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 prouidentia diuina et eius effectis
Andreas Gorrutius
1585Latin
De prouidentia diuina oratio
Albert Hunger, Universität Ingolstadt, Officina Weissenhorniana
1574Latin
De providentia: nimbiferi gripho: terraemotu
Fortunio Liceti
1648Latin
De radiis divinitatis
Martin Gerbert
1762Latin
De regno Christi
Ferdinand Florens Fleck
1826Latin
De religione sepulcrorum
Georg Christoph Plaz
1725Latin
De ro. magistratibus, nitori tandem natiuo restitutus mille fluentibus ulceribus curatis industria doctissimi Ioannis Camertis
L. Fenestella, Joannes Camers, Albricus philosophus
1510Latin
De romeinsche mysteriën van Mithras, ook in betrekking tot andere eerediensten, en als mededinger van het Kristendom
A. J. Rotteveel
1893Dutch
De salute infidelium
Antonius Fischer
1886Latin
De sanctis Franciae cancellariis syntagma historicum
Franciscus Lanovius
1634Latin
De sanctorum imploratione et eorum suffragiis scriptum olim evulgatum et inpraesentiarum (ob insultus interea exortos abigendos) in duplo locupletatum, duodecim distinctum indaginibus in secunda huius chartae facie designatis
Kaspar Schatzgeyer
1527Latin
De sanctorum inuocatione demonstratio duplex
Francis Hamilton, Petrus Thyraeus
1596Latin
De sanctorum invocatione & intercessione
Johannes Cochlaeus
1544Latin
De sanctorum invocatione et intercessione
Johannes Cochlaeus
1544Latin
De sanctorum invocatione et intercessione deque imaginibus et reliquiis eorum pie riteque colendis : liber unus
Johannes Cochlaeus
1544Latin
De sanctorvm invocatione et intercessione
Johannes Cochlaeus
1544Latin
De schem hammephorasch
Johannes Pasch, Christianianus Schnellius
1685Latin
De septimo-qvaesitis
Fortunio Liceti
1650Latin
De sepultura ac vario sepeliendi ritu libellus
Lilio Gregorio Giraldi
1676Latin
De sepvlchris & uario sepeliendi ritu libellus ...
Lilio Gregorio Giraldi
1539Latin
De similibus animalibus et animalium calore
George Martine
1740Latin
De statu animarum separatarum praesertim beatarum
Georg Calixt
1653Latin
De statu et conditione paganorum sub imperatoribus Christianis post Constantinum
Samuel Theophilus Rüdiger
1825Latin
De subsistentiâ tōi theiōi logōi apud Philonem Iudaeum et Ioannem Apostolum tributâ
Christian Wilhelm Niedner
1849German