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
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
Der Taxil-Schwindel: Ein Welthistorischer Ulk
Jörg Lanz-Liebenfels
Date unknownGerman
Fourteenth National Convention, Held in Opera Hall, Batavia, N.Y., September 12th, 13th and 14th, 1882
National Christian Association
Date unknown
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
Carta que un padre escribe a sus hijos sobre el permiso que le pidieron para entrar en la comuneria
1822Spanish
De bodem van den afgrond, of het doel der Geheime Genootschappen ontsluierd
1889Dutch
De geheime genootschappen, die de kerk en den staat bedreigen, ontmaskerd
1827Dutch
De ponjaard van den Vesuvius of De slachtoffers der geheime genootschappen in Italië
1889Dutch
Des Societes Secretes En Allemagne, Et En D'Autres Contrees; De La secte Des Illumines, Du Tribunal Secret, De L'Assassinat De Kotzebue, Etc
1819French
Epistola em resposta á de Manoel Mendes Fogaça
1823Portuguese
Ernstige en trouwhartige waarschouwing aan de grooten deezer waereld, voor het gevaar van eenen geheelen ondergang, waarmede de troonen, de staaten en het Christendom bedreigd word, door het valsche leerstelsel der hedendaagsche verlichting en de vermeetele vorderingen eeniger zogenaamde philosoophen, geheime genootschappen en secten
1792Dutch
Exorcismos contra os incursos maçonicos
1827Portuguese