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
God's guidance
Elisabeth Elliot
1992
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
1777
Ritual
Malidoma Patrice Somé, Malidoma Some
1993
Animal Farm / Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell
1978
Don't Waste Your Life
John Piper
2003
Last Chance to See
Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine
1990
Practical Candleburning Rituals
Raymond Buckland
1982
Survivor
Chuck Palahniuk
1999
The Broken Kingdoms
N. K. Jemisin
2010
The God Chasers
Tommy Tenney
1998
The God engines
John Scalzi
2009
Ways of dying
Zakes Mda
1995
Isis Magic
M. Isidora Forrest
2001
Queen of Sorcery
David Eddings
1983
The Hallowed Hunt
Lois McMaster Bujold
2005
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
N. K. Jemisin
2010
- Read free
Seltsame Geschichten (Balloon-Hoax / Descent into the Maelström / Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar / Gold-Bug / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery of Marie Roget / Purloined Letter / Tell-Tale Heart)
Edgar Allan Poe
1890German
Threshold
Bill Myers
1997
Norse Divination
Teague
2021
On being a pagan
Alan De Benoist
2005
- Read free
A Tale of Two Capitalisms: Sacred Economics in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Supritha Rajan
2015
Epistemic Issues in Non-classical Religious Belief
Hans Van Eyghen
2023
- Read free
Little Blonde Bitch by Austin Antonio Gomes
Austin Antonio Gomes
2026
Patristics
Garry Trompf
2025