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
Marcus Herz über die frühe Beerdigung der Juden
Marcus Herz
1788German
Marguerite de Navarre et le platonisme de la Renaissance
Abel Jules Maurice Lefranc
1897French
Martini Geieri Lips. De Ebraeorum luctu lugentiumq́ue ritibus
Martin Geier, G. von R, Henning Grossens Erben
1683Latin
Martini Lutheri Wahre Meynung von der allgemeinen Gnade Gottes
Martin Luther
1727German
Mashtotsʻ
Armenian Church
1896Armenian
Matoḳ la-nefesh
Yitsḥaḳ ben Shelomoh Farḥi
1828Hebrew
Matériaux pour servir a l'étude de la faune des eaux douces des Açores
Théodore Barrois, Romain Louis Moniez
1887French
Mawʿiẓah fī ghaḍab Allah ʿalá al-khuṭāh
Jonathan Edwards
1866Arabic
Maʻavar Yaboḳ
Aaron Berechiah ben Moses of Modena
1813Hebrew
Maʻavar Yaboḳ
Aharon ben Mosheh
1626Hebrew
Maʻārif al-shuhūd fī waḥdat al-wujūd
ʻAlī Aḥmad Qādirī Chishtī Maẓākī
1878Arabic
Maʼamar ha-aḥdut
Joseph ben Ḥayyim Jabez
1861Hebrew
Maʼamar ha-aḥdut be-shorshe ha-emunah
Joseph ben Ḥayyim Jabez
1553Hebrew
Maʼamar ha-aḥdut be-shorshe ha-emunah ; Yesod ha-emunah ; Or ha- ḥayim
Joseph ben Ḥayyim Jabez
1554Hebrew
Maʼamar ha-yiḥud leha-Rambam
Moses Maimonides
1846Hebrew
Maḥaneh leṿayah
Yehudah Haleṿi
1818Hebrew
Meditaciones devotissimas del amor de Dios
Diego de Estella, António Ribeiro, Edward Glaser
1578Spanish
Meditatio philologica de cognitione Dei et Christi, usum rationis supponente, locos Joh. XVII:3 & I Cor. II:14 illustratura
Isaacus Ross
1766Latin
Meditatione della conformità alla volontà di Dio
Francesco Pavone
1630Italian
Medizinische Zoologie, oder, Getreue Darstellung und Beschreibung der Thiere, die in der Arzneimittellehre in Betracht kommen
Johann Friedrich Brandt, Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg
1829German
Mehrfachbildungen bei Wirbelthieren
Ferdinand Klaussner
1890German
Meiji zōho shoshū butsuzō zui
Shūshin Kino
1886Japanese
Meine noch immer feste Ueberzeugung von dem vollen Ungrunde der Kantischen Philosophie
Benedikt Stattler
1794German
Melchioris Barlaei De diis gentium lib. III
Melchior van Baerle
1562Latin