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
Inleidinge tot het ceremonieel, en de plegtigheden der begraavenissen, en der wapen-kunde
Kornelis van Alkemade
1713Dutch
Inleydinghe tot de liefde Godts in dry deelen bedeylt
Pierre Pennequin
1698Dutch
Inshi to jashin
Tetsujō Wada
1918Japanese
Institutiones liturgicae olim a T. J. Romsée editae
Jean Henry Hazé
1864Latin
Institutiones theologicæ
Joseph Kleutgen
1881Latin
Instruccion de sacerdotes
Antonio de Molina
1685Spanish
Instructio practica prima de ss. missae sacrificio
Tobias Lohner
1680Latin
Instruction sur les moyens de suppléer à la disette des fourrages, et d'augmenter la subsistance des bestiaux
France. Sovereign
1785French
Interpretatio rubricae C. vt [i.e. vlt.] Publicae laetitiae vel consulum nunciatores, lib. XII
Giuseppe Moniardo
1563Latin
Intorno a due uccelli mostruosi
Giovanni Canestrini
1870Italian
Introduction a l'etude du culte public et des mystères de Mithra en Orient et en Occident...
Félix Lajard
1847French
Introduction a l'étude de la médecine expérimentale
Claude Bernard
1865French
Introduzione allo studio del magnetismo animale e del magnetico sonnambulismo
Francesco Guidi, Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection
1867Italian
Investigacion parlamentaria sobre agricultura, ganadería, industrias derivadas y colonización
Emilio Lahitte, Antonio M. Correa, Argentina. Congreso de la Nación. Cámara de Diputados de la Nación
1898Spanish
Io. Frobenius lectori S. D. En habes ... Aurelii Augustini, opus absolutissimum, de civitate Dei, magnis sudoribus emendatum ... per virum clarissimum & undequaque doctissimum Ioan. Lodovicum Vivem ...
Augustine of Hippo, Juan Luis Vives, Desiderius Erasmus
1522Latin
Ioannis Dallaei Adversus Latinorum de cultus religiosi obiecto traditionem, disputatio
Jean Daillé
1664Latin
Ioannis Ionstoni Theatrum uniuersale omnium animalium quadrupedum
Joannes Jonstonus
1755Latin
Ioannis Martinii Silicei Archiepiscopi Toletani De diuino nomine Iesus, per nomĕ tetragrammaton significato liber vnus
Juan Martínez Silíceo, Juan Ferrer, Edward Glaser
1550Latin
Ioannis MeursI De funere liber singularis
Johannes van Meurs
1604Latin
Ioannis MeursI Eleusinia, sive, De Cereris Eleusinae sacro, ac festo liber singularis
Johannes van Meurs
1619Latin
Ioannis Meursi Eleusinia
Johannes van Meurs
1976Latin
Ioannis Pierii Valeriani Bellunensis, Hieroglyphica
Pierio Valeriano
1604Latin
Ioannis Pierii Valeriani Bellunensis, Hieroglyphica, seu, De sacris AEgyptiorum aliarumque gentium literis commentarii
Pierio Valeriano
1602Latin
Ioannis Pierij Valeriani Bellunensis Hieroglyphica, seu, de sacris Aegyptiorum, aliarʹumque gentium literis commentarij
Pierio Valeriano
1626French