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 supreme and inferiour Elahim
A. S. Catcott
1742
The sure way to wealth
Daniel Burgess
1693
The swearer's prayer, and The drunkard's looking-glass
William Rust, Joseph Hall
1808
The swearer's prayer; or, His oath explained
Religious Tract Society
1820
The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon
J. P. Barney
1801
The teaching of the New Testament in regard to the soul
R. A. Fyfe
1859
The tell-troth's reqvitall, or, Truth's recompence
Samuel Kenrick
1627
The temple service
American Sunday-School Union
1800
The terrors of the Lord
Gilbert Tennent
1749
The theatre of Gods iudgements
Thomas Beard
1631
The theatre of Gods iudgements: or, A collection of histories out of sacred, ecclesiasticall, and prophane authours
Thomas Beard
1597
The theory of divine inversion examined
Thomas Weatherill
1843
The things that make for peace
John Pierpont
1837
The thirst for God
Charles Strong
1885
The thought of God pleasant to the believing soul
Francis B. Wheeler
1855
The thunderbolt of Gods wrath against hard-hearted and stiffe-necked sinnes, or An abridgement of the theater of Gods fearefull iudgements executed vpon notorious sinners
Thomas Beard
1618
The time of finding
John Canne
1658
The titles & attributes of God, no proof of the divinity of him to whom they are ascribed
William Hughes
1812
The totem poles in Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C
S. William Gunn
1965
The trapper's guide for capturing furbearing animals and curing their skins
Sewell Newhouse
1893
The treasure of true loue or A liuely description of the loue of Christ vnto his spouse
Thomas Tuke
1608
The treasury of natural history, or, A popular dictionary of zoology
Samuel Maunder
1862
The treatment of experimental tuberculosis by Koch's tuberculin, Hunter's modification, and other products of the tubercle bacillus
Edward Livingston Trudeau
1892
The trial balance of creeds and systems of faith
Griffin Child
1819