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
"Der Bund ist ewig"
Angelika Beck
1982German
"Für eure und unsere Freiheit"
Maria Wawrykowa
1985German
"Reichsfeinde" vor Gericht
Norbert Schloßmacher
1988German
12 sociétés secrètes écrivent l'histoire: vrai ou faux?
Jean Solis
2013French
1749, sombras y luces
Jorge A Barco
2021Spanish
99%がバカに洗脳された国NIPPON!
宮城, ジョージ
2014Japanese
Acta de la Junta general del 3 de octubre de 1875
Cuba) Circulo Español (Santiago de Cuba
1875Spanish
Adolph Freiherr Knigge
Pierre-André Bois, Adolph Knigge
1990French
Ahiman rezon, ou, Règlemens généraux à l'usage des anciens maçons d'York sous la jurisdiction de la G.L. de la Louisiane
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Louisiana
1813Greek
Akten und Texte zum Orden der Ritter und Brüder St. Johannis des Evangelisten aus Asien und Europa
Helmut Reinalter, Reinhard Markner, Karlheinz Gerlach, Florian Maurice
2025German
Aktenmässiger Bericht über den geheimen deutschen Bund und das Turnwesen
Johann Ferdinand Neigebaur
1831German
Alchimie et sociétés secrètes dans le Comté de Nice et en Provence orientale
Lea Raso Della Volta
2019French
Algunas cosas oscuras y peligrosas
Servando Rocha
2019Spanish
Allerneuste Entdeckung der verborgensten Geheimnisse der hohen Stuffen der Freimaürerei
Karl Friedrich Köppen
1768German
Amos del mundo
Juan Carlos Castillón
2013Spanish
Anaforuana
Lydia Cabrera
1975Spanish
Angels and demons
Dan Brown
2001
Angelus
Danielle Trussoni, Rainer Schmidt
2010
Antipantzerfegrianus
Hojeh Bilthius
1617German
Apologia F.R.C
Friedrich Grick
1620German
Apologia F.R.C., das ist, Kurtze jedoch warhaffte und wolgegründte Ablehnung aller derer Beschuldigung
Friedrich Grick
1620German
Apologie pour l'ordre des francs-maçons
N. Mr
1742French
Associations de la Chine
Prosper Leboucq
1880French
Athanasius und die Kirche unserer Zeit
Rudolf Graber
2019