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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Die griechischen kultusaltertümer
Paul Stengel
1898German
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Man and His Superstitions
Carveth Read
1925
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Nouvelle d©♭couverte sur le magn©♭tisme animal
1786French
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Sermon Funebre, Panegyrico, Historico en las sumptuosas Exequias, que hizo la Ilustre Confraternidad de Santa Rita de Cassia, en la Iglesia del Convento de San Augustin de Barcelona, a su Venerable Fundadora, y Madre la Señora Madrona Riera, y Clarina, Terciaria Professa de la misma Orden, dia 1. de Junio del año 1745 Predicole El R. P. M. Fr. Nicolàs Serdà, Doctor en Theologia, Ex-Cathedratico de Filosofia en la Universidad de Cervera, Examinador Synodal de los Obispados de Barcelona, Solsona, y Urgel, Secretario, que fuè, de la Provincia de Aragon, y actual Prior del dicho Convento. Y lo saca a luz la misma ilustre confraternidad, siendo sus Mayorales: el Ilustre Sr. Don Ramon de Copons, y de Yvorra: El Sr. Juan Molera Dr. en Medicina: El Sr. Francisco Mascarò Mercader: El Sr. Francisco Clarà Platero: El Sr. Francisco Aymàr Tintorero: Y su Clavario el Sr. Francisco Pugèt
Nicolàs Serdà
1746Spanish
The Power of Ritual in Prehistory
Brian Hayden
2018
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The pursuit of God
A. W. Tozer
1897
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A general martyrologie, containing a collection of all the greatest persecutions
Samuel Clarke
1651
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Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable
Thomas Bulfinch
Date unknown
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Laurentii Banck Norcopensis Gothi, J.U.D. & profess. Frisii, Roma triumphans seu Actus inaugurationum & coronationum pontificum Romanorum & in spetie. Innocentii X. pont. max. brevis descriptio
Laurentius Gunnari Banck
1656Italian
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Neu-platonische Studien
Arthur Richter
1864German
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A Manual Of Scandanavian Mythology G Pigott
Grenville Pigott
1839
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Funeral customs including inscriptions from two hundred and twenty-five funeral rings
George R Curwen
1893
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Orazione fvnerale del cavalier Lionardo Salviati
Lionardo Salviati
1574Italian
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The every-day book
William Hone
1826
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Genealogie der Malabarischen Götter
Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, Wilhelm Germann
1867German
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Le journal d'une femme de chambre
Luis Buñuel, Octave Mirbeau, Benjamin Ricketson Tucker, Gore Vidal
1900
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Pagan & Christian creeds
Edward Carpenter
1920
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The Divine Pedigree of Man, Or, The Testimony of Evolution and Psychology to the Fatherhood of God
Thomson Jay Hudson
1899
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The Potter's Wheel
Ian Maclaren
1897
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The pioneer boy
William Makepeace Thayer, Aubin Gauthier
1840French
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The secret of the totem, by Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang, Corey Brown
1905
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Traité de l'amour de Dieu
Francis de Sales, Etienne-Marie Lajeunie
1630French
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Waiting on God
Andrew Murray
1896
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A history of Greece; from the earliest period to the close of the generation contemporary with Alexander the Great. 4th ed
George Grote
1872