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
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
- 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
The craft
John Dickie
2021
The days of the Know-nothings
One who doesn't know much
1854
The design and utility of Free-masonry considered in a discourse delivered at Haverhill, Massachusetts, at the consecration of Merrimack Lodge, June 9th, 1803, a.l. 5803
Ezra Ripley
1803
The double man
F. B. Dowd
1895
The early history of freemasonry in England
J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps
1844
The education of the heart
Stacy G. Potts, No. 6 Freemasons. New-Brunswick Lodge
1847
The evolution of symbolic Masonry
James Stevens
1892
The free mason's instructor, or, Lectures on the three first degrees of masonry
John A Rohr
1812
The freemason's monitor
Daniel Sickels
1864
The good man in bad company: or Speculative Freemasonry a wicked and dangerous combination
David Pease
1831
The gospel mason, or, The beauty of unity
Nathaniel Kennedy
1818
The hermetic order of the Golden Dawn
Felix John Taylor
2026
The historical landmarks and other evidences of freemasonry, explained
George Oliver
1845
The history of freemasonry in South Carolina, from its origin in the year 1736 to the present time
Albert Gallatin Mackey
1861
The illuminoids
Neal Wilgus
1978
The impact of Chinese secret societies in Malaya
Wilfred Blythe
1969
The invisible empire
Raymond Bernard
1982
The keystone of the masonic arch
Charles Scott
1856
The kingdom and glory of the Branch and testament of the west
Charles Warfield
1833
The law of God ..
Jonathan Nye
1811
The law of God, against all irreligious associations; and for the defence and security of all those formed for charitable, scientific and religious purposes
Jonathan Nye
1811
The living temple of masonry
James E. Latimer
1866
The masonic and spiritual temple illustrated
Daniel Burhans, John Hart Lynde, No. 16 Royal Arch Masons. Darius Chapter
1816
The masonic family re-united--union, strength & wisdom
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of South Carolina
1817