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
Het hooge huwelijk van Z.H.E. den grootmeester nationaal der vrijmetselarij, prins Frederik der Nederlanden, met Hare Koninklijke Hoogheid Louise Augusta Wilhelmina Amelia, prinses van Pruissen
1825Dutch
Il libro nero della framassoneria
1995Italian
L' aa cléricale
1893French
Le società segrete
1995Italian
Le società segrete
1968Italian
Les Orangistes.
1878French
Lieder-Buch für die Grosse Landes-Loge von Deutschland zu Berlin und ihre Töchter-Logen.
1832German
Maçonismo desmascarado
1822Portuguese
O Diabo na baila, e os pedreiros na dança
1823Portuguese
O Véo levantado
1822Portuguese
Ode prononcée dans le sein de la R.L. l'Aménité, no. 73, or. de Philadelphie le jour de la Saint Jean-Evangeliste, 1810
1811French
Over de hedendaagsche geheime genootschappen
1827Dutch
Refutação ás excommunhões de Clemente XII. em 27 de abril de 1738, e de Bento XIV. em 14 de maio de 1751 sobre os pedreiros livres
1821Portuguese
Secreta II.a sobre a pedreirada remettida ao senhor Censor Lusitano morador no afamado periodico o Portuguez constitucional regenerado : auzente ao irmão Ratcliff.
1821Portuguese
Secreta sobre a pedreirada remetida ao senhor Censor Lusitano morador no insigne periodico o Portuguez constitucional regenerado.
1821Portuguese
The Fame and Confession of the Fraternity of R:C: Commonly of the Rosie Cross; With a Praeface Annexed Thereto, and a Short Declaration of Their Physical Work
1923
Verslag der feestviering van het vijf en zeventig-jarig grondwettig bestaan der Vrijmetselarij te Batavia, gehouden in de Loge De Ster in het Oosten, op den 16den November 1844 [g.s.]
1844Dutch
[Sobre las sociedades secretas]
1829Spanish
De vrijmetselarij door de pausen bestreden
18XXDutch
De vrijmetselarij en de Pruisische wetten
18XXDutch
Jodendom en vrijmetselarij
18XXDutch
Les socieétés secrètes
Date unknownFrench
Maçonnieke bouwstukken
18XXDutch