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 unknown life
John White Chadwick, Second Unitarian Society of Brooklyn
1899
The unrighteous iudge
William Younger, Henry Featherstone, George Eld, Mather family
1621
The utility and morality of vivisection
G. Gore
1884
The valvular structure of the heart
William French Clay
1842
The vehement and irresistible operations of love
Clark Brown
1815
The veneration of saints and images as taught and practis'd in the Church of Rome examined
Obadiah Hughes
1735
The vials of the wrath of God
George Fox
1654
The vials of the wrath of God upon the seat of the man of sin
George Fox
1655
The village funeral
American Tract Society
1800
The vivisection question, popularly discussed
Ludimar Hermann
1877
The vnrighteous iudge, or, Judex cretensis, the iudge of Crete
William Yonger
1621
The voyage of the Challenger
Challenger Expedition
1877
The voyce of Providence asserted, and the followers of God in the waies of His Providence justified
John Hinde
1653
The vvonder-working God
John Sedgwick
1641
The vvorlds assises. Or A sermon preached at Paules Crosse the tenth day of Iuly 1614. being the Sunday before the end of Trinity terme. By Nathanael Kitchener, student in diuinitie, and preacher of Gods word at Grauenhurst in Bedfordshire
Nathanael Kitchener
1616
The wanton mutilation of animals
George Fleming
1898
The warning
Eliza Coltman
1807
The way I prove there is a God
George Washington Blagden
1835
The way of God vindicated, in a sermon preached Lord's day, September 16, 1804
Jonathan Homer
1804
The way to prosperity
Cotton Mather
1690
The way to the highest honour
William Strong
1647
The weavers shuttle displayed and the swiftness thereof unfolded, or, The words of a dying man to a dying people, in the midst of a dying nation
Robert Purnell
1652
The wedding guest
Thomas Lake Harris
1877
The wickedness of God
Edward Bibbins Aveling
1881