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
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
Era
A List of the gentlemen invited to commemorate St. Tammany, on the first of May, 1773.
1773
A Masonic address, delivered before the brethren of Hiram Lodge, No. 4, on the 24th day of June, 1815 ...
Charles Stewart Todd
1815
A West African tribe and its secret societies
H. P. FitzGerald Marriott
1900
A manual of masonry and anti-masonry
1833
A pastoral charge, delivered in St. Mary's Catholic Church, Edinburgh, on the 17th October 1860; on occasion of a solemn mass of requiem, commemorative of the recent losses of the pontifical army ... With an appendix: (I. On prayers and offerings for the dead. - II. On the nature of the Reformation, and some of its consequences. - III. On the freemasonry and secret societies of the continent. - IV. The England of William Pitt, and that of Lord John Russell.)
Gillis
1860
An introduction to Chinese secret societies in Malaya
Leon Comber
1957
An oration, delivered before the officers and brethren of Philanthropic Lodge, in Marblehead ... June 24, 5810
Edward Turner
1810
Art of the Senufo
Till Förster, Lorenz Homberger, Curt Germundson
1994
Cross' masonic chart: revised 1869
William M. Cunningham
1869
Dedication Memorial of the Masonic Temple, Baltimore
1893
Devil Worship in France : OR THE QUESTION OF LUCIFER A RECORD OF THINGS SEEN AND HEARD IN THE SECRET SOCIETIES ACCORDING TO THE EVIDENCE OF INITIATES
Arthur Edward Waite
2012
Ecce Orienti, or, Rites and ceremonies of the Essenes
1878
Ecce orienti
1888
Famous secret societies
John Heron Lepper
1932
Free-masonry; a word to the wise
1796
Hindoo theology for the use of missionaries
1814
History and philosophy of freemasonry, and other secret societies
Augustus C. L Arnold
1868
In the Heart of Bantuland; A Record of Twenty-Nine Years' Pioneering in Central Africa Among the Bantu Peoples, with a Description of Their Habits, Customs, Secret Societies & Languages
Dugald Campbell
2005
Jachin and Boaz
1815
Jachin and Boaz, or An authentic key to the door of Free-masonry, ancient and modern
1800
Jachin and Boaz; or, An authentic key to the door of Free-Masonry, both ancient and modern.
1794
K.G.C.
1862
La masoneria ante la razon, ante el derecho y ante la experiencia
1892
Masonic address, delivered at Wiscasset, before the officers amd members of Lincoln Lodge
Freeman Parker
1813