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
Souvenir of Omaha
Lew. W. Raber
1894
Special report of Commissioners on Diseases of Domesticated Animals
E. H. Hyde, Connecticut. State Board of Agriculture
1890
Special report, Bureau of Animal Industry
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Printing
1893
Speculum theologiæ in Christo, or, A view of some divine truths
Edward Polhill
1678
Speech of the Right Hon. W. Windham, in the House of Commons, June 13, 1809, on Lord Erskine's bill for the more effectual prevention of cruelty towards animals
William Windham
1810
Spence's Polymetis abridged
Joseph Spence
1802
Spirits in the Church
Charles M. Taggart
1852
Spiritual judgments the most awful, and dreadful judgments
George Beckwith
1744
St. Bernard
M. R. Hoste
1890
St. John Damascene on holy images
John of Damascus
1898
Stanzas on an ancient superstition
William J. Rivers
1864
Stapleton's Fortress overthrown
William Fulke
1848
Startling narrative
William L. Stone
1838
Stoicheiosis theologike
Proclus Diadochus
1933
Stories of wild animals
Alice Hawthorne
1860
Strange and true nevvs from Staffordshire, or, A true narrative concerning a young man lying under almighty Gods just vengeance, for imprecating God's judgment upon himself, and pleading his innocency though he knew himself guilty
William Vincent
1677
Studien über Entwickelungsgeschichte der Thiere
Emil Selenka
1883
Studies in animal chromatology
Charles Alexander MacMunn
1883
Studies in the evolution of animals
Emanuel Bonavia
1895
Subjection to Christ in all his ordinances, and appointments, the best means to preserve our liberty
Thomas Shepard, Samuel Mather, William Greenhill
1652
Submission to the righteousness of God, or, The necessity of trusting to a better righteousness than our own
Benjamin Jenks
1700
Submission to the will of God in times of affliction
Matthew Sylvester
1683
Substitution, is it scriptural and reasonable?
T. R
1870
Sunesis pneumatikē, or, The causes, waies & means of understanding the mind of God as revealed in His word, with assurance therein
John Owen
1678