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
Blazing-stars messengers of God's wrath
1759
Ceremonial for the use of the Catholic churches in the United States of America
1890
Christ under the law
John Sadler
1664
Contagious diseases of domesticated animals. Continuation of investigation by Department of agriculture
1881
Cultus evangelicus
Joseph Wilson
1667
Distressing calamity, attendant on the late fire!!
1821
Early history of Heathensim
1865
Extracts from Buffon and Goldsmith's Animated nature
1821
Extracts from the religious works of La Mothe Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambray.
François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon
1826
Five lectures on attrition, contrition, and sovereign love
William George Ward
1857
Frank and Fanny
Clara Sophia Jessup Bloomfield-Moore
1850
Fur coats and feather frocks
1892
General observations on the anatomy of the thorax in insects
Edward Turner Bennett
1825
God is love
1800
God's providence in war
J. W. Tucker
1862
Gods great and wonderful work in Somerset-shire, or, The charitable farmer miraculously rewarded
1674
Hindoo theology for the use of missionaries
1814
I am the resurrection and the life. Obituary. Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Polly J. Emerson, consort of Dea. John Emerson, who died March 28, 1843, aged 36 years
1843
Illustrated American stock book
1891
Jachin and Boaz, or An authentic key to the door of Free-masonry, ancient and modern
1800
Joe Wayring at Home
Harry Castlemon
1886
Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling
1894
Ladies' gems, or, Poems on the love of flowers, kindness to animals, and the domestic affections
1849
Learning about common things, or, Familiar instructions for children in respect to the objects around them, that attract their attention, and awaken their curiosity, in the earliest years of life
Jacob Abbott
1857