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
De luctu hebraeorum
Andreas Gavelholm
1699Latin
De magnetismi animalis efficacia rite diivdicanda commentatio
Christian Adolphus Wendler
1816Latin
De monstris dissertatio II
Albrecht von Haller
1742Latin
De motionibus naturalibus a gravitate pendentibus
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
1670Latin
De motu animalium
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
1685Italian
De motu cordis & sanguinis in animalibus, anatomica exercitatio
William Harvey, Emilio Parisano, James Primerose
1639Latin
De motv animalivm Io. Alphonsi Borelli neapolitani matheseos professoris
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
1680Latin
De motv animalivm Jo. Alphonsi Borelli neapolitani matheseos professoris
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
1680Italian
De naam van Jehovah, Israëls rotssteen
Gerardus Kulenkamp
1757Dutch
De notione tituli filii Dei
Karl David Ilgen
1795German
De notione tituli filii Dei messiae, hoc est, uncto Jovae in libris sacris tributi
Karl David Ilgen
1795Latin
De onbekende God, of Een kort ende eenvoudig bericht, hoe veele die den naam hebben, dat sy leven, met alle haare plichten en godsdiestigheden, eeren en dienen eenen God dien se noch kennen noch beminnen
John Henry Goetschius
1743Dutch
De orationibus, quae Athenis in funeribus publicis habebantur
Jan Lodewijk Chaillet
1891Latin
De origine erroris libri duo
Heinrich Bullinger
1568Latin
De origine nominis YHṾH
Franz Paul Scholz
1857Latin
De origine, progressu, ceremoniis et ritibus festorum dierum Iudaeorum, Graecorum, Romanorum & Turcarum libritres
Rudolf Hospinian
1592Latin
De origine, progressv, ceremoniis et ritibvs festorvm diervm Ivdaeorvm, Graecorum, Romanorum & Turcarum libri tres
Rudolf Hospinian
1593Latin
De origine, progressv, ceremoniis et ritibvs festorvm diervm ivdaeorum
Rodolphus Hospinianus
1592Latin
De paralysi in animalibus domesticis observata
Carolus Gottlob Prinz
1826Latin
De perfectionibus moribusque divinis
Leonardus Lessius
1861Latin
De perfectionibus moribusque divinis libri XIV
Leonardus Lessius
1620Latin
De perfectionibus moribusque divinis opusculum in quo pleraque sacrae theologiae mysteria explicantur
Leonardus Lessius
1861Latin
De philosophiae novae Platonicae origine
Immanuel Hermann Fichte
1818Latin
De praxi divinae praesentiae et orationum iaculatoriarum ac variis orandi Deumque pie colendi modis
Mikołaj Łęczycki
1889Latin