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 primary article of faith in the Church of the future
William George Clark
1869
The primitive diversity and number of animals in geological times
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz
1854
The principles of the most ancient and modern philosophy concerning God, Christ, and the creatures
Anne Conway
1692
The progress and improvement of human society
Alexander Munro
1847
The progress and improvement of human society, as guided by the providence, and aided by the inspiration, of the Supreme God
Alexander Munro
1847
The progress of divine truth
John Hubbard Church
1822
The progresse of divine providence
William Gouge
1645
The prosperity of the church, the glory of the messiah
Alexander Young
1820
The providence of God displayed in the revolutions of the world
Francis Parkman
1830
The providence of God in the calamities of men
John M. Krebs
1836
The providence of God over Christian kingdoms and states, consider'd and apply'd
Capel Berrow
1746
The providence of God, ordering and conducting the affairs of men
Isaac Stockton Keith
1806
The providence of the Supreme Being
George Bally
1758
The purpose of God illustrated by the providence of God, viewed especially in its bearings on the duty and responsibility of this Kingdom and of the Free Church of Scotland
Robert Buchanan
1853
The reason why. Physical geography and geology
Robert Kemp Philp
1863
The reconcileableness of God's prescience of the sins of men
John Howe
1677
The reformed monastery, or, The love of Jesus
Luke Beaulieu
1649
The refutation of an epistle, written by a certain doctor of the Augustins order within the citie of Leige
Johannes Polyander à Kerckhoven
1610
The relation of animal diseases to the public health, and their prevention
F. S. Billings
1884
The relation of divine providence to physical laws
George Ide Chace
1854
The relation of the sacraments to the doctrine of the divine immanence
William Mitchell
1895
The religious denominations in the United States
Joseph Belcher
1861
The remaining discourses, on the attributes of God
John Tillotson
1700
The remedy of prophanenesse. Or, Of the true sight and feare of the Almighty
Joseph Hall
1637