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
Religious Environmental Activism in Asia: Case Studies in Spiritual Ecology
Leslie E Sponsel
2020
Sámi Religion
Trude A Fonneland, Tiina Äikäs
2021
Cicero on the philosophy of religion
J. P. F. Wynne
2019
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Tableau naturel des rapports qui existent entre Dieu, l'homme et l'univers ...
Louis Claude de Saint-Martin
1782French
The Archaeology of Shamanism
Neil Price, Neil S. Price
2001

The Tales of Beedle the Bard
J. K. Rowling
2001
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Analyse des traditions religieuses des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique
Adolphe Kastner
1840French
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Das Heidentum in der römischen Kirche
Theodor Trede
1889German
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Die Religion des mittleren Amerika
Konrad Haebler
1899German
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Die alten Kyprier in kunst und cultus
Antonie Ewoud Jan Holwerda
1885German
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Die vedisch- brahmanische periode der religion des alten Indiens
Edmund Hardy
1893German
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Teosofia
Antonio Rosmini
1859Italian
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Ueber die Selig-und Heiligsprechung und die Processe der Congregation der Ritus
Frederick William Faber, Carl Borromaeus Reiching
1862German
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Volksglaube und religiöser brauch der Zigeuner
Heinrich von Wlislocki
1891German
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Volksglaube und religiöser brauch der Südslaven
Friedrich Salomo Krauss
1890German
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An essay on that earliest species of idolatry
James Christie
1814NOT
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Das weihwasser im heidnischen und christlichen cultus
Heino Pfannenschmid
1869
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Elements of animal magnetism, or, Process and application for relieving human suffering
Charles Morley
1847
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Greek folk-songs from the Turkish provinces of Greece ..
Lucy Mary Jane Garnett
1885
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Hypnotism, or, Animal magnetism
Rudolf Peter Heinrich Heidenhain, Rudolf Heidenhain
1888
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Metaphysical Elements
Proclus Diadochus, Proclus, approximately 410-485|* Proclus
1909
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Rapport des commissaires
France. Commissaires chargés par le roi de l'examen du magnétisme animal, Benjamin Franklin, Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection
1791
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Shitakiri suzume
1886
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" Design" in nature
Allen Pringle
1881