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
Sang fu shi yi
Chih Liu
1889Chinese
Sangnye piyo
Ŭi-gyŏng Sin
1848Korean
Sanraizu
Chongyi Nie
1789Chinese
Sapientia angelica de divino amore et de divina sapienta
Emanuel Swedenborg
1899Latin
Sapientia angelica de divino amore et de divina sapientia
Emanuel Swedenborg
1763Latin
Saravá umbanda!
Francisco Xavier da Silva
1965Portuguese
Sarye chʻansŏl
Hyŏk Yi
1867Korean
Sattra-saṃskr̥tira rūparekhā
Keśawānanda Dewa Goswāmī
1895Hindi
Schauplatz irdischer Geschöpffe
P. Nyland, J. von Hextor
1678German
Schleiermachers Gotteslehre kritisch dargestellt
A. H. Kamp
1876German
Schopenhauer ueber die Thiere und den Thierschutz
Victor Guetzlaff
1879German
Schreiben, den thierischen Magnetismus, und die sich selbst wieder ersetzende elektrische Kraft betreffend
Joseph Thaddaeus Klinkosch
1776German
Schutzfärbung und Schreckfarben in der Tierwelt ...
H. Morin
1895German
Scipio's dreame. Or The statesman's extasie
Cicero
1627Latin
Scriptum Sancti Thome de Aquino super primo Sententiarum
Thomas Aquinas
1498Latin
Scriptum Sancti Thome de Aquino super secundo sententiarum
Thomas Aquinas
1498Latin
Seconde epistre a Iean Calvin, dict ministre de Geneue
René Benoist
1564French
Sefer Igeret baʻale ḥayim
Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ
1768Yiddish
Sefer Maʻavar Yaboḳ
Aaron Berechiah ben Moses of Modena
1731Hebrew
Sefer Maʼamar ha-aḥdut be-shorshe ha-emunah
Joseph ben Ḥayyim Jabez
1597Hebrew
Sefer Miḳraʼe ḳodesh
Joseph ben Benjamin Samegah
1585Hebrew
Sefer Reshit daʻat
Moses ben Jacob Albelda
1582Hebrew
Sefer Shaʻar Shimʻon
Moses Frankfurter
1713Hebrew
Sefer Shaʻare dimʻah
Moses ben Jacob Albelda
1585Hebrew