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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Elogio funebre di S. M. Ferdinando Io, re del Regno delle Due Sicilie
Nicola Marone
1825Italian
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Lettre du R. P. Cochin au R. P. Boisramé: Sainte-Angèle, le 2 juillet 1884
Louis Cochin, Oblates of Mary Immaculate
1885French
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Missions étrangères: Vicariat de Saint-Boniface: Sacre de Mgr Langevin
Oblates of Mary Immaculate
1895French
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Shārḥat aṣ-ṣudūr fī aḥkām al-qubūr
Qādirī, Muḥammad Ḥabīburraḥmān
1344
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Sinhalese protective charm yantras, circa 1700-1850
1700MAL
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Vicariat de Saint-Albert: Pèlerinage de Sainte-Anne: Lettre du R.P. Végréville au T.R.P. Général: Saint-Albert, 23 août 1894
Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Valentin Végréville
1895French
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Vicariat de la Colombie Britannique: une réunion de sauvages au lac William: lettre du R. P. Lejacq au T. R. P. Général: Saint Joseph's Mission William's Lake, 21 octobre 1895
Jean-Marie Lejacq, Oblates of Mary Immaculate
1896French
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[Annonce de la première ordination sacerdotale du vicariat de la Saskatchewan]
Oblates of Mary Immaculate
1895French
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Apollon Pythoktonos [microform]. Ein beitrag zur griechischen religions- und kunstgeschichte
Theodor Schreiber
1879German
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Le imagini de gli dei de gli antichi, del signor Vincenzo Cartari regiano, nelle quali sono descritte la religione de gli antichi, li idoli, riti, & ceremonie loro, con l'agiunta di molte principali imagini, che nell'altre mancauano, et con l'espositione in epilogo di ciascheduna & suo significato. Estratta dall'istesso Cartari per Cesare Malfatti padoano, con vn cathalogo del medesimo di cento e più famosi dei loro natura e proprietà, estratto da questo & altri autori: opera vtilissima à historici, poeti, pittori, scultori, & professori di belle lettere
Vincenzo Cartari, Cesare Malfatti
1609Italian
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Missæ Defunctorum
Catholic Church
1782Latin
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Étude sur la déesse grecque Tyché [microform], sa signification religieuse et morale, son culte et ses représentations figurées, par F. Allègre
Fernand Allègre
1889French
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De Mithrae dei Solis invicti apud Romanos cultu [microform]
Timotheus Fabri
1883Latin
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De heroum apud Graecos cultu [microform]
Julius Wassner
1883Latin
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De orationibus, quae Athenis in funeribus publicis habebantur [microform]; specimen litterarium inaugurale quod
Jan Lodewijk Chaillet
1891Ancient Greek
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History of Ancient Greece (1841)
Brother Elias
1841
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Il pianto di Vercelli
Baldassare Bianchi, Pietro Antonio Muzzone
1664Italian
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Lettre d'un anglois a un françois, sur la decouverte du magnétisme animal, et observations sur cette lettre
Sébastien Gérardin
1784French
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Mesmer justifié
Jean-Jacques Paulet
1784French
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Nel funerale alla sempre gloriosa memoria della serenissima Duchessa di Modena, Carlotta Felicita di Brunsvich, e di Luneburgo
Tommaso Bezzi, Pierfilippo Mazzarosa, Natale dal Re, Bartolomeo Soliani
1711Italian
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Nouveau guide du magnétiseur, ou Le magnétisme enseigné et mis à la portée de toutes les intelligences
A. Ségouin
1854French
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Orazione funebre in morte del emo, e remo pr. sig. card. Enea Silvio Piccolomini, legato di Romagna
Carlo Agostino Ansaldi
1768Italian
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Vedic Hymns
1891
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Des devoirs à rendre aux morts, question envisagee sous le rapport politique et moral
Paul-Benoit-François Bontoux
1796French