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
Hearty submission and resignation to the will of God, under afflictions, pressed upon Christians; as a very necessary & important duty
Benjamin Wadsworth
1716
Heaven the end of man or, Final cause of the soul's spirit. By William Williams, teutonico-philosopho-theologus
William Inferior Brother to the venerable and orthodox clergy Williams
1696
Heaven upon earth, or, Good news for repenting sinners
William Dyer
1697
Heaven upon earth, or, The best friend in the vvorst of times
James Janeway
1677
Heaven upon earth, or, The best friend in the vvorst times
James Janeway
1667
Heaven upon earth, or, The best friend in the worst of times
James Janeway
1671
Heaven upon earth, or, The best friend in the worst times
James Janeway
1730
Heliotropium
Jeremias Drexel
1634
Help from on high; or our only resource
Robert Gibson
1824
Helps to the assurance of God's love
Samuel Pack
1673
Hemera Apokalypseōs. The day of Revelation of the righteous Iudgement of God. Delivered In A Sermon Preached To The Honorable House of Commons, at Margarets Westminster, at their late solemn Fast, December 31. 1645
William Strong
1645
Herein is held forth the gift and good-will of God to the world
Sarah Blackborow
1659
Hermetis Trismegisti
Otto Bardenhewer
1873
Hidden things made manifest by the light
Humphrey Smith
1658
Hints on agricultural subjects, and on the best means of improving the condition of the labouring classes
J. C. Curwen
1809
Hints on the economy of feeding stock
J. C. Curwen
1808
History and scope of zoology
E. Ray Sir Lankester
1892
History of the devotion to the Virgin Mary in North America
Xavier Donald MacLeod
1885
History, psychology, and culture
Alexander Alexandrovitch Goldenweiser
1933
Holiness
Sumner Lincoln
1885
Holstein-Friesian Cattle Association of America
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture
1893
Hon. Wm. Mutchler
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Printing
1893
Hope for the republic
Samuel Jennings Wilson
1864
Horae ecclesiasticae
James Harriman Hutton
1807