Tradition 10 of 33
Initiatory orders and secret societies
Rosicrucian, Masonic, Golden Dawn, and other initiatory, fraternal, or secret organizations.
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- 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
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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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The Rosicrucian Mysteries: An Elementary Exposition of Their Secret Teachings
Max Heindel
Date unknown
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The book of laws of the I.O.O.F. of Ontario [microform]
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Grand Lodge of Ontario
1874
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Zapiski
Ivan Dmitrievich IAkushkin
1874Russian
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An oration spoken at Hartford, in the state of Connecticut
William Brown
1799
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By-laws of Richard Coeur de Lion Preceptory and Priory No. 7 of the United, Religious and Military Orders of the Temple, and of St. John of Jerusalem, Palestine, Rhodes and Malta [microform]
Religious and Military Orders of the Temple and of St. John of Jerusalem United
1888
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows 50th anniversary! City Hall, Monday, 26th April, 1869 [microform]
Independent Order of Oddfellows
1869
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Introduction, by-laws and rules of Prince of Wales Lodge, No. 1, province of Canada, of the I.O. of O.F. as adopted on its organization [microform]
No. 1 Independent Order of Oddfellows. Prince of Wales Lodge
1843
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A Lecture on freemasonry [microform]
Late master of No. 20
1874
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A Suggestive Inquiry Into the Hermetic Mystery
Walter Wynn Westcott
1886
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Masonic Manual
James Wright Anderson
1893
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Traces of a Hidden Tradition in Masonry and Medieval Mysticism
Isabel Cooper-Oakley
Date unknown
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Constitution, by-laws, and rules of order of Lucan Lodge, no. 70 I. O. O.F. [microform]
No. 70 Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Lucan Lodge
1871
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Constitution, by-laws, rules of order, &c., of Eureka Lodge, No. 30, I.O. of O.F. [microform]
No. 30 Independent Order of Oddfellows. Eureka Lodge
1861
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Proceedings of the M.E. Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, of the state of Louisiana, at its fifteenth annual convocation
Freemasons. Louisiana. Royal Arch Masons. Grand Chapter, Royal and Select Masters. Grand Council
1862
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By-laws and order of business of the Loyal Fernwood Lodge of the Canadian Order of Odd-Fellows, Manchester Unity [microform]
No. 178 Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Manchester Unity. Loyal Fernwood Lodge
1893
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By-laws of Far West Lodge, no. 1, Knights of Pythias [microform]
No. 1 Knights of Pythias. Far West Lodge
1892
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By-laws of Sunset Lodge no. 10 [microform]
No. 10 Knights of Pythias. Sunset Lodge
1893
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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: The White Stone; A Hermetic Alchemical Treatise
Anonymous
1620
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Constitution for the government of lodges, Knights of Pythias, subordinate to and working under the Grand Lodge of British Columbia [microform]
Knights of Pythias. Grand Lodge of British Columbia
1893
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Constitution, by-laws, rules of order, etc., of Centennial Lodge no. 20, I.O.O.F. [microform]
No. 20 Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Centennial Lodge
1893
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Avesta
Arthur Henry Bleeck Friedrich Spiegel
1864
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By-Laws of Loyal "Occidental" Lodge, no. 7177 of the Independent Order of Odd-Fellows, M.U. [microform]
No. 7177 Independent Order of Oddfellows. Loyal "Occidental" Lodge
1893
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By-laws of the Loyal Montreal Lodge of the Manchester Unity of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows [microform]
Independent Order of Oddfellows. Manchester Unity. Loyal Montreal Lodge
1843
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Collectanea Hermetica: Selected Essays on Hermetic Philosophy
William Wynn Westcott
1893