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 challenge of R.F. Lewis Sabran of the Society of Jesus made out against the historical discourse concerning invocation of saints
Lewis Sabran
1688
The character of God
E. P. Swift
1832
The character of a Methodist
John Wesley
1742
The check-rein
George T. Angell
1872
The children of Abrahams faith
Francis Gawler
1663
The children of God: a sermon preached in the First Presbyterian Church of Dromore, on Sabbath morning,October 12, 1873
James Kirker Rev Strain
1873
The choice
Samuel Macclintock
1798
The cholera, and its consequences
Religious Tract Society
1839
The church an habitation of God, through the Spirit
Benjamin Wallin
1774
The church triumphant, or, A comfortable treatise of the amplitude and largeness of the kingdom of Christ
Joseph Alford
1649
The city lieth four-square
Robert Collyer
1892
The city of God
Augustine of Hippo, Marcus Dods
1871
The city of God
Edward Budge
1850
The claims of God to recognition in the assassination of President Lincoln
J. D. Farquhar
1865
The comfort and blessedness of being at home in God, or, Dwelling with Him
Solomon Williams
1742
The coming man
John White Chadwick, Second Unitarian Society of Brooklyn
1877
The coming revolution in diet
Sidney Hartnoll Beard
1896
The comparative tendency of Unitarianism and Calvinism to promote love to God and love to man
William Johnson Fox, Southern Unitarian Society
1813
The concept of time in late Neoplatonism
Samuel Sambursky
1971
The conception of God
James Cotter Morison
1872
The confirming work of religion
Robert Fleming
1693
The confirming worke of religion ..., or, The true and infallible way for attaining a confirmed state in religion ..
Robert Fleming
1685
The conflict of ages ended
Henry Weller
1855
The consideration of divine goodness an argument for religious gratitude and obedience
Henry Channing
1794