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
Inspector of hay, etc., District of Columbia
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia
1890
Instinct, habits, and sagacity of animals in a series of letters on natural history
B. Rousse
1831
Interment of the dead, a dictate of natural affection, sanctioned by the word of God, and the examples of the good in every age
Robert Crowell
1818
International Exhibition of 1876
2nd session 1875) United States House of Congress (43rd
1875
Introductory address on animal electricity
William Stirling
1884
Inward prayer
Thomas Lake Harris
1896
Ireland. By the Lord Deputy and Council
Ireland. Lords Justices and Council
1654
Is God in everything?
Hannah Whitall Smith
1868
Is God unknowable?
John Bernard Dalgairns
1872
Isaac Cohen Prize at the Jews' Free school
Raphael Benjamin
1870
Isagoge ad Dei providentiam, or, A prospect of divine providence
T. C. M.A
1672
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God
Benjamin Colman
1726
Jachin and Boaz, or, An authentic key to the door of Free-Masonry
belonging to the Jerusalem Lodge Gentleman
1801
Jachin and Boaz: or An authentic key to the door of Free-Masonry, ancient and modern
Gentleman belonging to the Jerusalem Lodge
1811
Jehovah our saviour
George Field
1848
Jehovah unveiled, or, the character of the Jewish deity delineated
William Skinner
1889
Jehovah-jireh; or, In the mount will the Lord be seen
Thomas Beverley
1695
Jerusalem's sins, Jerusalem's destruction, or, National sins the cause of national calamities
Francis Smith
1691
Joannis Caii Britanni De canibus Britannicis liber unus ; De rariorum animalium [et] stirpium historia liber unus ; De libris propriis liber unus ; De pronunciatione Graecae [et] Latinae linguae, cum scriptione nova, libellus
John Caius
1729
Joh. Cloppenburgii Sacrificiorum patriarchalium schola sacra
Johannes Cloppenburg
1637
John Barclay his vindication of the intercession of saints, the veneration of relicks and miracles, against the sectaries of the times
John Barclay
1688
John Bull
John Bull
1808
John Fiske on the idea of God
Edmund Thomas Shanahan
1897
Johnson's natural history
Samuel G. Goodrich
1868