Tradition 10 of 33
Initiatory orders and secret societies
Rosicrucian, Masonic, Golden Dawn, and other initiatory, fraternal, or secret organizations.
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- 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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Ritual of Masonic service for the burial of the dead
J. B. Sackett
1870
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Scarlet book of free masonry
Moses Wolcott Redding
1879
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Statutes of the Imperial, Ecclesiastical, Military and Masonic Order of the Knights of the Red Cross of Constantine and appendant orders of the Grand Council of the State of Pennsylvania
Knights of the Red Cross of Constantine. Grand Council of the State of Pennsylvania, Alfred Creigh, Calvin L Stowell
1872
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The Orange Society
H. W. Bp Cleary, Henry William Cleary
1899
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The constitutions of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, Charles Charles Whitlock Moore
1857
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The law of fraternities and societies ... with special reference to their insurance feature
Andrew J. Hirschl, Andrew Andrew Jackson Hirschl
1883
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The secret society system
Edwin Edgerton Aiken
1882
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The secretary's special help
John C.W. Bailey & Co
1867
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The secretary's special help
John C. W. Bailey, John C. W. [from old catalog] Bailey
1866
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The signet of King Solomon
Augustus C. L Arnold
1868
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The spirit of free-masonry
Andrew Nichols
1831
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The symbol of glory: shewing the object and end of free masonry
George Oliver
1870
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The worshipful master's special help
John C. W. Bailey, John C. W. [from old catalog] Bailey
1866
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Traditions of freemasonry and its coincidences with the ancient mysteries
Azariah T. C. Pierson
1865
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Webb's freemason's monitor with the Michigan burial service adopted 1881
Thomas Smith Webb, James Fenton
1882
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An address, delivered before the Provincial Grand Royal arch chapter of Upper Canada at York, on the 8th July, 1823
William Smart, Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Upper Canada at York
1823
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By-laws of Arkona Lodge!
George C. McGibbon
1892
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Chastisement of a bearer of false witness
Albert Pike
1889
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Masonic poems
Amelia Laman Churchill, Amelia Laman Mrs Churchill
1865
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Morgan's Freemasonry exposed and explained
William Morgan
1850
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Souvenir
Freemasons. Live Oak Lodge No. 61
1894
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The freemason's monitor
Thomas Smith Webb, John Sherer
1808
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The gems of masonry
John Sherer, John. [from old catalog] Sherer
1859
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The real history of the Rosicrucians founded on their own manifestoes
Arthur Edward Waite
1887