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
S. Bonaventurae principia de concursu Dei generali ad actiones causarum secundarum collecta
Ignatius Jeiler
1897Latin
Sacrorum sacrificiorumq[ue] gentilium brevis et accurata descriptio, universæ superstitionis ethnicæ ritus cerimoniasq[ue] complectens
Johann Wilhelm Stucki
1598Latin
Sacrorum, sacrificiorumq. gentilium brevis et accurata descriptio
Johann Wilhelm Stucki
1598Latin
Sacrorum, sacrificiorumque gentilium
Johann Wilhelm Stuck
1598Latin
Saggio sopra il moto degli animali e sopra i trasporti
Vittorio Fossombroni
1805Italian
Saggio sperimentale sul meccanismo dei movimenti volontari nella testuggine palustre (Emys europaea)
Giulio Fano
1884Italian
Saggio sul neoplatonismo di S. Bonaventura
Antonio Zigrossi
1954Italian
Sainct Augustin de la Cité de Dieu
Augustine of Hippo, Gentian Hervet, Juan Luis Vives, François de Belle-Forest
1570French
Saint Augustin et le neo-Platonism
L. Grandgeorge
1896French
Salloustiou philosophou peri theon kai kosmou. = Sallustii philosophi de Diis & mundo
Sallustius
1670Greek
Salomo ben Gebirol
David Stössel
1881German
Salām al-aḥkam 'alá Sawād al-a'ẓam
Ibrāhim Ḥilmī ibn Ḥusayn Wafī
1895Arabic
Sama ssi sŏŭi .
Guang Sima
1767Korean
Samavedaśraddhaprayogh darśatarpanasahitah
Sī Śaṅkararāma Śāstrī
1958Sanskrit
Samuelis Bocharti Hierozoicon
Samuel Bochart
1793Arabic
Samuha śrāddha
Vimal Shah
1966GUJ
San li t'u
Ch'ung-i Nieh
1676Chinese
San-li-t'u, tableau d̲es trois rituels
Ch'ung-i Nieh
1890French
Sancti Anselmi cantuariensis opuscula philosophico-theologica selecta
Archbishop of Canterbury Anselm Saint
1836German
Sancti Aurelii Augustini episcopi De ciuitate Dei libri XXII
Augustine of Hippo
1899Latin
Sancti Aurelii Augustini episcopi De civitate Dei libri XXII
Augustine of Hippo, Bernhard Dombart
1863Latin
Sancti Avrelii Avgvstini episcopi De civitate Dei libri XXII
Augustine of Hippo
1899Latin
Sancti Saluiani Massiliensis presbyteri De gubernatione Dei, et de iusto præsentiq[ue] ejus judicio ad S. Salonium Episcopum, libri VIII. Eiusdem Epistolarum lib. I. Timothei nomine ad Ecclesiam Catholic. lib. IV. Cum duplici indice
Salvian of Marseilles
1629Latin
Sang fu jin zhi biao
Huali Zhang
1874Chinese