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
Era
Horrible disclosures
1868
Lucinda, the orphan, or, The costumes
1817
Masonic and citizens' annual almanac, for the A.M. 5813, A.D. 1813 ...
1812
Masonic gatherings
1871
Nature worship
1891
Odes and hymns
1801
Proceedings of a lodge of sorrow, held in memory of Ill. Bro. Richard Anderson, 32d, under the direction of De Molay Council No. 1, Knights of Kadosh, at Columbia, S.C., on the fifth of December, 1861
1862
Some of the beauties of free-masonry
1816
The Free-mason's pocket companion; or Elements of Free-masonry delineated.
1794
The Sons of Malta exposed
1860
The Vocal companion, and Masonic register
1802
The act of incorporation, by-laws, rules and regulations for the government of the master, wardens and members of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
1819
The fame and confession of the fraternity of R: C: Commonly, of the Rosie Cross
1652
The text book of freemasonry
1874
The text book of freemasonry
1881
Banken, Brot und Bomben
Stefan Erdmann
Date unknown
Bibliographie occultiste et maçonnique
Édouard Jouin, V. Descreux, A. Peeters Baertson
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Der Geisterseher. Aus den Papieren des Grafen von O +++
Friedrich Schiller
[ohne Jahresangabe]German
Jin dai mi mi she hui shi liao
Yishan Xiao, 一山 蕭
Date unknownChinese
Zhongguo de bang hui
Juxian Wei, 聚賢 衛
[s.d.]Chinese
A Musa indignada contra a pedreirada.
1831Portuguese
Auktions-Katalog
1919German
Bibliotheca esoterica
1975French
Carta ao reverendo beneficiado de Santarem, José Antonio Oliveira Barreto, sobre a sua teima contra os pedreiros livres.
1822Portuguese