Tradition 10 of 35
Initiatory orders and secret societies
Rosicrucian, Masonic, Golden Dawn, and other initiatory, fraternal, or secret organizations.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 3,263
- Earliest
- 1396
- to 2026
- Read free
- 50%
- 1,643 with public full text
- With covers
- 55%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match3,142
- Metadata match63
- 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
- Freemasonry1.3K
- Secret societies637
- Freemasons463
- History361
- Rosicrucians281
- Sociétés secrètes186
- Rituals183
- Religious aspects131
- Catholic Church107
- Early works to 1800100
- Fiction95
- Geheimbund94
- occultism89
- Franc-maçonnerie78
- Freimaurerei78
- Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn70
- Lodges69
- Symbolism67
- France59
- Histoire58
- United States58
- Controversial literature57
- Christianity51
- Social Sciences48
Top languages
- English1,616 · 50%
- German615 · 19%
- French332 · 10%
- NOT92 · 3%
- Spanish91 · 3%
Notable authors
All authors- Supreme Council of Canada26 books
- Max Heindel24 in this tradition30 books
- Johann Valentin Andreä18 in this tradition23 books
- George Oliver16 in this tradition18 books
- Joséphin Péladan16 in this tradition17 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
- Friedrich Grick12 in this tradition17 books
- Pope Leo XIII12 in this tradition14 books
3,263 books
Era
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
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