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 hand of God in history, or, Divine providence historically illustrated in the extension and establishment of Christianity
Hollis Read
1849
The happy effects of divine correction illustrated in a sermon
Micah Stone
1808
The harmony of Nature, Providence, and Christianity
George Unitarian Minister Harris
1833
The harmony of the divine attributes displayed; in the redemption & salvation of sinners by Jesus Christ
Ralph Erskine
1748
The harmony of the divine attributes in the contrivance and accomplishment of man's redemption by the Lord Jesus Christ, or, Discourses wherein is shewed how the wisdom, mercy, justice, holiness, power and truth of God are glorified in that great and blessed work
William Bates
1688
The harvest
Religious Tract Society
1851
The heavenly court
Lennert Gesterkamp
2011
The herds-man's mate, or, A guide for herds-men
Michael Harward
1673
The hermit
Thomas Parnell
1753
The hermit; or, The justice of Divine Providence represented
Thomas Parnell
1793
The hero and his dog
Edwin Arnold, Victoria Street Society for the Protection of Animals from Vivisection, National Anti-Vivisection Society
1880
The historical succession of monetary metallic standards
Robert Noxon Toppan
1877
The history and philosophy of animal magnetism, with practical instructions for the exercise of this power
Practical magnetizer
1843
The history of Amelia Gale, late of Swineshead, near Boston, Lincolnshire
Religious Tract Society
1839
The history of Samuel Bonner, or, Cruelty to animals
Author of The returning prodigal, Christian Tract Society
1820
The history of the creation
George Walker
1641
The hollow tree
Albert Bigelow Paine
1898
The holy city and the light therein
Thomas Lake Harris
1880
The horrors of heathenism
H. B. Hooker
1832
The horse and veterinary practice described and illustrated, in the management of horses, dogs, cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry, etc., etc. : their treatment in health and disease ... modern farming, gardening, shooting, angling ..
George Skeavington
1850
The hour of God's judgments come and coming upon the wicked world
James Parke
1690
The humble forms of plant life
John Alexander Erskine Stuart
1884
The hunters of the world
Theodor Dielitz
1857
The husbandman, farmer and grasier's compleat instructor
A. S. Gent
1697