Rivers
1647
Dictionary of deities and demons in the Bible (DDD)
Karel van der Toorn, Bob Becking, Pieter Willem van der Horst
1998
Dictionary of gods and goddesses, devils and demons
Manfred Lurker
1987
Discharges from Bureau of Animal Industry at South Omaha, Nebr
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment
1897
Discourses concerning the being and natural perfections of God
John Abernethy
1740
Discourses of the love of God and the use and abuse of the passions in religion, with a devout meditation suited to each discourse
Isaac Watts
1729
Discourses on the deity of the Son and other subjects
Samuel Minister of Call-Lane Chapel Crawford
1835
Discourses on the love of God, and its influence on all the passions
Isaac Watts
1799
Discourses on the love of God, and its influences on all the passions
Isaac Watts
1806
Discourses on the sovereign and universal agency of God, in nature and grace
Robert McDowall, Robert James McDowall
1806
Discourses upon the existence and attributes of God, abridged from the writings of the late learned and venerable Stephen Charnock, B.D. By the Rev. Griffith Williams, Minister of Gate-Street-Chapel, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields
Stephen Charnock
1797
Discussion between Dr. Brindley and Mr. Charles Bradlaugh in the Working Man's Hall, Oldham, June 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st, 1860
Charles Bradlaugh
1860
Disputatio scholastica de divina providentia
Samuel Rutherford
1649
Dissertation on the quantity and quality of sin
Enoch Shepard
1814
Dissertation on the true inheritance of the saints
William Miller
1842