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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The pilgrims of the Rhine
Baron Lytton Edward Bulwer Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton
1834
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A disquisition upon Etruscan vases, displaying their probable connection with the shows at Eleusis, and the Chinese feast of lanterns, with explanations of a few of the principal allegories depicted upon them
Anthony Cardon, James Christie
1806
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An exposition of the mysteries
John Fellows
1835
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Delle lodi di Monsignore Francesco Maria Ginori, già vescovo di Fiesole
Luigi Botti, Antommaria Cassi, Cosomo Colombini
1777Italian
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Muhūrtamārtaṇḍa, 1844
Nārāyaṇadaivajña, Govinda Jośī Pañcanadīkara
1844Sanskrit
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Nāgajī nai Nāgavantī rī bata, circa 1700-1850. = नागजी नै नागवन्ती री बत, १७००-१८५०
1700MWR
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Ritualism dethroned and the true church found
William B. [from old catalog] Orvis
1875
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Sarvārthacintāmaṇi, 1750
Daivajña Veṅkaṭeśa
1750Sanskrit
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The Hot Zone
Richard Preston
1994
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The tribes on my frontier
Edward Hamilton Aitken
1881
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The works of Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
1894
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Vindiciae Christianae: a comparative estimate of the genius and temper of the Greek, the Roman, the Hindu, the Mahometan, and the Christian religions
Jerom Alley
1826
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An historical view of the rise and progress of infidelity, with a refutation of its principles and reasonings, in a series of sermons preached for the lecture founded by the Hon. Robert Boyle, in the parish church of St. Mary Le Bow, London, from the year 1802 to 1805
William Van Mildert
1831
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Brutus
Cicero
1550
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Esequie della Regina Maria
Simone Berti, Francesco Cecchi-Conti, Paolo Parigi
1643Italian
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Esseqvie dell'illvstre sig.nor Alessandro abate Pvcci
Arcangelo Giani, Servites
1601Italian
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Il tempio dell'eternità per l'assunzione al pontificato dell'emmo. e revmo. sig. cardinale Gio. Francesco Albani, ora Clemente XI
Giulio Camillo Bartoli, Luca Antonio Chracas, Alessandro Specchi
1701Italian
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M. Tullius Cicero of the nature of the gods
Marcus Tullius Cicero
1829
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Sophie's Troubles
P.J. Kenedy and Sons. pbl, Ségur, Sophie, comtesse de
1889
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The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe in Four Volumes - I - Tales
Edgar Allan Poe
1857
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The mysteries of Freemasonry
John Fellows
1860
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Kitāb Uthūlūjiyā
author Aristotle
1296Arabic
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Ne' funerali solenni per Sua S.R.M. Ferdinando I., rè del regno delle Due Sicilie
Francesco Bonomo, Litografia Bianchi, Pasquale Vastarelli
1825Italian
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Uffizio dei defonti secondo la volgata glossa latina parafrasi italiana
Catholic Church. Liturgy and Ritual, Saverio Mattei
1781Italian