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 Zeal of Jehovah for the Kingdom of Christ
Isaac Knapp
1812
The advocateship of Jesus Christ
John Bunyan
1688
The age of benevolence
Carlos Wilcox
1822
The agency of God, illustrated in the achievement of the independence of the United States
Charles A. Boardman
1826
The all-conquering will
John Page Hopps
1894
The analysis of man, or, The difference between the reasonable and living soul
John Free, Thomas Hollis
1764
The anatomy of the brain
Humphrey Ridley
1695
The angels oath, time is no longer
Elizabeth Glover
1694
The anti-traditionist
Henry Alline
1700
The antichristian and antisocial conspiracy
Barruel abbé, Gentleman belonging to the Jerusalem Lodge
1812
The apparent darkness of God's providence
John Brazer
1842
The archaeological evidence for Mithraism in Imperial Rome
Alison Bond Griffith
1993
The argument, a priori, for the being and the attributes of the Absolute One, and the First Cause of all things
William Honyman Gillespie
1871
The arraignment and conviction of atheism, or, An exact and clear demonstration by natural arguments that there is a God
Joshua Bonhome
1679
The assizes
Religious Tract Society
1819
The atheist silenced, or, The existence of a deity and his creation and government of the world
J. M
1672
The attitudes of animals in motion
Eadweard Muybridge
1881
The balm of the Gospel
John R Thompson
1815
The beautiful city, and the King of glory
Woodbury Davis
1860
The beauty of holiness
Thomas Hall
1653
The being and attributes of God demonstrated
Henry of Chertsey Knight
1747
The being, love, and other attributes of God
William Beveridge
1716
The belief in a personal god and a future life
Thomas Cooper
1860
The believer's triumph in God's promises and the various conflicts and glorius conquests of faith over unbelief
Joseph Alleine
1767