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
The history of freemasonry, its antiquities, symbols, constitutions, customs, etc
Robert Freke Gould
1887
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The mystical life of Jesus
H. Spencer Lewis
1929
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The ritual of the Operative free masons
Thomas Carr
1911
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The royal arch companion
Thomas Sargant
1880
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Address and Proceedings of Masters and Past Masters Belonging to Lodges of the Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons in the City of New York and its Vicinity in Opposition to the Proposed Change of the Organization of the Grand Lodge by Disfranchising Past Masters, and Annulling the Compact of 1827
Phillips Grand Lodge of New York
1848
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The Craftsman and Freemason's Guide
Cornelius Moore
1854
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Die Freymaurerey und ihr Einfluss in der Schweiz
Karl Ludwig von Haller, Carl Ludwig von Haller
1840German
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Die grosse Loge, oder, Der Freimaurer mit Wage und Senkblei
Karl Philipp Moritz
1793German
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Fortalitium scientiae
Friedrich Grick, Johann Valentin Alberti
1617German
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Geist und Form der Freimaurerei
Josef Gabriel Findel
1874German
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Katholischer schwindel
Joseph Gabriel Findel
1896German
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Le comte de Gabalis
Nicolas Pierre Henri de Montfaucon Villars
1670French
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Magazin der Beweisführung für Verurtheilung des Freimaurer-Ordens
Eduard Emil Eckert
1855German
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Mozart und die Freimaurerei
Gustav Schubert
1891German
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Responsum ad Fratres Rosaceae Crucis illustres
Hercules Alsatus Ovallodius, Hercules Ovallodius, Johannes Walch
1618Latin
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Silentivm post clamores
Michael Maier
1617German
The international encyclopedia of secret societies and fraternal orders
Alan Axelrod
1996
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Vollst©Þndiges Gesangbuch f©ơr Freimaurer
Duke University. Library. Jantz Collection
1804German
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Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry
Albert G. Mackey
1874
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AAONMS Shriners Annual Imperial Session Proceedings
Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
1872
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Freimaurer-lexicon
Gädicke, Johann Christian, 1763. [from old catalog]-
1818German
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Historia da Maçonaria em Portugal 1735-1912: contendo noticias historicas sobre a Carbonária, a ordem de S. Miguel da Ala, a formação do Partido Republicano e o restabelecimento das Congregações religiosas e sua reexpulsão
Manuel Borges Grainha
1912Portuguese
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La franc-maçonnerie soumise au grand jour de la publicité
Neut, Édouard Amand, 1812-1884. [from old catalog]
1866French
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Masones y ultramontanos
Juan Utor y Fernandez
1899Spanish