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
Dissertations on the existence, attributes, providence, and moral government of God
David Savile
1807
Distressing judgments occasioned by despising the words and messengers of God
Thomas Worcester
1813
Divine Dialogues, Containing sundry Disquisitions & Instructions Concerning the Attributes and Providence of God. The Three First Dialogues, treating of The Attributes of God, and his Providence at large
Henry More
1668
Divine Providence ador'd & justify'd, in the early death of God's children & servants
Thomas Foxcroft, William Cooper
1727
Divine agency on the mind defended, and human freedom preserved
Jonathan Curtis
1818
Divine benevolence
Hosea Ballou
1815
Divine benevolence asserted
Thomas Balguy
1803
Divine benevolence, or An attempt to prove that the principal end of the Divine providence and government is the happiness of his creatures
Joshua Bayes
1731
Divine compassion
Henry Ward Beecher
1886
Divine conduct
John Flavel
1712
Divine conduct, or, The mysterie of Providence
John Flavel
1678
Divine conduct; or
John Flavel
1830
Divine condvct
John Flavel
1708
Divine dialogues
Henry More
1668
Divine government as illustrated in the present cattle plague
Henry Calderwood
1865
Divine inspiration
Hannah Wharton
1732
Divine inversion
David Thom
1842
Divine love and the love of God's most Blessed Mother
Francis J. Weld
1893
Divine love in creation and redemption
Henry Alford
1855
Divine providence, the support of good men under all events
William Shelton
1680
Divine rectitude
John Balguy
1730
Divine sovereignty displayed by predestination: or, The doctrine of the decrees considered in its proper light, and real tendency
Moses Mather
1763
Do I love God or not?
John Howe
1851
Do the interests of humanity require experiments on living animals?
F. S. Arnold
1892