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
- Read free
Curiosities of medical experience
J. G. Millingen
1837
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Curious protective features in the young of vertebrates
Edward Ernest Prince
1893
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De consolatione philosophiae
Boethius
1476
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De doctrina Christiana
John Milton
1825
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De dominio divino
John Wycliffe
1890
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De gubernatione Dei
Salvian of Marseilles
1580
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De incarnatione
Patriarch of Alexandria Athanasius Saint
1882
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De la connaissance de Dieu.
Auguste Joseph Alphonse Gratry
1858
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Derham's Physico and Astro Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God
William Derham
1786
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Descriptive zoopraxography, or, The science of animal locomotion made popular
Eadweard Muybridge
1893
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Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary in North America
Donald MacLeod
1866
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Dialogue between a young gentleman and a divine
J. B. McMahon
1833
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Dick Niven and his horse Noby
Annie G. Savigny
1898
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Discours sur les révolutions de la surface du globe
Baron Georges Cuvier, Jean Chrétien Ferdinand Hoefer, Ferdinand Hoefer, Jean Pierre Flourens, Ambroise Firmin-Didot
1813
- Read free
Discourses
A. J Scott
1866
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Discourses, on the sovereign and universal agency of God, in nature and grace
Robert M'Dowall
1806
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Divine immanence
John Richardson Illingworth
1898
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Divine nescience of future contingencies a necessity
L. D. McCabe
1882
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Divine providence
Jonathan Bishop Weaver, Jonathan Weaver
1873
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Dramas and Other Poems Zenobia. Themistocles. Siroes. Regulus. Romulus and Hersilia. The discovery of Joseph. Cantatas
Pietro Metastasio
1800
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Du mouvement dans les fonctions de la vie
Étienne-Jules Marey
1868
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Early chapters of Cayuga history
Charles Hawley
1879
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Earth's enigmas
Charles G. D. Roberts
1896
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Engravings of lions, tigers, panthers, leopards, dogs, &c
Thomas Landseer, Edwin Henry Sir Landseer
1853