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
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Johan. Kirchmanni Lubecensis De funeribus Romanorum libri quatuor cum appendice
Romeyn de Hooghe, Johann Kirchmann, Officina Hackiana, Nicolas Rigault
1672Latin
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Suklayajurvedīya Brahma (Nitya) karma
1890Sanskrit
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Noticias historiales de la enfermedad, muerte, y exsequias de la esclarecida reyna de las Españas doña Maria Luisa de Orleans, Borbon Stuart y Austria, nuestra señora, dignissima consorte del rey nuestro señor Don Carlos segundo de Austria
Juan Cano de Arévalo, Jose Benito de Churriguerra, Gregorio Fosman y Medina, Francisco Ignacio Ruiz de la Iglesia, Francisco Sanz, Juan de Vera Tassis y Villarroel
1690Spanish
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Puntual descripcion, funebre lamento, y sumptuoso tumulo, de la regia doliente pompa
Alejo de Alvitez, Francisco Ponce de León
1757Spanish
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allan Poe
1704
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A history of the New Testament times
Adolf Hausrath
1878
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Just So Stories
Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Joseph Michael Gleeson
1922
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La fascination magnétique
Édouard Cavailhon, Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection
1882French
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Le magnétisme animal (hypnotisme et suggestion)
Jean Salvy Morand
1889French
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Lettres d'un magnétiseur
J.-J.-A Ricard
1843French
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The evolution of the idea of God
Grant Allen, Franklin T Richards
1897
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A mission to Gelele, King of Dahome
Richard Francis Burton, C. W. Newbury
1864
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Circulaire [microforme]
Pierre-Flavien Turgeon, Église catholique. Archidiocèse de Québec. Archevêque, Église catholique Archidiocèse de Québec Coadjuteur
1850French
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De l'origine des cultes arcadiens
Victor Bérard
1894French
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Ethica
Benedictus de Spinoza, Wolfgang Bartuschat
1883Italian
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Moby Dick
Herman Melville
1851
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Relatione delle solenni e pompose esseqvie fatte in Fiorenza nella morte del serenissimo Francesco de Medici gran duca II. di Toscana, alli 15. di decembre 1587
1587Italian
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Relatione di quanto è successo in Madrid dopò la morte del re Filippo terzo
1621Italian
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[Apospasmatia] sacra, or A collection of posthumous and orphan lectures
Lancelot Andrewes
1657
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Methods of study in natural history
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, Louis Agassiz
1863
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The basis of early Christian theism
Lawrence Thomas Cole
1898
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Captivity and Restoration
Mary White Rowlandson, Joseph Rowlandson, Larvae Editions, Timothy Harrington, Caroline D. Grimm, Henry S. Nourse, John Eliot Thayer, John Williams, Henry Henry Stedman 183 Nourse, John Eliot 1862-1933 Edt Thayer
1682
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Il pellegrino istruito nella visite delle quattro basiliche per l'acquisto del santo giubbileo dell'anno santo 1825
1824Italian
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Relazione del magnifico catafalco eretto nella Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano per le solenni esequie della san. mem. di papa Clemente XIII. il dì 12. febraro dell'anno 1769
1769Italian