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
Les societes secretes
René Alleau
1963French
Les sociétés secrètes
Philippe Ilial
2014French
Les sociétés secrètes dans le bassin du Pacifique
Raymond Lenoir
1925French
Liberta e in alto
Massoneria
1958Italian
Lionello
Antonio Bresciani
1860Dutch
Livre jaune n° 5
1997French
Mac-Benac, of Het stellige der vrijmetselarij
Friedrich Wilhelm Lindner
1820Dutch
Manifeste des sociétés secrètes
1849French
Maçonismo desmascarado, ou, Manifesto contra os pedreiros livres
1822Portuguese
Maçonnerie pratique
1885French
O farol realista sobre as cavernas maçonicas
1830Portuguese
Orden del día
1878Spanish
Phlensthiōre andaz, hoc est, Redintegratio an die Fraternitet vom Rosen Creutze
1619German
Primitieve geheime genootschappen als sociaal verschijnsel
Eduard Meerum Terwogt
1945Dutch
Prospectus: Geschiedenis der vrij-metselarij, en der vroegere en latere geheime genootschappen, door F.-T. B.- Clavel, opgehelderd door 25 fraaije staal-gravures
G.B. van Goor / Gouda
1843Dutch
Refutacion
1828Spanish
Resposta ao malicioso folheto intitulado: Refutação ás excommunhões de Clemente XII. e Benedicto XIV. sobre os pedreiros livres
José Agostinho de Macedo
1822Portuguese
Rites et symboles des sociétés secrètes
Jean-Louis Provost
1996French
Rituali Massonici del primo e del trentesimo grado detti di aprendista e di Cavaliere Kadosh
1874Italian
Sarsena oder der vollkommene Baumeister
1859German
Secret Societies and Political Action
Helen B. Shaffer
1961
Shi jie mi mi she hui ji hei she hui
Yun Guan, 關雲
1977Chinese
Sociétés secrètes
René Jolivet
1940French
Ta Mystika tōn Adelphōn tēs Chrysēs Augēs
1989Greek