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 eternal
Robert Philip
1846
The eternal and redeeming word
Lynn Harold Hough
1858
The eternal ones of the dream
Géza Róheim
1950
The eternal purpose of God, the foundation of effectual calling
Thomas Baldwin
1804
The ethics of funerals
J. B. Wakeley
1855
The evils of butchery
Josiah Oldfield
1895
The evolution of a sentiment
Newton M. Mann
1898
The excellence of the Gospel visible in the wretchedness of paganism
Elijah Parish
1798
The excellency and equitableness of Gods law, and the unreasonableness of sin
G. H. C. to D. M. in T. G
1699
The existence and unity of God
John Jackson
1734
The existence of God
Alexander of Dun Donnochy Robertson, Charles Bradlaugh
1870
The existence of God
Abial Fisher
1817
The existence of God demonstrated from the works of creation
Jonathan Maxcy
1795
The existence of God, a dialogue in three chapters
Richard F. Clarke
1887
The extermination of the American bison
William T. Hornaday
1889
The eye and wheel of providence, or, A treatise proving that there is a divine providence ..
William Gearing
1662
The faithful description of pure love in perfect peace
Francis Jenings
1659
The faithfulness of God considered and cleared in the great events of his vvord, or, A second part of The fulfilling of the Scripture
Robert Fleming
1674
The faithfulness of God, considered and cleared in the great events of His vvord
Robert Fleming
1674
The fallacy of a priori conclusions concerning God
John Woodbridge
1851
The fallacy of phreno-magnetism detected and exposed
John Campbell Colquhoun
1843
The falseness of the hopes of many professors
Solomon Stoddard
1708
The family of God
Joseph Entwisle
1814
The farm
D. H. Jacques
1858