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
Polytheismus vapulans, or, There is but one God
William Towers
1654
Poor Robin's book of knowledge
Poor Robin
1688
Posthumous works of Mr. John Locke ..
John Locke
1706
Practical discourses concerning obedience and the love of God
John Scott
1698
Practical observations on venereal, scorbutic, and consumptive diseases, &c. with select cases
Henry St. John Neale
1788
Practical reflections on the late earthquakes in Jamaica, England, Sicily, Malta, &c., anno 1692
John Shower
1693
Praise and adoration, or, A sermon on Trinity-Sunday before the University at Oxford, 1681
Thomas Manningham
1681
Pratima kosha
Saligrama Krishna Ramachandra Rao
1988
Prayer for divine guidance
Charles Voysey
1897
Prayer for rulers : hope for our country
J. Fewsmith
1860
Prayer for the country
James M. MacDonald
1860
Predestination, and the foreknowledge of God
James Matthews
1852
Preliminary check-list of the marine invertebrata of the Atlantic coast, from Cape Cod to the Gulf of St. Lawrence
A. E. Verrill, United States Fish Commission
1879
Preparation for death
George Burder
1805
Present duty before approaching darkness
Ralph Erskine
1739
Prestwich's dissertation on mineral, animal, & vegetable poisons
John Prestwich, Thordarson Collection
1775
Presumptive arguments for the truth and divine authority of the Christian religion
James Duchal
1753
Prevention of cruelty to domestic animals
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
1888
Prince-protecting providences, or, A collection of some historical passages
John Gibbon
1682
Principles of zoölogy
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz
1848
Printing Fourth Annual Report Bureau of Animal Industry
Phone Number List | Databases List
1887
Printing report of Bureau of Animal Industry
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Printing
1888
Proof from Scripture, that God even the Fther is the only true God, and the only proper object of religious worship
Lant Carpenter
1829
Proof from scripture, that God, even the Father, is the only true God, and the only proper object of religious worship
Lant Carpenter
1812