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
直省釋奠禮樂記
Baoshi Ying, Puban Collection
1891Chinese
眞靈位業圖
Hongjing Tao
1621Chinese
真神耶穌之論
David Abeel
1846Chinese
石渠禮論
Sheng Dai
1883Chinese
石虎山武陵侯志
黃楚珩, 黃名彥
1875Chinese
祀典源流譜
藍鍾瑞
1845Chinese
神々の予定表(アジェンダ) = AGENDA OF THE GODS
山田, 高明
2016Japanese
禮樂合編
黃廣, 華琪芳
1633Chinese
禮经貫
堵景濂, 張湛虛
1628Chinese
禮表
鄭士範
1893Chinese
秘傳花鏡
陳[Hao]子
1688Chinese
秘傳花鏡
Haozi Chen
1688Chinese
經書源流歌訣
李鍾倫, Guangdi Li, 成雲山房
1748Chinese
繪本寫寶袋
Morikuni Tachibana
1770Japanese
考定檀弓
Muheng Cheng
1824Chinese
耶穌之要道
David Abeel, Elihu Doty
1854Chinese
聖門禮樂統
張行言, 劉琰, 萬松書院
1701Chinese
葬祭畧式
近衛忠房, 千家尊福
1873Japanese
葬祭辨論
Banzan Kumazawa
1667Japanese
蟲薈
Xu Fang
1890Chinese
見物
李蘇
1846Chinese
諸祭神略記
小池内廣
1871Japanese
讀禮條攷
王曜南
1897Chinese
讀禮肆考
Keisho Ikai
1845Japanese