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
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Specvlvm sophicvm rhodo-stavroticvm, das ist, Weitläuffige Entdeckung dess Collegij vnnd Axiomatum von der sondern erleuchten Fraternitet Christ-RosenCreutz
Theophilus Schweighardt
1618German
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Freym©Þurerische Versammlungsreden der Gold- und Rosenkreutzer des alten Systems
Hans Karl Freiherr von Ecker von Eckhofen, Hans Karl Ecker von Eckhofen, Harold Jantz Collection NcD
1779German
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Geschichte der freimaurerei in Basel, 1744-1891
Heinrich Boos
1892German
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O segredo revelado
Barruel abbé, José Agostinho de Macedo
1809French
The Foundations of Re-Enchantment
Christopher Coome
2025
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White Supremacy And Negro Subordination
M.D J. H. Van Evrie
1868
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Blind love
Walter Besant, Wilkie Collins, Amédée Forestier, Dorothy Craigie, Graham Greene
1890
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Le tombeau de Jacques Molai, ou, Le secret des conspirateurs, a ceux qui veulent tout savoir
C.-L Cadet de Gassicourt, C.-Charles-Louis Cadet de Gassicourt
1796French
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Les sectes et sociétés secrètes politiques et religieuses
Jean Baptiste Emmanuel Hector Comte de Le Couteulx de Canteleu, Jean Baptiste Emmanuel Hector comte Le Couteulx de Canteleu, Jean Baptiste Emmanuel Hector Le Couteulx de Canteleu
1863French
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Die geistigen Bewegungen in Russland in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts
Aleksandr Nikolaevich Pypin
1894German
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Dueto de laberco e taralhaõ
José Agostinho de Macedo
1825Portuguese
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The history of freemasonry in Canada from its introduction in 1749 [microform]
J. Ross Robertson
1899
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Kurzer Inbegriff von dem Leben und den Thaten des Joseph Balsami, oder des sogenannten Grafen Cagliostro
Duke University. Library. Jantz Collection. German Baroque Literature
1791German
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A digest of the laws of the Independent Order of Odd-fellows of the province of Ontario [microform]
Independent Order of Oddfellows. Grand Lodge of Ontario
1891
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Circular letter to the clergy [microform]
Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Québec. Archbishop, E.-Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau
1887
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Objections aux socie te s secretes
Josef Nikolaus Graf Windisch-Gra tz, Jean-Lambert Tallien, Windisch-Grätz, Josef Nikolaus, Graf
1789French
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Refutação dos principios methafysicos, e moraes dos pedreiros livres illuminados
José Agostinho de Macedo, duque de Palmella
1816Portuguese
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O Véo levantado
Palmella duque de
1822Portuguese
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Pegasus firmamenti, sive, Introdvctio brevis in veterum sapientiam
Josephus Stellatus
1619Latin
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Rome et la Franc-Maçonnerie
Charles van Duerm
1896French
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Carl Hubert Lobreich von Plumenoek geoffenbarter Einfluss in das allgemeine Wohl der Staaten der ©Þchten Freym©Þurerey
Bernhard Joseph Schleiss, Duke University. Library. Jantz Collection. German Baroque Literature
1779German
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Der Compass der Weisen, von einer Mitverwandten der innern Verfassung der ächten und rechten Freymäurerey beschrieben
Adam Melchior Birkholz
1779German
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Einige Bemerkungen ©ơber den Ursprung und die Geschichte der Rosenkreuzer und Freymaurer, veranlasst durch die sogenannte historisch-kritische Untersuchung des Herrn Hofraths Buhle ©ơber diesen Gegenstand
Friedrich Nicolai, Duke University. Library. Jantz Collection. German Baroque Literature
1806German
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Einige Freim©Þurerische Versammlungsreden
Duke University. Library. Jantz Collection. German Baroque Literature
1784German