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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A hand-book of mythology
E. M. Berens
1800
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Forest and Jungle or Thrilling Adventures in All Quarters of the Globe
Phineas Taylor Barnum
1896
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Neoplatonism
Charles Bigg
1895
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Oresteia
Aeschylus, Robert Potter Aeschylus, Frederick Apthrop Paley Aeschylus, Herbert Weir Smyth Aeschylus, Wilhelm Humboldt
1770
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The Roman festivals of the period of the Republic
W. Warde Fowler
1899
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The religious system of China, its ancient forms, evolution, history and present aspect, mannners, customs and social institutions connected therewith
Jan Jakob Maria de Groot
1892
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A Guide To The First And Second Egyptian Rooms
British Museum Dept of Egyptian and as, Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge British Museum. Dept . of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge
1898
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An introduction to comparative psychology
Conwy Lloyd Morgan
1894
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An introduction to the study of animal magnetism
J. Dupotet, Jules Du Potet de Sennevoy Jules Dupotet
1838
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Belief in God
Minot J. Savage, William Henry Savage, William Henry Savage Minot Judson Savage
1881
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Researches on magnetism, electricity, heat, light, crystallization, and chemical attraction
Karl Freiherr von Reichenbach, Karl Reichenbach, William Gregory
1850
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The Sraddha
David Urquhart
1857
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The being of God as unity and trinity
Peter Henry Steenstra
1891
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The mysteries, pagan and Christian
Samuel Cheetham
1897
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Zoistic magnestism: being the substance of two lectures, descriptive of original views and investigations respecting this mysterious agency
William Scoresby
1849
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An essay on somnambulism, or, sleep-walking produced by animal electricity and magnetism, as well as by sympathy, &c
John professor of animal magnetism Bell, Jean-François Fournel, University of Bristol. Library
1788
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The debates on ritualism in the Provincial Synod of the Church of England and Ireland
Church of England. Province of Canada. Provincial Synod
1868
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Sea monsters unmasked
Henry Lee, International Fisheries Exhibition
1883
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The new pantheon
Samuel Boyse, Gentleman of Cambridge
1753
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A solemn warning to all the dwellers upon earth
Nimrod Hughes
1811
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A new system, or, An analysis of ancient mythology
Jacob Bryant, James Basire, William Blake, John Adams, John Adams Library BRL
1774
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Adresse au Comité de constitution de l'Assemblée Nationale
France. Assemblée nationale constituante. Comité de Constitution
1790French
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Animal magnetism
Valentine Absonus
1791
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Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde
Jean-Frédéric Bernard, Bernard, Jean Frédéric, d. 1752, Antoine-Louis-Guillaume-Catherine Laporte, Bernard Picart, Jean-Charles Poncelin de La Roche-Tilhac, Royez, Jean-François, Bruzen de La Martinière, Antoine Augustin
1723French