Tradition 10 of 35
Initiatory orders and secret societies
Rosicrucian, Masonic, Golden Dawn, and other initiatory, fraternal, or secret organizations.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 3,263
- Earliest
- 1396
- to 2026
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- 50%
- 1,643 with public full text
- With covers
- 55%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match3,142
- Metadata match63
- Query match58
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Key subjects
- Freemasonry1.3K
- Secret societies637
- Freemasons463
- History361
- Rosicrucians281
- Sociétés secrètes186
- Rituals183
- Religious aspects131
- Catholic Church107
- Early works to 1800100
- Fiction95
- Geheimbund94
- occultism89
- Franc-maçonnerie78
- Freimaurerei78
- Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn70
- Lodges69
- Symbolism67
- France59
- Histoire58
- United States58
- Controversial literature57
- Christianity51
- Social Sciences48
Top languages
- English1,616 · 50%
- German615 · 19%
- French332 · 10%
- NOT92 · 3%
- Spanish91 · 3%
Notable authors
All authors- Supreme Council of Canada26 books
- Max Heindel24 in this tradition30 books
- Johann Valentin Andreä18 in this tradition23 books
- George Oliver16 in this tradition18 books
- Joséphin Péladan16 in this tradition17 books
- Moritz Amster15 books
- Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Massachusetts13 books
- Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania13 books
- Joseph Gabriel Findel13 books
- Royal Arch Masons. Grand Chapter13 books
- Friedrich Grick12 in this tradition17 books
- Pope Leo XIII12 in this tradition14 books
3,263 books
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The symbolism of Freemasonry
Albert Gallatin Mackey, Albert Mackey, Making of America Project
1869
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The secret teachings of all ages
Manly Palmer Hall, J. Augustus Knapp
1928
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Secret societies
David Macdill, Edward Beecher, Jonathan Blanchard, Making of America Project
1867
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Secret societies of the Middle Ages
Thomas Keightley
1837
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The real history of the Rosicrucians founded on their own manifestoes
Arthur Edward Waite
1887
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Comte de Gabalis
Villars abbé de, Doyon René Louis, Marteau Paul, Villars, abbé de, 1635-1673|* Abbé de Villars, Henri de Montfaucon de Villars, Pierre Bayle, John Michael. PRO Hifferman, Duke University. Library. Jantz Collection. German Baroque Literature, de Montfaucon Villars
1671French
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Proofs of a conspiracy against all the religions and governments of Europe
John Robison, Abigail Adams, John Adams, John Adams Library BRL, George Forman
1797
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The secret societies of the European Revolution, 1776-1876
Thomas Frost, Thomas M. Frost
1876
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The social organization and the secret societies of the Kwakiutl Indians
Franz Boas, George Hunt, George. [from old catalog] Hunt, George George McMonies Hunt, United States National Museum
1895
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Hidden symbolism of alchemy and the occult arts
Herbert Silberer, Smith Ely Jelliffe
1917
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The tarot of the Bohemians
Papus
1889
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Historia de las sociedades secretas antiguas y modernas en España, y especialmente de la francmasoneria
Vicente de la Fuente
1870Spanish
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The secret societies of all ages and countries
Charles William Heckethorn, Secret societies
1875
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Mysteria
Otto Henne am Rhyn, Joseph Fitzgerald
1895
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Francis Bacon and his secret society
Constance Mary Fearon Pott, Henry Pott, C. M . Pott, Henry Mrs Pott, Pott, Henry, Mrs., 1833-1915|* Mrs. Henry Pott
1891
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Utriusque cosmi maioris scilicet et minoris metaphysica, physica atqve technica historia
Robert Fludd
1617Latin
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Secret societies and subversive movements
Nesta Helen Webster, Nesta Webster
1924
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The Secret Doctrine
H. P. Blavatsky, Helena Blavatsky
1888
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Illustrations of masonry
William Morgan
1826
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Mysticism and its results
John Delafield
1857
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Sermons and addresses on secret societies
Lebbeus Armstrong
1882
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The general Ahiman rezon and freemason's guide
Daniel Sickels
1866
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The rosicrucians
Hargrave Jennings
1870
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Jacob's Ladder
Marina Aptekman
2011