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
Thoughts on God
Salmon Dutton
1814
Thoughts on providence and prayer
John Gorham Palfrey
1874
Thoughts on the Divine goodness, relative to the government of moral agents, particularly displayed in future rewards and punishments
Ferdinand Oliver Petitpierre
1794
Thoughts on the cherumbimical mystery, or An attempt to prove that the cherubims were emblems of salvation, by the blood of Jesus
James Relly
1808
Thoughts on the divine goodness
Ferdinand Olivier Petitpierre
1788
Thoughts on the harvest
Religious Tract Society
1839
Thoughts on the imputed righteousness of Christ
John Wesley
1762
Thoughts on the personality of the Word of God
Noah Worcester
1836
Thoughts upon God's sovereignty
John Wesley
1777
Three cases of tumours arising from skin-glands in the dog
Charles Creighton
1882
Three cruises of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey steamer "Blake", in the Gulf of Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea, and along the Atlantic coast of the United States, from 1877 to 1880
Edward Porter Alexander
1888
Three practical discourses ...
James Janeway
1715
Three tracts
Moses Lowman
1756
Three tracts, in vindication of the worship of one God
John Disney
1830
Titus; or The palme of Christian courage
François Solier
1644
To His Highnesse Lord General Cromwel, Lord Protector, &c. the humble cautionary proposals of John Rogers, minister of the gospel according to the dispensation of the spirit (now) at Thomas Apostles London
John Rogers, England and Wales. Lord Protector
1653
To a youth at school
William Newman
1815
To all people upon the face of the earth
J. P
1661
To the inhabitants of new settlements
Alexander Proudfit
1832
Tokens of the divine displeasure
James Renwick Willson
1836
Totem lore and the land of the totem
Harry Prosper Corser
1920
Totem poles
Robert Eugene Ritzenthaler
1965
Totem poles of the Gitksan, Upper Skeena River, British Columbia
Marius Barbeau
1929
Totemism in India
John Vincent Ferreira
1965