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
Remembering the Phallic Mother
Marcia Ian
1993
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Ritus consecrationis Ecclesiae e pontificali Romano extractus pro solemni dedicatione ecclesiae metropolitanae Parisiensis
Georges Darboy, Église catholique
1864Latin
The tradition continues
Harold J. T. Demetzer
2005
Ilium
Dan Simmons
2003
Pagan theology
Michael York
2002
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Cosmographiae introductio cum quibusdam geometriae ac astronomiae principiis ad eam rem necessariis. Insuper quattuor Americi Vespucij navigationes. Universalis cosmographiae descriptio tam in solido quam plano, eis etiam insertis quae Ptholomęo ignota a nuperis reperta sunt. Distychon [sic]
Amerigo Vespucci, Martin Waldseemüller
1507Latin
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English Translation of Synesius On Dreams, Iamblichus, Proclus & Porphyry (Ficino)
Synesius, Iamblichus, Proclus, Porphyry, Marsilio Ficino, Source Library, Google Gemini
2026
Mambu, a Melanesian millennium
Kenelm Burridge, K. O. Burridge, K. O. L. Burridge, Burridge
1960
Persephone Unveiled
Charles Stein
2006
Plato and Augustine
Karl Jaspers
1962
Stranger in a Strange Land
Robert A. Heinlein
1961
The Role of apoptosis in development, tissue homeostasis, and malignancy
R.M. Dexter, A.H. Wyllie, M.C. Raff
1899
Ancient Ways
Pauline Campanelli, Dan Campanelli, Dan & Pauline Campanelli
2002
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De hierarchia et hierarchis libri IX. in quibus pulcherrima dispositione omnes hierarchici gradus & ordines, episcopalis principatus, clericalis dignitas, religiosa sanctitas, secundum Patrum doctrinam, decreta conciliorum, Ecclesiae ritus & mores, sine justa cujusquam offensione explicantur Urbano VIII. hierarcharum principi. A P. Ludovico Cellotio Parisino, Societatis Jesu theologo
Louis Cellot
1641Latin
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Rituale, seu Mandatum insignis Ecclesiae Suessionis, tempore episcopi Nivelonis, exaratum
Église catholique
1856Latin
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Fides ecclesiae orientalis, seu Gabrielis [Severi], metropolitae philadelphiensis, opuscula, nunc primum de Graecis conversa ; cum notis uberioribus, quibus nationum orientalium persuasio maxime de rebus eucharisticis, ex libris praesertim manuscriptis, vel nondum Latio donatis, illustratur ; adversus Claudii, Calviniani ritus Carentone ministri, responsum, ad perpetuitatem fidei ecclesiae catholicae... a clarissimo Arnaldo... defensam ; opera et studio Richardi Simonis,... His accesserunt epistolae duae ad Joannem Morinum, quarum una est Leonis Allatii, Abrahami Echellensis, Maronitae, altera
Abraham Ecchellensis, Gabriel Sévère, Leone Allacci
1671Latin
Nature religion in America
Catherine L. Albanese
1990
Kitchen Witch's Cookbook
Patricia Telesco
1994
Mythos
Stephen Fry
2017
The Tinbergen legacy
Niko Tinbergen, Marian Stamp Dawkins, Tim Halliday, Richard Dawkins, T. R. Halliday
1899
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Hortorum secreta
Antoine Mizauld
1575Latin
Disappointment with God
Philip Yancey
1988
From beginning to end
Robert Fulghum
1995
Knowing God Intimately
Joyce Meyer
2003