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
Marine animals mounted as transparencies for museum purposes
Henry Clifton Sorby
1899
Meditations in my confinement, when my house was visited with the sickness
Thomas Clarke
1666
Megaleia theou, Gods great demonstrations and demands of iustice, mercy, and humility
John Gauden
1660
Memorandum of facts and considerations relating to the practice of scientific experiments on living animals, commonly called vivisection
Association for the Advancement of Medicine by Research
1882
Memorial services of Commemoration Day, held in Canton, May 30, 1877, under the auspices of Revere Encampment, Post 94, Grand Army of the Republic
Daniel T. V. Huntoon, No. 94 Grand Army of the Republic. Paul Revere Post
1877
Memorial to the Right. Hon. W.E. Gladstone
Society for Protection of Animals Liable to Vivisection
1880
Mental and magical mysteries
McManus-Young Collection
1893
Mercies memorial, or, Israel's thankful remembrance of God in their high estate, for his mercifull remembring of them in their low estate
Ralph Venning
1657
Mercies memorial, or, Israels thankful remembrance of God in their high estate for his merciful remembring of them in their low estate
Ralph Venning
1658
Mercies memorial. or, Israels thankfull remembrance of God in their high estate, for his mercifull remembring of them in their low estate
Ralph Venning
1657
Mercy covering the judgment seat, and life and light triumphing over death and darkness, in the Lord's tender visitation, and wonderful deliverance, of one that sat in darkness, and in the religion and shadow of death
Richard Claridge
1700
Mesmerism true-mesmerism false
M.D. John Forbes
1845
Metaphysical works of the celebrated Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant, John Richardson, James Hopwood, Johann Heinrich Lips
1836
Meth' hemōn ho Theos. Or The doctrine of a God and providence, vindicated and asserted
Thomas Gregory
1694
Methods of Providence
William M. Barbour
1868
Mineralogical notices
Carl Friedrich Alexander Hartmann
1827
Ministers of the gospel, the moral watchmen of the nation
Frederick W. Conrad
1865
Mirabilia Dei
Cotton Mather, Massachusetts. General Court
1719
Miscellanea philo-theologica
Hen Church, John Norton, John Rothwell, William Chapman
1638
Miscellanea philo-theologica, or, God & man
Hen Church
1637
Miscellaneous investigations concerning infectious and parasitic diseases of domesticated animals
United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
1893
Missionary paper
Samuel B. Munson
1838
Mistery Babylon the mother of harlots discovered
Francis Howgill
1659
Mithraic studies
International Congress of Mithraic Studies
1975