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 schoole of beastes; intituled, the good housholder, or the oeconomickes. Made dialogue-wise, by M. Peter Viret, translated out of French into English, by I.R
Pierre Viret
1585
The schoolmistress, or, The true history of Jenny Hickling, who was bedridden from the time she was thirteen years old
Religious Tract Society
1839
The scripture account of the attributes and worship of God, and of the character and offices of Jesus Christ
Hopton Haynes
1790
The sea (La mer)
Jules Michelet
1864
The sea-side and aquarium
John Harper
1858
The second booke, concerning the three principles of the divine essence of the eternall, dark, light, and temporary vvorld
Jakob Böhme, John Sparrow
1648
The second booke, concerning the three principles of the divine essence of the eternall, dark, light, and temporary vvorld
Jacob Boehme
1648
The second part of A discourse concerning imputed righteousness
Thomas Hotchkis
1678
The second part of The great question concerning things indifferent in religious vvorship
Edward Bagshaw
1661
The second part of The spirit of love
William Law
1754
The second part of the great question concerning things indifferent in religious vvorship, briefly stated;and tendred to the consideration of all conscientious and sober men
Edward Bagshaw
1661
The second part of the theatre of Gods ivdgments
Thomas Taylor
1642
The secular aspect of ancestor-worship in Africa
J. H. Driberg
1936
The self-justiciary convicted and condemned. Or, A discourse concerning the difficulty & necessity of renouncing our own righteousness
Samuel Mather
1707
The sensible presence of God unspeakably desirable to him who would lead, and to those who would follow, in the ways of divine appointment
Nathaniel Rawson
1811
The seven gates of heaven
James L. Meagher
1885
The shepherd's guide
James Hogg
1807
The shippe of assured safetie
Edward Cradock
1572
The shrines and sepulchres of the old and new world
Richard Robert Madden
1851
The simplicity of the Christian doctrine, or, Reflections suggested by the "Nine Points, a letter to the Unitarians, by the Rev. J. Eagleton."
John Eagleton
1825
The sincere convert discovering the small number of true believers and the great difficulty of saving conversion ..
Thomas Shepard
1669
The six books of Proclus, the Platonic successor, on the theology of Plato
Proclus Diadochus
1816
The six books of Prolus
Proclus
1816
The soul of the Bantu
W. C. Willoughby
1928