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
Do the interests of mankind require experiments on living animals?
Alfred Barry
1892
Domesticated reindeer in Alaska
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture
1892
Don't worry; or, Spiritual emancipation
Theodore F. Seward
1897
Dr. Clarke's notions of space examin'd, in vindication of the translator of Archbishop King's Origin of evil
Joseph Clarke
1733
Dr. Hess' practical points for farmers, horsemen, dairymen, and poultrymen
Hess & Co
1897
Dr. J.P. Mann, who has so long been physician to the deformed ... has established offices and reception days ...
J. P. Mann
1876
Dr. Paley's works
Richard Whately
1859
Drawings of some very large bones
George Clerk
1756
Duty on hay
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
1882
Duty to our country
Benjamin C. Cutler
1835
E.O. Rogers' great inter-state show
Courier Company
1889
Eautontimōroumenos, or, The self-revenger exemplified in Mr. William Barlee
Thomas Pierce
1658
Ecclesiastici, or, The history of the lives, acts, death, & writings of the most eminent fathers of the Church, that flourisht in the fourth century
William Cave
1683
Edifying thoughts on God's paternal heart
Carl Heinrich von Bogatzky
1761
Edward L. Walker
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Patents
1882
Eighth and Ninth Annual Reports of Bureau of Animal Industry
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Printing
1892
Election and reprobation, or, The decrees of God and accountability of man considered
A. Fassett
1818
Election and reprobation, or, The decrees of God and the accountability of man considered
Amos Fassett
1810
Elementary or fundamental principles of the philosophy of natural history
Johann Gottlieb Burkhard
1804
Elementary views of the classification of animals
John William Sir Dawson
1864
Elements of animal magnetism
Charles Morley
1838
Eleothriambos. Or The triumph of mercy in the chariot of praise
Samuel Lee
1677
Eleusis and the Mysteries
Geōrgios Them Maltezos
1961
Eleusis: archetypal image of mother and daughter
Karl Kerényi
1967