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 jarring interests of heaven reconciled by the blood of the cross
John Leland
1810
The judgment of the human race
Henry Moore
1832
The justice of God displayed in the endless punishment of the wicked
Jonathan Edwards
1837
The king of Currumpaw
Ernest Thompson Seton
1894
The kingdom of Christ
John Fitch
1813
The kingdom of Christ delineated
Richard Whately
1843
The kingdom of Christ delineated, in two essays on our Lord's own account of His person and of the nature of His kingdom
Richard Whately
1841
The kingdom of God
D. X. Junkin, Presbyterian Church in the Old School. Board of Domestic Missions
1860
The kingdom of God
Charles Beard
1876
The kingdom of God
John Johns
1823
The kingdom of God in the soule, or within you
Joannes Evangelista
1657
The kingdom of God is within you
Samuel Barrett
1833
The kingdom of God, described by his word, with its infinite benefits to human society
Isaac Backus
1792
The kingdom of Heaven is at hand
Samuel Beman
1837
The kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ
Dugald Maccoll
1871
The kingdom of the Messiah
Samuel Worcester
1813
The knowledge of God
Religious Tract Society
1839
The knowledge of God a spiritual knowledge
John Dowden
1874
The knowledge of the Lord
Lewis Dupré
1806
The knowledge of the Lord
L. Du Prè
1806
The knowledge of the Lord filling the earth
Thomas Baldwin, Massachusetts Bible Society
1812
The known God
Samuel Colliber
1737
The last act: being the funeral rites of nations and individuals
William Tegg
1876
The last of the totem poles
Aubrey Fullerton
1924