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 Odyssey
Derek Walcott, Όμηρος, Charles Wesley Bain, Homer, 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer, Mary Ann Dwight, Robert Southey, William Cowper, Alexander Pope, Pre-1801 Imprint Collection DLC, Gilbert Wakefield, Samuel Henry Butcher, Andrew Lang, John Adams, Samuel Clarke, John Adams Library BRL, John Knapton, Paul Knapton, Johann August Ernesti, Friedrich August Wolf
1488
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Untersuchungen über den Lebensmagnetismus und das Hellsehen
Johann Karl Passavant
1821German
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A practical manual of animal magnetism
Alphonse Téste, Daniel Spillan, University of Glasgow. Library
1843
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Ceremonies attending the unveiling of the statue of Benjamin Franklin, June 14, 1899
Justus C. Strawbridge
1899
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The theological and philosophical works of Hermes Trismegistus, Christian neoplatonist
Hermes Trismegistus, John David Chambers
1882
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Aglaophamus
Christian A. Lobeck
1829Ancient Greek
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Vandeleur, or, animal magnetism
Marianna Pisani, Marianna. nr 97043920 Pisani
1836
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Ethnological studies among the North-West-Central Queensland aborigines
Walter Edmund Roth, Royal College of Physicians of London
1897
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Mesmerism true, mesmerism false : a critical examination of the facts, claims and pretensions of animal magnetism
John Sir Forbes, John Forbes, Harry Houdini Collection, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
1845
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The Grihya-sûtras, rules of Vedic domestic ceremonies
Hermann Oldenberg, F. Max Müller
1886
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De la philosophie corpusculaire, ou, Des connoissances et des procédés magnétiques chez les divers peuples
Antoine-François Delandine
1785French
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After death
Herbert Mortimer Luckock
1879
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Gods and devils of mankind
Frank S. Dobbins, Frank Frank Stockton Dobbins
1897
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Something about Obeah
Herbert T. Thomas
1891
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Spiritualism and animal magnetism
Gustav Zerffi, University of Glasgow. Library, Gustavus George Zerffi
1871
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The evening post
William Cullen Bryant, William C. Bryant & Co
1865
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When Gods Speak to Men: Divine Speech according to Textual Sources in the Ancient Mediterranean Basin
Stéphanie Anthonioz, Alice Mouton, Daniel Petit
2019
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Über Mythologie und Cultus von Hawaii
Thomas Achelis
1895German
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Ancient Christianity exemplified in the private, domestic, social, and civil life of the primitive Christians
Lyman Coleman
1852
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The legend of Perseus
Edwin Sidney Hartland
1894
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Compilation of notes and memoranda bearing upon the use of human ordure and human urine in rites of a religious or semi-religious character among various nations
John Gregory Bourke
1888
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Letters to a candid inquirer, on animal magnetism
William Gregory
1851
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Psychology and mesmerism explained
William phrenologist Seymour, William Seymour
1889
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Saint Augustin et le néo-platonisme
L. Grandgeorge
1896French