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
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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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Le logge israelitiche secrete pienamente illustrate, in «La Civiltà Cattolica», a. 47, s. 16, vol. 6, pp. 160-176
La Civiltà Cattolica
1896Italian
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Mr. Colden's letter
Cadwallader Cadwallader David Colden
1829
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Proceedings of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of the State of North Carolina for the years 1897, 1898, and 1899
Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of North Carolina
1897
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A brief history of freemasonry in the town of Kingsbury [microform]
John William Wait
1899
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Mackey History 1898 T 1
William Singleton Albert Mackey
1898
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Mackey History T 2
William Singleton Albert Mackey
1898
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Mackey History T 3
William Singleton Albert Mackey
1898
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RSJGL Constitution AC 0060 MASONB 1 F 23 REVISION 416113915 0001
John's Grand Lodge
1854
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The Secret Rabbinical Teachings Concerning Christians
I. B. Pranaitis
1892
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By-laws of Columbian Lodge
Freemasons. Columbian Lodge
1889
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Clarentine [Clara] M. Sophie Cowling Nevin letter on family history
Bellamy Family Papers and University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries Digital Collections Clarentine M. Sophie Cowling Nevin
1881
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Les quarante nouveaux statuts de la Maçonnerie qui fondent les pouvoirs des Chevaliers de l'Aigle ... [etc.]
1752French
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Mackey History T 4
Albert Mackey & William Singleton
1898
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Mackey History T 5
William Singleton Albert Mackey
1898
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Mackey History T 7
William Singleton Albert Mackey
1898
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Official souvenir book of Odd Fellowship
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Sovereign Grand Lodge
1825
The Atlas Six
Olivie Blake
2020
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The letter from the pope to the archbishop of Paris
Emile Ollivier, Pope Pius IX
1869
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A Lecture On Secret Societies
Jonathan Weaver
1862
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A Master-Key to Free-Masonry
J. Burd
1760
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Antimasonic Republican Convention of Massachusetts
Antimasonic Party. State Convention
1832
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Die Zauberflöte
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1794
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Proceedings of the ... annual grand communication of the M.W. Grand Lodge F. & A.M. of Florida
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Florida
1879
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Proceedings of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Maryland
Royal Arch Masons. Grand Chapter of Maryland
1879