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
Era
The Farmer's guide, and western agriculturist
1832
The Great mysterie of God, or, The vision of the evening and the morning opened
1645
The History of birds
1832
The History of fish
1815
The Home and the synagogue of the modern Jew
1872
The London new battledore
1830
The Lords voice crying to England
1680
The Oxford almanack of 1712 explain'd, or the emblems of it unriddl'd
1711
The Prophet Nathan, or, Plain friend
1788
The Religious rites and ceremonies of every nation in the world
Colin MacKenzie
1829
The Resolvtion of those contemners that will have no crosses
1641
The Two goats and the sick monkey
1831
The Vision of Divine mystery.
1732
The Windsor primer
1814
The apple gathering
Jacob Abbott
1857
The bird keeper's guide and companion
1853
The case of killing infected beasts, briefly considered
1749
The crystal hunters
George Manville Fenn
1891
The day the cow sneezed
James Flora
1826
The desires of the Deity in regard to the conduct of mankind
1824
The doctrine of an impersonal God in its effects on morality and religion
W. Todd Martin
1875
The duty of a Christian in a trying situation
1810
The family register
1855
The gospel of the reformation
1830