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
Letters on the rendering of the name God in the Chinese language
James Legge
1850
Letters to Serena
John Toland
1704
Life and death
George William Olver
1878
Life in the sea, or, The nature and habits of marine animals
Lascelles Sir Wraxall, G. Hartwig
1860
Life of Colesworthy Grant, founder and late honorary secretary of the Calcutta Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Peary Chand Mitra
1881
Light in the church ; God's word, the source of divine light, and how it may be most successfully studied
Samuel H. Turner
1850
Lines made after the great earthquake, in 1755
Moses Dow
1803
Lion, the mastiff
Annie Gregg Savigny
1895
Logicae libri quinque
Richard Crakanthorpe
1677
Love an essential attribute of deity
Samuel Kendal
1795
Love of science perverted
William Henry Drummond
1870
Love's pedigree, or, A discourse shewing the grace of love in a believer to be of a divine original
Samuel Willard
1700
Lovest thou me?
American Tract Society
1825
Luganda names, clans, and totems
M. B. Nsimbi
1980
Lux orientalis, or, An enquiry into the opinion of the Eastern sages concerning the praeexistence of souls
Joseph Glanvill
1662
Magic and fetshism
Alfred C. Haddon
1908
Magnetismus magnus, or, Metaphysical and divine contemplations on the magnet, or loadstone
Matthew Hale
1695
Man & beast here & hereafter
J. G. Wood
1800
Man as he is, and the world as it goes
James Jones Wilmer
1803
Man driven out of the earth and darkness, by the light, life, and mighty hand of God
Humphrey Smith
1658
Manning's book
J. Russell Manning
1899
Mans badnes & Gods goodnes, or, Some Gospel truths laid down, explained, and vindicated
J. Heydon
1647
Manual of British rural sports ..
J. H Walsh
1856
Manus religion
Reo Franklin Fortune
1900