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
Mithraica
Maartin Josef Vermaseren
1971
Mithraism since Franz Cumont
Roger Beck
1984
Mithras
Maarten Jozef Vermaseren
1963
Mithras and his temples on the Wall
Charles Daniels
1962
Mithras, the secret god
Maarten Jozef Vermaseren
1963
Mithriaca IV [i.e. quatre]
M. J. Vermaseren
1978
Modern husbandry
G. H. Andrews
1853
Modern practical farriery
W. J. Miles
1874
Moko, or, Maori tattooing
Horatio Gordon Robley
1896
Monomaxia: Jacob wrestling with the angel: or, A sacred duel, fought between God and man at Peniel
Francis Raworth
1656
Moral discourses on providence and other important subjects
Thomas Hunter
1774
Moral inquiries on the situation of man and brutes
Lewis Gompertz
1824
Mornings' amusement
Charles Mrs Mathews
1801
Morphology of Tusayan altars
Jesse Walter Fewkes
1897
Moses and Aaron
Thomas Godwyn
1625
Moses and Aaron.
Thomas Buckingham
1729
Moses's - sine principio: represented by names, by words, by types, by emblems
John Hutchinson
1729
Motion, space and time
J. Dunbar Hylton
1892
Mount Ebal, or A heavenly treatise of divine love
John Preston
1638
Mr. Crowley of Central Park
Henry Starkey Fuller
1888
Mr. James Janeway's legacy to his friends
James Janeway
1674
Mr. Spaulding's defence
Joshua Spalding
1802
Mr. Tillam's account examined. Or, A brief reply to his unchristian account of some passages of Providence
Thomas Weld
1657
Mr. Whiston's letter to the right honourable the earl of Nottingham
William Whiston
1721