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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An analysis of the Egyptian mythology
James Cowles Prichard
1819
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Du culte des dieux fétiches, ou Parallèle de l'anciennereligion de l'Egypte avec la religion actuelle de Nigritie
Charles de Brosses
1760French
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Du magnétisme animal
A.-M.-J Chastenet marquis de Puységur, Armand-Marie-Jacques de Castenet Puységur, A.-M.-Armand-Marie-Jacques Chastenet de Puységur
1807French
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Tales of Ancient Greece
George William Cox, George George William Cox
1868
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The holy mountain of La Salette
William Bernard Ullathorne
1854
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Bell's New pantheon; or, Historical dictionary of thegods, demi-gods, heroes, and fabulous personages of antiquity
John Bell, Charles Grignion, J Thornthwaite, John. Hutton
1790
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La Loge rouge dévoilée a toutes les têtes couronnées
1790French
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Religionsphilosophie auf geschichtlicher Grundlage
Otto Pfleiderer
1878German
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A Sermon, Delivered in Boston, Sept. 16, 1813
Timothy Dwight, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
1813
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St. Thomas of Canterbury
Edwin Abbott Abbott
1898
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A view of the history, literature, and religion of the Hindoos
William Ward
1815
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Ecce orienti
Moses Wolcott Redding
1870
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Letters on animal magnetism
Crumpe Miss, Crumpe, Harry Houdini Collection
1845
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Studies of the Gods in Greece at Certain Sanctuaries Recently Excavated
Louis Dyer
1891
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The Moki snake dance
Walter Hough
1898
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The powring out of the seven vials
John Cotton
1645
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Weekly Indiana State journal
Douglass & Co Holloway
1865
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Funeral to-day (March 11th, 1898) of the late Hon. Theodore Davie, chief justice of British Columbia
Theodore Davie
1898
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Funeral to-day of the Late Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie, Knight, chief justice of British Columbia
Matthew Baillie Begbie, Matthew Matthew Baillie Begbie
1894
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Funeral to-day of the late Hon. R. Dunsmuir
Robert Dunsmuir
1889
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The 1870 Ghost Dance
Cora Alice Du Bois, Cora Du Bois
1939
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Jachin and Boaz; or, An authentic key to the door of free-masonry
Gentleman belonging to the Jerusalem Lodge
1762
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Utica evening telegraph
Francis A. Crandall
1865
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A dissertation on the mysteries of the Cabiri
George Stanley Faber
1803