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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Proceedings of the M.W. Grand Lodge of the State of Kansas
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Kansas
1878
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1898 Luciferianism And Satanism In English Freemasony By L. Forquet
L. Forrquet
1898
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By-laws of Henry Price Lodge, Charlestown
Freemasons. Henry Price Lodge
1866
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Consecration of the banner
Knights Templar. Saint Omer Encampment
1868
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On The Origin Of Free Masonry, Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine
1810
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Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians of the 16th and 17th Centuries, Book 1
Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis
1788
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Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians of the 16th and 17th Centuries, Book 2
Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis
1788
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Self Mastery and Fate with the Cycles of Life
H. Spencer Lewis
1929
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The Application of Barruels Mamoirs of Jacobinism to the Secret Societies of Ireland and Great Britain
The translator of the work
1798
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Report of the Majority of the Committee on Secret Societies, Made to the House of Delegates of Maryland
Maryland. General Assembly. House of Delegates
1856
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Report of the Minority of the Committee on Secret Societies, Made to the House of Delegates of Maryland
Maryland. General Assembly. House of Delegates
1856
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General History Of Freemasonry
Robert Macoy
1868
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History Of Freemasonry, Vol 1, John Yorston & Co Publishing 1885
John C. Yorston & Co
1885
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Norsemen In The West or America Before Columbus
R. M. Ballantyne
1872
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Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of the State of Illinois Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Illinois
1894
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Regio Editto col quale Sua Maestà rinnova la proibizione di ogni adunanza, o congrega segreta ed illecita sotto qualunque denominazione, o già nota, o nuovamente inventata, e sotto le pene ivi prescritte
Carlo Felice di Savoia
1821Italian
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Stray leaves from a Freemason's notebook
Erskine Neale
1856
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Application of Barruel's Memoirs of Jacobinism, to the secret societies of Ireland and Great Britain
abbAugustin Barruel, Robert Clifford
1798
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Christian Banner
Jonathan Blanchard
1868
Victorian Occultism and the Making of Modern Magic
Alison Butler
2011
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An address delivered before the fraternity at Fall River Village, Troy, Mass
Paul Dean
1825
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An oration delivered at Stoughton, Mass, July 5, 1830. In commemoration of the 54th anniversary of American independence
Amasa Walker
1830
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Christian Cynosure
Henry M Hugunin
1892
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Christian Cynosure
W.A Gault
1894