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
The Embrace
Aphrodite Jones
1999
The Order of the Solar Temple
James R. Lewis
2006
Totem Poles
Pat Kramer
2004
Totem Poles (An Altitude Superguide)
Pat Kramer
1995
A Mithriac ritual
G. R. S. Mead
1907
- Read free
A treatise on animal magnetism
Charles P. A.M Johnson, Charles P Johnson, Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection
1844
Attente de Dieu
Simone Weil
1950
- Read free
Gods and Heroes
Ferdinand Schmidt, George George Putnam Upton, Karl Friedrich Becker
Date unknown
- Read free
In the Garden of the Gods
William MacLeod Raine, F. De Forest Schook
Date unknown
- Read free
Les grands enterrements
Francis Chevassu
1892French
Libro de los seres imaginarios
Jorge Luis Borges
1967
Living a Beautiful Life
Alexandra Stoddard
1986
Night Life of the Gods (Annotated)
Thorne Smith
1931
Origami Sea Life
John Montroll, Robert J. Lang
1991
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Rituale Parisiense , autoritate eminentissimi D. D. cardinalis de Noailles, archiepiscopi Parisiensis, ducis Sancti Clodoaldi, paris Franciae, regii ordinis Sancti Spiritus commendatoris, editum
Eglise catholique. Diocèse
1701Latin
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The Fire-Gods: A Tale of the Congo
Charles Gilson, George Soper
Date unknown
The Invention of tradition
Eric Hobsbawm, Terence O. Ranger
1983
The chaos of cults
Jan Karel Van Baalen
1938
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Rituale Parisiense, autoritate... B. Cardinalis de Noailles, archiepiscopi Parisiensis, editum, ac jussu... D. de Beaumont, archiepiscopi Parisiensis, typis denuo mandatum
Église catholique
1777Latin
A New Voyage to Carolina
John Lawson
1709
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Encomium trium Mariarum cum earundem cultus defensione adversus Lutheranos. Solennique missa & officio canonico... emissum opera & industria Joannis Bertaudi, Petragorici utriusque juris licentiati . Turisque albae in ducatu Engolismensi, alunni
Jean Bertaud
1529Latin
Kinship with All Life
J. Allen Boone
1954
Mysteries of Mithra
Franz Cumont
1903
Pagan regeneration
Harold R. Willoughby
1929