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 retractation of Mr. Charles Chauncy formerly Minister of Ware in Hartfordshire, wherein is proved the unlawfulnesse and danger of rayling in altars or communion tables
Charles Chauncy
1641
The retrospect
Elisha Bates
1825
The revelation of God, and of His glory shining into all the earth
George Rofe
1658
The revelation of politics and new moral liberty, or Temple of Jesus Christ, in the historic page of Jews and Christians
Twilight
1796
The riches of mercie
Richard Sibbes
1638
The right method of safety, or, The just concern of the people of God to joyn a due trust in him with a diligent use of means
Henry Gibbs
1704
The right way of seeking God
James Hannott
1692
The righteous judge
Edward Hickes
1682
The righteous man regardeth the life of his beast
Thomas Jackson
1877
The righteousness of God
William Kelly
1865
The righteousness of God revealed in the Gospel, or, An impartial enquiry into the genuine doctrine of St. Paul, in the great, but much controverted article of justification
John Humfrey
1697
The rights of animals
Herman Daggett, Rhode Island College
1792
The rise and fall of the holy city and temple of Jerusalem
Gregory Sharpe
1765
The rod of Moses upon the rock of Calvary, or, The mountains of fire and of blood
David Austin
1816
The roote of Romish rites and ceremonies
Charles Drelincourt
1630
The ruine and repaire of kingdomes
Daniel Swift
1641
The sacred formulas of the Cherokees
James Mooney
1891
The sacrificer
Cotton Mather
1714
The saints iewell, shevving hovv to apply the promise
Thomas Shepard
1642
The sanctuary, or, An appeal for public worship
Daniel A. Clark
1832
The sandy foundation shaken, or, Those so generally believed and applauded doctrines, of one God, subsisting in three distinct and separate persons, the impossibility of God's pardoning sinners without a plenary satisfaction, the justification of impure persons by an imputative righteousness, refuted from the authority of Scripture testimonies and right reason
William Penn
1818
The scheme and conduct of Providence, from the creation to the coming of Messiah, or an enquiry into the reasons of the divine dispensations in that period
Leonard Welsted
1736
The schole of godly feare
John Bury
1615
The school of the Eucharist established upon the miraculous respects and acknowledgements
Toussaint Bridoul
1687