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
First law of the divine providence, viz, that man should act from freedom according to reason
Emanuel Swedenborg
1847
Five lectures upon the cause, prevention, and cure of disease, the mysteries and fallacies of the faculty, and upon the origin, design, benefit and phenomena of animal magnetism
E. D. Peirce
1847
Five questions
Edward Everett Hale
1892
Five questions answered
George T. Angell
1873
Five sermons on important subjects
Richard Watson
1833
Five sermons on the following subjects
John Balguy
1738
Five sermons preached before and after the celebration of the Lord's Supper
William M'George
1729
Fliegende Hirsche und Sonnengötter
Johannes Reckel, Merle Schatz
2022
Flowers of heaven
Orsini abbé
1841
Footprints found at the Carson State Prison
H. W. Harkness
1882
For and against animal vaccination
Charles R. Drysdale
1876
Foreshadowings of Christianity
E. Josephine Peckover
1888
Fort Klamath hay reserve
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1896
Foundations of faith, part I
L. von Hammerstein
1897
Four great questions
Minot J. Savage
1891
Four reasons for supporting the bill for the total prohibition of vivisection
Victoria Street Society for the Protection of Animals from Vivisection, International Association for the Total Suppression of Vivisection
1876
Free thoughts upon the brute-creation, or, An examination of Father Bougeant's Philosophical amusement, &c
John Hildrop
1742
From Platonism to Neoplatonism
Philip Merlan
1953
Funeral agenda
Joseph Stolz
1897
Funeral obsequies
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rules
1886
Fur-bearing animals in Alaska
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
1895
Fur-bearing animals in Alaska
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1896
Fur-bearing animals in Alaska
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
1888
Fur-bearing animals in Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to a resolution of the House calling for information in regard to the lease of the right to take fur seals in Alaska
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
1888