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
Report upon the phenomena of clairvoyance
Edwin Lee
1843
Reports of agents, officers, and persons, acting under the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the condition of seal life on the rookeries of the Pribilof Islands
Charles Haskins Townsend, United States. Department of the Treasury. Commission on Fur-Seal Investigations
1896
Resignation and submission under the afflictive dispensations of providence
William Turner
1833
Return, duty free, of certain articles
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
1898
Revealed truth illustrated
Levi Pilsbury
1812
Review of Dr. Pond's letter against the doctrine of the second advent in 1843
Apollos Hale
1842
Review of Dr. Taylor on the moral government of God
Benj. N. Martin
1859
Review of Prof. Norton's Statement of reasons for not believing the doctrines of Trinitarians, concerning the nature of God and the person of Christ
George Barrell Cheever
1833
Right conceptions of the Kingdom of God and their motive value
Frederick A. Noble
1887
Righteousness
Ezra S. Gannett, American Unitarian Association
1842
Righteousness conducive to happiness
Samuel Worcester
1804
Righteousness the central principle of Christianity, and the true basis of the Unitarian denomination
Ezra S. Gannett
1842
Rights of God, written for the benefit of man, or, The impartiality of Jehovah vindicated
Thomas Branagan
1812
Risālah-i mausūmah ʻilāj al-auhām
Makand Sing̲ẖ
1893
Rites of funeral ancient and modern
Pierre Muret
1683
Ritual healing
Ildikó Csepregi, Charles Burnett
2012
Ritus benedictionis campanae seu plurium campanarum
Catholic Church
1893
Roma mitraica
Carlo Pavia
1986
Romance of animal life
J. G. Wood
1889
Romance of natural history, or, Wild scenes and wild hunters
Charles W. Webber
1853
Rules for hearing the Word of God with certain and saving benefit
Daniel Burgess
1693
Rámesvaram Island and fauna of the Gulf of Manaar
Edgar Thurston
1895
Sacred architecture; or, The design of Jehovah in building the temple of Solomon
John Stanford, N.Y.). Society of House Carpenters (New York
1793
Saint avgvstine Of the citie of God
Augustine of Hippo
1620