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 will of God, respecting the salvation of all men, illustrated
Jacob Norton
1809
The wisdom and goodness of God in the appointment of death
David Eaton
1822
The wisdom and goodness of God in the formation of man
Stephen Hales
1751
The wisdom and goodness of God, in the vegetable creation, farther considered
William Dodd
1761
The wisdom of God in a mystery
Charles A. Hay
1858
The wisdom of God in appointing men, teachers of men
David Barnes
1801
The wisdom of God in appointing men, teachers of men, a sermon
David Barnes
1801
The wisdom of angels
Emanuel Swedenborg
1788
The wisdom of owning God for the guide of our youth
John Evans
1717
The wonderful wonder, man, and the wonderfully wondrous beast ..
John K. Hawkins
1898
The wonderful works of God are to be remembered
David Osgood
1794
The word and works of God
John Gill
1859
The word made flesh
Charles Conklin
1899
The word of God
Stopford Augustus Brooke
1891
The work and mercy of God conduceth to His praise, or, A demonstration of the visitation of Gods love to my soul in the dayes of my youth
William Bennit
1669
The work of God an important study
Asa Burton
1811
The works of Charles Burton Barber
Charles Burton Barber
1896
The works of God, an important study
Asa Burton
1811
The works of Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A
W. Cosmo Monkhouse
1879
The works of the late Reverend and Learned John Owen, D.D
John Owen
1721
The works of the late learned divine Stephen Charnock
Stephen Charnock
1682
The works of the late learned divine Stephen Charnock, B.D
Stephen Charnock
1684
The world and its gods
Annie Wood Besant, Edith Ward, Freethought Publishing Company
1886
The world of the sea
Alfred Moquin-Tandon, Henry M. Hart
1882