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 new covenant, or, The saints portion
John Preston
1629
The new farmer's calendar; or, monthly remembrancer, for all kinds of country business
John Lawrence
1802
The new law of righteousnes budding forth, in restoring the whole creation from the bondage of the curse. Or A glimpse of the new heaven, and new earth, wherein dwels righteousnes. Giving an alarm to silence all that preach or speak from hear-say, or imagination. By Gerrard Winstanley
Gerrard Winstanley
1649
The newspaper and periodical press
S. N. D. North
1884
The nine circles
G. M. Rhodes
1893
The notion of God which should undrlie a confession of faith
John Bodine Thompson
1890
The oak and the thunder-god
H. Munro Chadwick
1900
The occurrence of tumours in the domesticated animals
John Sir McFadyean
1890
The offices, according to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland, for the Holy Communion
Church of England
1842
The omnipresence of God
Stopford Augustus Brooke
1891
The onely remedy
Francis Rous
1627
The oneness of God in revelation and nature
Austin Phelps
1859
The opening of the national graveyards to nonconformists
H. W. Holland
1877
The oracles of God
Edward Irving
1823
The order of causes, of Gods fore-knowledge, election, and predestination, and of mans salvation or damnation
Henry Haggar
1655
The order, solemnitie, and pompe, of the feastes, sacrifices, vowes, games, and triumphes: vsed vpon the natiuities of emperours, kinkes [sic], princes, dukes, popes, and consuls: with the custome, order, and manner of their inaugurations, coronations, and annoynting. With a briefe rehearsall of the funerall solemnities at some emperours, kings, and princes burials
Lodowick Lloyd
1610
The origin, organization and management of Crown Hill Cemetery
Crown Hill Cemetery
1875
The originall of the dominion of princes, founded upon Gods soveraignty over the whole earth, or, The kingly prerogative, instituted by God, and proved from the holy scriptures to be jure divino
R. W
1660
The oubliettes of science
Victoria Street Society for the Protection of Animals from Vivisection
1890
The outlines of the veterinary art, or, The principles of medicine
Delabere P Blaine
1802
The overruling God
Octavius Brooks Frothingham
1871
The pageant at Rome in the year 17 B.C.
Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani
1892
The pastors advocate
Richard Younge
1653
The paternal character of God and truth the parent of liberty
William Hamilton Drummond
1833