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
Totem poles of the Pacific Northwest coast
Edward Malin
1986
- Read free
Totemism and exogamy
James George Frazer
1910
- Read free
Warbreaker
Brandon Sanderson
2009
Your God is too small
J. B Phillips
1952
Exploring the Pagan Path
Kristin Madden, Starhawk, Amber K, Dorothy Morrison
2005
Life of Pi
Yann Martel
2000
Man's eternal quest and other talks
Yogananda Paramahansa
1975
Moon magic
Violet M. Firth
1956
Ostara
Edain McCoy
2002
Sacred Mushrooms
Carl A. P. Ruck
2006
Sako Ma
Matomah Alesha
2004
The Jesus mysteries : was the "original Jesus" a pagan god?
Timothy Freke, Peter Gandy
2001
Trusting God
Jerry Bridges
1988
Circle Of The Cosmic Muse
Maria Kay Simms
1951
Entomopathogenic bacteria
Christina Nielsen-Le Roux, Jean-Francois Charles, Armelle Delecluse
1899
The Human Zoo
Desmond Morris
1705
The Kingdom of Gods
N. K. Jemisin
1986
- Read free
English Translation of The Egyptian Oedipus, Volume II
Athanasius Kircher, Source Library, Google Gemini
2026
FROGS Sticker Safari Book (Discovery Kids)
Discovery Kids
1999
I Was a Teenage Dominatrix
Shawna Kenney
1999
Sticks, Stones, Roots & Bones
Stephanie Rose Bird
2004
Experiencing God
Henry T. Blackaby, Richard Blackaby, Claude V. King
1990
Where is God when it hurts?
Philip Yancey
1977
Wicca
Scott Cunningham
1988