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
- Read free
Réflexions sur les sociétés secrètes et les usurpations
C J Gilliard
1823French
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Wolmeinendes Bedencken, von der Fama vnd Confession der Brüderschafft dess Rosen Creutzes
Andreas Libavius
1616German
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A maçonaria e os jesuitas
Vital Maria Gonçalves de Oliveira
1875Portuguese
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Los Francmasones
Louis Gaston de Se gur, Ségur, Louis Gaston de
1869Spanish
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O bispo de Olinda e os seos accusadores no tribunal do bom senso, ou exame do aviso de 27 de setembro e da denuncia de 10 de outubro, e reflexôes acerca das relações entre a Igreja e o estado
Vital Maria Gonçalves de Oliveira
1873Portuguese
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Chymische Hochzeit
Christian Rosencreutz, Ernst Darmstaedter
1616German
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Rituals of the Sovereign Great Priory for the Dominion of Canada [microform]
Knights Templar. Sovereign Great Priory
1887
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Speck auff der Fall, das ist, List vnd Betruch der Newentstandnen Bruderschafft oder Fraternitet dern Vom Rosencreutz ...
S. Mundus
1618German
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L'américanisme et la conjuration antichrétienne
Henri Delassus
1899French
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Le voile leve pour les curieux, ou, Le secret de la re volution re ve le a l'aide de la franc-mac ʹonnerie
Lefranc, Franc ʹois abbe, Louis-Augustin Guillemard, Lefranc, François, abbé, Jean-Jacques Lepetit
1792French
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Les sociétés secrètes et la société
Nicolas Deschamps
1874French
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Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of North Carolina
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of North Carolina
1858
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Rosa jesuitica, oder, Jesuitische Rottgesellen
Themistius
1620German
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The Negroes In Negroland; The Negroes In America
Hinton Rowan Helper
1868
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Tractatus apologeticus integritatem Societatis de Rosea Cruce defendens
Robert Fludd, Adam Michael Birkholz
1617German
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Ad responsum Florentini de Valentia, das ist, Kurtze Duplic vnnd Defension, auff die Widerantwort, Replic, oder Confutation der Missiven von F.G. Menapio, vnlangst an die Rosencreutzer abgangen : gestellt zu seiner Verwarung von gedachtem F.G. wider besagten Florentinum, vnd guter Meynung ans Liecht geben
F. G. Menapius
1618Latin
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Handbüch für den freimaurer
Theodor Schwartz
1849German
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Les sociétés secrètes chez les musulmans
Rouquette
1899French
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Christian Cynosure
Jonathan Blanchard
1868
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Le fle au des tyrans et des septembriseurs, ou, Re flexions sur la re volution franc ʹaise
Auguste Danican
1797French
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Al tribunal publico
Nicolás Pradel
1828Spanish
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Rosa florescens
Florentinus de Valentia
1618German
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Der Rosenkreuzer in seiner Blösse
Hans Karl Freiherr von Ecker von Eckhofen, Duke University. Library. Jantz Collection. German Baroque Literature, Hans Karl Ecker von Eckhofen
1781German
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Kakerlak, oder, Geschichte eines Rosenkreuzers aus dem vorigen Jahrhunderte
Johann Karl Wezel, J Michau
1784German