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
Every placement records its evidence — the controlled subject queries that found the book at its sources and the bibliographic metadata retained through merging. Each book page shows its own. How the rationale system works.
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
- Read free
Francis King Magia Rituale
Davide Pasini
1887Italian
- Read free
Le Prince Murat et la franc-maçonnerie
Paul Roger
1861French
- Read free
Le salon de Joséphin Péladan, neuvième année
Joséphin Péladan
1890French
- Read free
Ludwig Abafi: Geschichte der Freimaurerei in Oesterreich-Ungarn, vol. 4
Ludwig Aigner
1893German
- Read free
Ludwig Abafi: Geschichte der Freimaurerei in Oesterreich-Ungarn, vol. 5
Ludwig Aigner
1899German
- Read free
A Dead Reckoning
Thomas Wilkinson Speight
Date unknown
- Read free
Fire-Tongue
Sax Rohmer
Date unknown
- Read free
Mackey History T 6
1898
- Read free
Masonic Monitor of the Degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason
George Thornburgh
Date unknown
- Read free
Mysteria
Otto Henne am Rhyn, Joseph Fitzgerald
Date unknown
- Read free
Observations sur la Franc-Maçonnerie, le Martinisme, les visions de Swedenborg, le Magnétisme etc
Unknown
1786French
- Read free
Ritual of the Order of the Eastern Star
Order of the Eastern Star. General Grand Chapter
Date unknown
- Read free
The Black Cross
Olive Olive Mary Briggs, Sigismond de Ivanowski
Date unknown
- Read free
The Double Four
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Date unknown
- Read free
The Early Introduction of Bogus Freemasonry in the United States of America and Texas Among Colored Masons
Charles L. Mitchell
Date unknown
- Read free
The Knights of the Round Table: Stories of King Arthur and the Holy Grail
William Henry Frost, Sydney Richmond Burleigh
Date unknown
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The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa
Walter James Hoffman
Date unknown
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The Molly Maguires and the detectives
Allan Pinkerton
Date unknown
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The Principles of Masonic Law
Albert Gallatin Mackey
Date unknown
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The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu
Sax Rohmer
Date unknown
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The unknown seven
Herman Landon
Date unknown
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The war of Antichrist with the Church and Christian civilization
George F Dillon
Date unknown
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Thory Acta Latomorum T 1 ( 1815)
1815
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Thory Acta Latomorum T 2 ( 1815)
1815