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
Saints and saint-worship
W. Pakenham Walsh
1851
Salaries of certain officials in the Bureau of Animal Industry. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of Agriculture submitting certain changes in estimates affecting the salaries of certain officials in the Bureau of Animal Industry
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture
1896
Samuel Fay
C. D. Barrows, Mass.) Kirk Street Church (Lowell
1880
Sapienta angelica de divino amore et de divina sapientia
Emanuel Swedenborg
1890
Saxon obsequies, illustrated by ornaments and weapons
Richard Cornwallis Neville 4th Braybrooke
1852
Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H. M. C. S. "Thetis," off the coast of New South Wales, in February and March, 1898
Australian Museum
1899
Scriptural cautions against embracing a religious scheme
Benjamin West
1783
Scriptural references on where will Christ's Kingdom be? predestination, and what shall we do our independence to gain?
F. N Bell
1864
Scripture truth confirmed and cleared
Robert Fleming
1678
Sea and land
James W. Buel
1887
Search for deity
Religious writer Sullivan
1859
Second supplement to autobiographical sketches and personal recollections
George T. Angell
1897
Secret ritual and manhood in Victorian America
Mark C. Carnes
1989
Seeking the Lord while he may be found, calling upon him while he is near
John Olding
1776
Select discourses viz, on the being of God, the resurrection of the body, immortality of the soul, predestination, the present state of Christianity, &c
Thomas Emes
1708
Select essays: containing: the manner of raising and dressing flax, and hemp
ESTC/NA
1777
Select passages illustrative of neoplatonism
E. R. Dodds
1924
Select works of Plotinus
Plotinus, Thomas Taylor, G. R. S. Mead
1895
Selections for the practice of students in the reporting style of Burnz' phonic shorthand
Eliza Boardman Burnz
1878
Selections from the writings of Fenelon
François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon
1841
Self-dedication
John Howe
1682
Seonee =
Robert Armitage Sterndale
1887
Series on religion for to-day
Minot J. Savage
1897
Serious considerations on various subjects of importance
John Woolman
1773