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 mysteries of Eleusis
Georges Méautis
1932
The mysteries of the ocean
Arthur Mangin
1868
The mystery & equity of providence
S. Bradley
1805
The mystery of animal magnetism revealed to the world
Samuel Stearns
1791
The mystery of godliness
Thomas Bradbury
1726
The mystery of magistracy unvailed
Unworthy servant and subject of Jesus Christ
1708
The name of Jehovah in the Book of Esther
E. W. Bullinger
1892
The national religion of China
Church of England. Bishop of Victoria
1853
The natural and moral government and agency of God in causing droughts and rains
Thomas Prince
1749
The natural evidence on the being of God, and the immortal life
E. G. Holland
1845
The natural history of the Marathi Bible
Henry J. Bruce
1886
The natural placability of God
John Davis
1804
The nature and moral influence of heathenism
August Tholuck
1840
The nature and reasonableness of submission to God
Alvan Hyde
1829
The nature of God's kingdom and dominion over men
Richard Stafford
1697
The nature of man identical with that of other animals
Julian pseud
1870
The nature of the kingdom, or church, of Christ
Benjamin Hoadly
1717
The nature, extent, and importance of the duty, binding on the Christian minister, divinely commissioned to bear the warnings of God to men
Samuel Austin
1798
The nearer world
Edward Everett Hale
1885
The necessity of praising God for mercies receiv'd
Gilbert Tennent
1745
The necessity of revelation
Archibald Campbell
1739
The necessity of the righteousness of Christ
George Whitefield
1739
The neoplatonic themes of processio and reditus in Eriugena
Édouard Jeauneau
1991
The nevv covenant
John Preston
1629