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
Auden Hill University
Julia Pauss
2023German
Aufklärung und Geheimgesellschaften
Helmut Reinalter
1989German
Aut hic, aut nusquam
Christoph Rotbart
1751German
Baham. Arts, mémoire et pouvoir dans le Royaume de Baham (Cameroun)
Jean-Paul Notué, Bianca Triaca
2005
Bamana
Jean-Paul Colleyn, Mary Jo Arnoldi, James T. Brink, Rene A. Bravmann, David C. Conrad, Kate Ezra, Barbara E. Frank, Salia Malé, Patrick R. McNaughton, Catherine De Clippel
2001German
Bandolerismo y delincuencia subversiva en la baja Andalucía
Constancio Bernaldo de Quirós
1992Spanish
Beförderer der Aufklärung in Mittel- und Osteuropa
Éva H. Balázs
1979German
Bibliotheca esoterica
Librairie Dorbon-aîné
1988French
Blutlinien der Macht: Illuminaten und Anunnaki
Gavain Roloff
2025German
Breve historia de las sociedades secretas
John Lawrence Reynolds
2006Spanish
Briefe die Freimauerei betreffend
Paul Joachim Siegmund Vogel
1783German
Bruderschaften in Coesfeld um 1500
Volker Schweers
2012German
Bula de nuestro santisimo padre el señor Leon XII
Pope Leo XII
1830Spanish
Carta VIII. de Não sei quem a outro que tal
Luiz Antonio Carlos de Furtado de Mendonça
1830Portuguese
Carta XV. de Não sei quem a outro que tal
Luiz Antonio Carlos de Furtado de Mendonça
1831Portuguese
Carta ao muito reverendo padre José Agostinho de Macedo sobre os constitucionaes e liberaes, e alguma cousa sobre os pedreiros-livres
Liberal e constitucional
1822Portuguese
Carta encíclica de nuestro santísimo padre el papa Leon XIII acerca de la masonería
Pope Leo XIII
1884Spanish
Carta encíclica de su santidad el Papa Leon XIII a cerca de la masonería
Pope Leo XIII
1885Spanish
Carta pastoral que el ilustrísimo obispo de Nuestra Señora de La Paz, Dr. D. Juan de Dios Bosque, dirije á sus diocesanos, con motivo de la santa visita pastoral
Catholic Church. Diocese of La Paz. Bishop
1877Spanish
Carta pastoral que el ilustrísimo señor obispo de la Diócesis de La Paz, doctor don Juan de Dios Bosque dirige a sus feligreses
Catholic Church. Diocese of La Paz. Bishop
1885Spanish
Centinela contra Francs-massones
José Torrubia
1752
Claves ocultas del poder mundial
José Lesta
2006Spanish
Claves secretas de la historia
Robert Goodman
2008Spanish
Clypeum veritatis
Friedrich Glick, Johann Valentin Alberti
1618German