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
Amphitheatrvm aeternae providentiae divino-magicvm
Giulio Cesare Vanini
1615Latin
Amplissimo hoc apparatv et pvlchro ordine pompa fvnebris Brvxellis á palatio ad Divae Gvdvlae templvm processit
Philip II King of Spain, Hieronymus Cock, Hendrik Hondius, Jan van Doetechum, Lucas van Doetechum
1619Latin
Amusement philosophique sur le langage des bêtes
G.-H Bougeant
1739French
An abridgeme(n)t of the notable worke of Polidore Virgile conteygnyng the deuisers and first finders out aswell of artes, ministeries, feactes & ciuil ordinaunces, as of rites, & ceremonies, commonly used in the churche: and the originall beginnyng of the same
Polydore Vergil
1546ENM
Analyse apologétique et critique de la brochure du Docteur J.-A. Tedinngarov, intitulée Esquisse d'une théorie des phénomènes magnétiques
H. Kühnholtz, Simon Mialle
1843French
Analyse raisonnée des rapports des commissaires chargés par le roi de l'examen de magnétisme animal
Jean-Baptiste Bonnefoy
1784French
Anatomische Beschreibung zweier Misgeburten
Bernhard Christoph Faust
1780German
Ancestralidade afro-brasileira
Júlio Santana Braga
1992Portuguese
Anciens et Modernes
Paul de Saint-Victor
1890French
Andeutungen über das Princip der Vermittelung im homerischen Götter- und Helden-Dualismus
Johann Andreas Christian Heinecke
1834German
Andreae Acoluthi Vratislaviensis De me ha-marim ha-meʼarerim, sive, aquis amaris maledictionem inferentibus, vulgo dictis zelotypiae et Num. V. v. 11 usqve ad finem cap. descriptis
Andreas Acoluth
1682Latin
Anfänge und Entwickelung des Dionysoscultus in Attika
Otto Ribbeck
1869German
Animalische oder thierische Electricität und Magnetismus bewiesen, aus den Gesetzen der Natur, mit Neuen Begriffen über Materie und Bewegung ...
John Bell
1794German
Animaux fossiles du Mont Leberon (Vaucluse)
Albert Gaudry
1873French
Animma delle bestie
Carlo Paroni
1774Italian
Anklag vnd ernstliches ermanen Gottes Allmächtigen zů eyner gemeynenn Eydgnoschafft
Heinrich Bullinger
1528German
Annotationes criticae in Plotini Enneadum partem priorem
Anne Johannes Vitringa
1881Latin
Ansbacher Ross- und Vieh-Ordnung
Karl Seiffert, Ansbach
1856German
Antike denkmäler zur griechischen Götterlehre
Karl Otfried Müller, Konrad Wernicke, Friedrich Wieseler
1899German
Antiquitates biblicae et ecclesiasticae
Johann Andreas Quenstedt
1688Latin
Antiquitates biblicae ex Novo Testamento selectae consuetudines, ritus, formulas ueterum examinantes
Samuel Friedrich Bucher
1729Latin
Antiquitatum Aricinarum particula
Albert Bormann
1843Latin
Antonii Goudin Tractatus theologici juxta inconcussa tutissimaque dogmata divi Thomae Aquinatis
Antoine Goudin
1874Latin
Antyakarmadipakah
Nityananda Panta Parvatiya
1952Sanskrit