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 law and equity of the gospel, or, The goodness of our Lord as a legislator
Thomas Pierce
1686
The law of railroad fences and private crossings
William Wheeler Thornton
1892
The laws of God, as given to the prophets
Benjamin A. Wroe
1841
The laws of the divine providence
Emanuel Swedenborg
1883
The legal and evangelic ministrations contrasted: and the superior glory of the latter exhibited
Clark Brown, Vt.) First Congregational Church (Saint Albans
1805
The lesser Hawaiian gods
Joseph S. Emerson
1892
The life of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Orsini abbé
1861
The life-boat, or, The stranded ships on the bar of Memel
Religious Tract Society
1839
The light of Gods countenance: or, The glory of God in the face of Ghrist [sic] Jesus
John M.A Cragge
1654
The little book, the last trump, or, The new aeion
John Hervey Farnham
1872
The living God, the saviour of all men
Robert William Dale
1864
The living present and the dead past, or, God made manifest and useful in living men and women as He was in Jesus
Henry Clarke Wright
1873
The lost name
Eveleen Laura Mason
1883
The love of Christ always the same
William Huntington
1809
The love of God
George Burder
1805
The love of God
Pierre Du Moulin
1628
The love of God
10th Viscount Massereene John Foster-Skeffington
1858
The love of God to a lost world
Adam Clarke
1818
The love of God, a sermon
George Burder
1805
The love of the spirit
Joseph Claybaugh, H. H. Johnson
1850
The love of the world incompatible with the love of God
Nathaniel Evans
1766
The lower animals
David Wright
1888
The magnanimity of God as a God of mercy
William D.D Nicol
1850
The majesty and condescension of God
George Bowrne
1813