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
Ukase addressed to the legislative synod at Moscow by Alexander, Emperor of Russia
Russia. Sovereign
1817
Un-natural history; or, Myths of ancient science being a collection of curious tracts on the basilisk, unicorn, phoenix, behemoth or leviathan, dragon, giant spider, tarantula, chameleons, satyrs, homines caudati, &c
Edmund Goldsmid
1886
Universalism vindicated
John Murray
1797
Unpremeditated thoughts of the knowledge of God, whom to know, is life eternal
Institut de recherches européennes sur les noblesses et aristocraties
1697
Unreality in religion
Thomas Thellusson Carter
1868
Unum necessarium, or, The great duty of a Christian
Albertus Magnus
1692
Vain worship and worshipers detected, and the right and profitable worshipers briefly described
J. H
1675
Various birds and beasts drawn from the life
Francis Barlow
1776
Vessels of mercy, afore prepared unto glory
Robert Hawker, Gospel Tract Society
1825
Veterinary notes ... on the causes, symptoms and treatment of the diseases of domestic animals given before the class of veterinary students at the Ontario Veterinary College, of Toronto, Canada
Andrew Smith
1885
Veterinary notes ... on the causes, symptoms and treatment of the diseases of domestic animals, before the class of veterinary students at the Ontario Veterinary College, of Toronto, Canada, during the terms of 1890-91
Andrew Smith
1891
Veterinary notes delivered by Prof. A. Smith, v. a., on the causes, symptoms and treatment of the diseases of domestic animals, given before the class of veterinary students at the Ontario veterinary college, of Toronto, Canada
Andrew Smith
1889
Victory sure
Frederick R. Abbe, Palestine Missionary Society
1859
Views of the world from Halley's comet
James Martineau
1835
Vindiciae legis
Anthony Burgess
1646
Vindiciae legis, or, A vindication of the morall law and the covenants, from the errours of Papists, Arminians, Socinians, and more especially, Antinomians
Anthony Burgess
1647
Vindiciæ pædo-baptismi, or, A confirmation of an argument lately emitted for infants baptism
Richard Burthogge
1685
Vindiciæ veritatis, or, A confutation [...] the heresies and gross errours asserted by Thomas Collier in his additinal word to his body of divinity
Nehemiah Coxe
1677
Vital chemistry
Thomas Spencer
1845
Vital magnetism, the life-fountain
Edwin D. Babbitt
1874
Vitis degeneris, or, The degenerate plant
Jonas Porrée
1668
Vivisection
Henry Bergh
1880
Vivisection
Richard Congreve
1880
Vivisection, a prize essay
George Fleming
1871