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
The Archbishop of Cambray's pastoral letter concerning the love of God
François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon
1715
The Attis of Caius Valerius Catullus
Gaius Valerius Catullus
1892
The Barnum & Bailey official route book, season of 1891
Harvey L. Watkins
1891
The Barnum & Bailey official route book, season of 1894
Harvey L. Watkins
1894
The Benevolence of God
American Tract Society
1800
The Benevolence of God
George Burder
1825
The Bible its testimony and its promises
Henry Dana Ward
1867
The Bible view of the personality of God and the devil
Phineas A. Smith
1870
The Biblical, the ecclesiastical, and the philosophical notion of God
Theodore Parker
1858
The British sportsman
William Augustus Osbaldiston
1792
The Burning bush not consumed
John Hart
1674
The Chinese term for God
J. S. Burdon
1877
The Christian commonvvealth
John Eliot
1659
The Christian deity
Charles Watts
1873
The Christian family
Philander Chase
1813
The Christian mourner comforted: or a sermon preached at the funeral of Mrs. Susanna Tyte, late wife of Mr. Tho. Tyte, sen. of Stalbridg, in the county of Dorset, Octob. 12. 1691. and since enlarged. Wherein is represented, I. What the funeral-practices of the heathens were, and how unworthy of a Christian's imitation. II. The lawfulness of mourning at the Christians funeral. III. In what cases it is justifiable. IV. What those considerations are that tend to moderate the sorrows of surviving Christians for their deceased friends. By John Sprint, the meanest and unworthiest servant of the best and greatest Master
John Sprint
1692
The Christian parent: or, Short and plain discourses concerning God, and the works and word of God, in creation, redemption, and sanctification
Ambrose Serle
1791
The Christian spirit which is essential to the triumph of the Kingdom of God
Christopher Anderson
1824
The Christian tested
Matthew Noyes
1838
The Christian's duty and interest in a time of publick danger
Daniel Neal
1721
The Christians converse with God, or, The insufficiency and uncertainty of human friendship and the improvement of solitude in converse with God
Richard Baxter
1693
The Christians looking glasse
Thomas Tuke
1615
The Church of Rome guilty of Idolatry, in the worship offered to the Virgin Mary, and to saints, angels, images, and relics
Religious Tract Society
1839
The Church's security
William Tilly
1706