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 cyclopaedia of fraternities : a compilation of existing authentic information and the results of original investigation as to the origin, derivation, founders, development, aims, emblems, character, and personnel of more than six hundred secret societies in the United States
Albert C. Stevens
1907
The mysteries of Ireland
1883
The principles and practices of secret societies opposed to Scripture and reason
James Kerr
1873
The secret societies of all ages and countries / by Charles William Heckethorn.
Charles William Heckethorn
1875
The secret teachings of all ages : an encyclopedic outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic, and Rosicrucian symbolical philosophy : being an interpretation of the secret teachings concealed within the rituals, allegories and mysteries of all ages
Manly Palmer Hall
1988
The sociology of secret societies
Mak Lau Fong
1981
The symbolic prophecy of the Great Pyramid
H. Spencer Lewis
1970
A fekete Klub. Forditotta Desy Famas. (Der schwarze Klub.)
Holger Brate
[ohne Jahresangabe]Hungarian
40 ára saga St:.Jóh:.Röðuls
St:.Jóh:.Röðuls
2023Icelandic
A hypiatrica, ou, Aviso ao povo sobre as enfermidades maçonicas
1831Portuguese
A musa transmontana contra os pedreiros livres
1823Portuguese
Al- ʼā̄ṯār al-kāmila
Ǧamāl al-Dīn al- Afġānī, Muḥammad ʿAbduh
2002Arabic
Altersklassen und männerbünde
Heinrich Schurtz
1902German
Arkanwelten im politischen Kontext
Monika Neugebauer-Wölk
2003
Arkanwelten im politischen Kontext
Diethelm Klippel, Monika Neugebauer-Wölk
2002German
Associações secretas entre os indígenas de Angola
Serra Frazão
1946Portuguese
Avvicinare la massoneria, ovvero Tutto ciò che si deve sapere
Giembi
1997Italian
Bang hui shou ce si zhong
Gu ting shu wu, 古亭書屋
1975Chinese
Bibliographie de la Franc-Maconnerie et des societes secretes par ---, Joseph Denais et Rene Lay
Paul Fesch, Joseph Denais, Rene Lay
1912French
Bibliotheca esoterica
Dorbon
1940
Bijdrage tot de kennis der Chinesche geheime genootschappen
Maurits Schaalje
1870Dutch
Bijdragen tot de kennis der geheime genootschappen van de Chinezen, bepaaldelijk het T'iên-tí-hoeí
Gz.
1853Dutch
Bosanski omladinci i Sarajevski atentat
Bozo Cerovic
1930QSH
Broederlijke uitboezeming, ter gelegenheid van het hooge huwelijk van Z.H.E. den grootmeester nationaal der vrijmetselarij, prins Frederik der Nederlanden, met Louisa Augusta Wilhelmina Amelia, prinses van Pruissen
Jan Schouten
1825Dutch