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
Christianisme et paganisme
Paul Renand
1861French
Christoph. Wittichii Anti-Spinoza, sive, Examen Ethices Benedicti de Spinoza et commentarius de Deo et ejus attributis
Christoph Wittich
1690Latin
Chromotaxia seu Nomenclator colorum polyglottus additis speciminibus coloratis ad usum botanicorum et zoologorum
P. A. Saccardo
1891Latin
Chronijck vanden Onderganc der Tijrannen
Pieter Jansz Twisck
1619Dutch
Chronologia hospitalaria y resvmen historial de la sagrada religion del glorioso patriarca san Ivan de Dios
Juan Santos Yanguas
1715Spanish
Chunqiu wu li li zong
Daheng Zhang
1853Chinese
Chōjū ryakugashiki
Masayoshi Kitao
1797Japanese
Chūdai Hachiyōin
Ninnaji. Kaimyōji
1869Japanese
Ci bei dao chang chan fa
Yan Xiao
1892Chinese
Circulaire à MM. les curés, missionnaires, vicaires et autres prêtres du diocèse de Québec
Robert Elmore
1839French
Circular del Gobierno eclesiástico de Guadalajara
Catholic Church. Diocese of Guadalajara
1859Spanish
Cl. Galeni de alimentorum facultatibus libri III
Galen
1633Latin
Claudii Galeni Pergameni de alimentorum facultatibus libri tres
Galen
1549Latin
Clefs majeures et clavicules de Salomon
Eliphas Lévi
1895French
Clypeus militantis ecclesiae, seu, De vero Dei cultu libri tres ..
Lodovico Maiorano
1575Latin
Code des vices rédhibitoires chez les animaux domestiques
A. de Chêne-Varin
1886French
Coelij Secundi Curionis Araneus, seu, De prouidentia Dei
Celio Secondo Curione
1544Latin
Cogitationes de Deo et providentia divina
Samuel Parker
1704Latin
Cogitationes, quibus Dei existentia
Cornelis van Hoghelande
1646Latin
Cogitationes, quibus Dei existentia
Corn. ab Hogelande, William Blakiston
1646Latin
Collection des décrets authentiques des Sacrées Congrégations romaines
Catholic Church. Congregatio Sacrorum Rituum
1869Latin
Collectur und Ausszug auss den Christlichen reinen jetziger unserrer zeit Lehrern
Georg Rab
1579German
Commentaria in rubricas missalis et breviarii Romani
Bartolommeo Gavanti
1628Latin
Commentatio de Jehovah, qualis a prophetis ante exilium describitur
Johannes Gustavus Waldenström
1818Latin