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
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- 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
The Power of Ritual in Prehistory
Brian Hayden
2018
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The Talmud Unmasked
I. B. Pranaitis
1892
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Tratado sobre la iniciacion y grados de la Orden De Los S.S. (S.W.M.)
J. Lamarre, or Seven Wise Men. Supreme Conclave Order of the Heptasophs, Anthony Sambola
1861Spanish
Yeats and Theosophy
Ken Monteith
2008
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Annual convocation 1895 Proceedings
Royal Arch Masons. Grand Chapter
1895
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Annual convocation 1896 Proceedings
Royal Arch Masons. Grand Chapter
1896
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Proceedings of the annual conclave of the Grand Commandery Knights Templar of the State of Mississippi
Freemasons. Mississippi. Knights Templars. Grand Commandery
1861
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Address of Most Worshipful Charles C. Clark, Grand Master, Before the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of North Carolina
Charles C. Clark
1871
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Broadside; Virginia Lodge, No. 3; Virginia City, Nevada, United States; 1875 September 9
No. 3 Virginia Lodge
1875
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Mystic masonry; or, The symbols of freemasonry and the greater mysteries of antiquity
Jirah Dewey Buck
1887
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Report of a Committee of Holland Lodge, No. 8, Defining Their Position in the Order of the Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons Under the Jurisdiction of the M.W. Grand Lodge of the State of New York
Holland Lodge No. 8
1856
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A standard history of freemasonry in the state of New York; including lodge, chapter, council, commandery and Scottish rite bodies
Peter Ross
1899
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Address of Holland Lodge, No. 8, to Their Masonic Brethren
Holland Lodge No. 8
1855
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Letter; Grand Lodge of Kentucky; Grand Lodge of Vermont; Lexington, Kentucky, United States; Montpelier, Vermont, United States; 1831 September 2
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Kentucky
1831
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Proceedings of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of the state of California at its ... annual convocation
Freemasons. California. Royal Arch Masons. Grand Chapter
1854
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Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Colorado of the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Colorado
1861
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Toronto, its history and institutions [microform]
1872
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Address Delivered to Hiram Lodge No. 40 at Raleigh, North Carolina
Free and Accepted Masons Hiram Lodge No. 40 of Ancient
1846
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Army lodges during the Revolution
Henry Freemason Parker
1884
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Envelope; L. Guggenheim; Virginia City, Nevada, United States; 1896 January 29
I.O.O.F Grand Lodge of Nevada, L. Guggenheim
1896
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Envelope; L. Guggenheim; Virginia City, Nevada, United States; 1897 November 5
I.O.O.F Grand Lodge of Nevada, L. Guggenheim
1897
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Hughan Masonic MS Watson
Thomas William Tew Willam Watson
1892
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Letter; Bush, Isidor; Hamburger, S.; New York, New York, United States; St. Louis, Missouri, United States; 1880 December 8
Isidor Bush
1880
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A General History of Free-masonry in Europe: Based Upon the Ancient
Joseph Fletcher Brennan Emmanuel Rebold
1868