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
Taĭnite obshtestva na XX vek
Nikolaĭ Bogoli︠u︡bov, Николай Боголюбов
2002Bulgarian
Themis avrea, hoc est, de legibvs Fraternitatis R[oseae] C[rucis] Tractatvs quo earvm cvm rei veritate convenientia, vtilitas publica et priuata, nec non causa necessaria, euoluuntur ac demonstrantur
Michael Maier
1618Latin
Tiandihui wen xian lu
Ergang Luo, 爾綱 羅
1942Chinese
Turris Babel sive judiciorum de Fraternitate Rosaceae Crucis chaos
Johannes Valentinus Andreae
1619Latin
Varia
Aleksander Kraushar
1910Polish
Verdediging en verantwoording der vrijmetselarij, of Wederlegging der beschuldigingen, op onderscheiden tijden en door bevooroordeelde schrijvers tegen dezelve ingebragt
Delalande
1814Dutch
Voldoet de vrijmetselarij, in Nederland, aan hare roeping en verpligtingen?
Edmond Willem van Dam van Isselt
1846Dutch
Wenken; of, iets over de dusgenoemde vrijmetselarij. hare nadeelige strekking; haren aart en verpestende gevolgen
een Catholisch Doctor
1843Dutch
Zhongguo mi mi she hui shi
Shū Hirayama, 周 平山
1923Chinese
[Franc-maçonnerie]
1800French
アナタモ秘密結社
粟津, 潔
1982Japanese
アメリカの秘密結社
綾部, 恒雄
1970Japanese
海底
李, 子峯
1940Chinese
近代東アジア民衆運動における「連続」と「転換」-中国・朝鮮の比較研究
趙, 景達
1994
近代秘密社会史料
蕭, 一山
1935Chinese
A Narrative of the facts and circumstances relating to the kidnaping and murder of William Morgan
1896
A ritual and illustrations of freemasonry
1851
An Authentic exposition of the "K.G.C." "Knights of the Golden Circle," or, A history of secession from 1834 to 1861
1861
Ecce orienti, or, Rites and ceremonies of the Essenes
1898
Five standard rituals
1880
Free-Masonry
1796
Hardcastle's Annual Masonic register and pocket magazine for the year of masonry 5819
1818
Hardcastle's Annual Masonic register for the year of masonry 5812
1811
History of the Ancient and honorable fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons, and concordant orders.
1898