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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A General History of Free-masonry in Europe: Based Upon the Ancient Documents Relating To, and
Joseph Fletcher Brennan Emmanuel Rebold
1869
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Address delivered by J.E. McComb grand orator, on occasion of laying of corner stone of the new City Hall of Galveston, March 22, 1888
J.E McComb
1888
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Administrative record; Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Rosenthal, Luis; Stockton, California, United States; 1859 February 16; 1859 February 23
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Luis Rosenthal
1859
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Atlanta University publications, Issue 3
Atlanta University
1898
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Light On Masonry by David Bernard
David Bernard
1829
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Statistica delle logge massoniche in Italia nel 1895, in «La Civiltà Cattolica», a. 47 (1896), ser. 16, vol. 5, quad. 1093, pp. 32-46
La Civiltà Cattolica
1896Italian
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The Philosophy of Freemasonry
Jacob Ernst
1870
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The builders
Joseph Fort Newton
1914
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A letter on speculative masonry: by Charles Pinckney Sumner, sheriff of Suffolk County. Being an answer to a letter addressed to him on that subject by the Suffolk Committee
Charles Pinckney Sumner
1829
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An epoch of my life, memoirs of count John Arrivabene,tr. with notes by C. Arrivabene
Giovanni Arrivabene
1862
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Anomia; or, Liberalism and its Napoleonic messiah. By Dionysius
Thomas Dennis Rock
1866
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Ars Recte Vivendi: Being Essays Contributed to "The Easy Chair"
George William Curtis
1897
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Letters from John J. Crane to Joseph Balestier
John J. Crane
1861
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THE BOOK OF THE LODGE
D.D THE REV. G. OLIVER
1879
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The Bonaparte Plot: Why it was Engaged In, and how it was Accomplished. An
Adolphe Granier de Cassagnac
1851
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The Yellow Crayon
Edward Phillips Oppenheim
1903
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The book of the lodge; or, Officer's manual. To which is added A century of aphorisms
George Oliver
1856
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Manly Palmer Hall collection of alchemical manuscripts, circa 1500-1825
Sigismond Bacstrom, Böhme, Jakob, Alessandro Cagliostro, Manly Manly Palmer Hall, Michael Maier, George Ripley
1500Multiple languages
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Mystic masonry; or, The symbols of freemasonry and the greater mysteries of antiquity by Buck, J. D
J. D Buck
1887
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An address, delivered before Lincoln Lodge, Wiscasset, June 24, A.L. 5831
John Hannibal Sheppard
1831
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Barruel's Memoirs Of Jacobinism (print Comp)
Barruel
1798
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General History, Cyclopedia And Dictionary Of Freemasonry
Robert Macoy
1872
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John Robinson Proofs Of A Conspiracy
John Robinson
1798
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Judas Iscariot: An Old Type In A New Form
Telemachus Thomas Timayenis
1889