Tradition 10 of 33
Initiatory orders and secret societies
Rosicrucian, Masonic, Golden Dawn, and other initiatory, fraternal, or secret organizations.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 3,102
- Earliest
- 1396
- to 2026
- Read free
- 48%
- 1,481 with public full text
- With covers
- 57%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match2,985
- Metadata match59
- Query match58
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Key subjects
- Freemasonry1.2K
- Secret societies583
- Freemasons436
- History332
- Rosicrucians250
- Sociétés secrètes186
- Rituals166
- Religious aspects110
- Early works to 180099
- Catholic Church94
- Geheimbund94
- Fiction86
- occultism84
- Franc-maçonnerie78
- Freimaurerei78
- Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn70
- Lodges67
- Symbolism59
- Histoire58
- Controversial literature55
- Social Sciences48
- christianity48
- Magic44
- John the Baptist's Day43
Top languages
- English1,613 · 52%
- German611 · 20%
- French322 · 10%
- NOT89 · 3%
- Spanish88 · 3%
Notable authors
All authors- Supreme Council of Canada26 books
- Johann Valentin Andreä18 books
- Joséphin Péladan16 in this tradition17 books
- George Oliver16 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
- Max Heindel12 in this tradition14 books
- Friedrich Grick12 in this tradition13 books
- Michael Maier11 in this tradition53 books
3,102 books
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The practical monitor, containing the monitorial instructions used in the degrees of entered apprentice, fellow craft, and master mason
Moses Wolcott Redding, Moses Wolcott. [from old catalog] Redding
1876
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The ritual of the chapter, containing the work, lectures, and monitorial of the M. M., P. M., M. E. M. and R. A. degrees
H. Wilkinson, H. [from old catalog] Wilkinson
1878
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The temple of the rosy cross
Freeman Benjamin Dowd
1882
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A short history of Court Pride of Ontario, no. 5640, Hamilton, Ontario
John B. Buckingham, Hamilton Ancient Order of Foresters
1896
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A true history of the First Congregational Church of Champaign, Illinois
A. O. Howell
1889
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American hand-book and citizen's manual
Manlove N. Butler
1891
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An address delivered on the Fourth of July, 1835
Thaddeus Stevens
1835
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An encyclopaedia of freemasonry and its kindred sciences
Albert Gallatin Mackey, Charles Charles Thompson McClenachan
1887
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An investigation into freemasonry by a joint committee of the legislature of Massachusetts
Massachusetts. General Court. Joint Committee to Investigate Freemasonry
1834
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Ancient Arabic order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine ... Medinah Temple Chicago
Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America. Medinah Temple
1892
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Borachio's bo-peep
Henry J. Becker, Henry J. [from old catalog] Becker
1882
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Freemasonry and kindred orders self-condemned, or, Reasons why their members cannot be fellowshipped by the United Presbyterian Church
John Wallace Bain
1872
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General history, cyclopedia and dictionary of freemasonry
Robert Macoy
1869
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Hall's master workman and masonic monitor
John K. Hall, John K. [from old catalog] Hall
1869
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History of the Knights Templar of the state of Pennsylvania
Alfred Creigh
1868
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Letters and addresses on freemasonry
John Quincy Adams, Charles Francis Adams
1875
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Masonic address
Luke Blackmer, John Joseph Bruner, Freemasons. Blackmer Lodge No. 127
1851
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Masonic code of North Carolina
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of North Carolina, John Nichols
1875
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Masonic odes and poems
Robert Morris
1864
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Masonry, past, present and future
F. H. Johnson
1871
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Minutes of the sixth Masonic Conference of DeKalb County, Alabama
Alabama Masonic Conference of DeKalb County, Ala. Freemasons. Hall of Fort Payne Lodge No. 437 A.F. and Fort Payne, W. T Fuller, H. A McSpadden
1898
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Oddfellowship
J. H. Brockmann
1878
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Proceedings of a convention of Royal Arch Masons, held in Wilmington, North Carolina, on Monday, the 28th day of June, A.D. 1847, for the purpose of reviving and re-organizing the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the State of North Carolina
Royal Arch Masons. Grand Chapter, author Royal Arch Masons. Grand Chapter
1847
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Report of the trustees and the speech of J.M. Lovejoy, Esq., on the subject of the masonic seminary
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of North Carolina, J. M Lovejoy
1848