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
A Dictionary of Freemasonry
Robert Macoy
1989
Access to Western Esotericism
Antoine Faivre
1994
Alchemy, comprehensive bibliography of the Manly P. Hall collection of books and manuscripts
Manly Palmer Hall, Ron Charles Hogart
1986
And the Truth Shall Set You Free
David Icke
1997Spanish
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Apontamentos para a historia contemporanea
Joaquim Martins de Carvalho
1868Portuguese
Astral projection, ritual magic and alchemy
Francis X. King, S. L. MacGregor Mathers, R. A. Gilbert, Francis King
1971
Aufgeklärte Sozietäten, Literatur und Wissenschaft in Mitteleuropa
Dieter Breuer, Gábor Tüskés, Réka Lengyel
2019
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Batsʻatrutʻiwnkʻ erku tsatskagir hishatakaranatsʻ Ani kʻaghakʻi ew Hoṛomosi ...
Nikoghos Hovuean
1880Armenian
Brotherhoods and Secret Societies in Early and Mid-Qing China
David Ownby
1996
- Read free
Católicos y masones
Mariano Delmiro Encarnación Soler
1884Spanish
- Read free
Constituição da Maçonaria em Portugal
1822Portuguese
- Read free
Die Humanität als Religion
Samuel Hirsch
1854German
- Read free
Geschichte der geheimen Verbindungen in Polen
Johann Ferdinand Neigebaur
1831French
- Read free
Johan Wolfgang V. Goethe als Freimaurer: Festschrift zum 23. Juni 1880, dem hundertjährigen ...
J. Pietsch
1880German
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Le Salon de Joséphin Péladan
Joséphin Péladan
1888French
Manual of freemasonry ..
Richard Carlile
1860
Masters of Atlantis
Charles Portis
1985
- Read free
Maçonaria azul, ou symbolica: nova guia do franc-maçon do rito francez, ou rito moderno
1908Portuguese
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Maçonaria das senhoras ou a verdadeira Maçonaria de adopção... escrita por hum cavalleiro de todas as ordens maçónicas
1823Portuguese
Our lady of mysterious ailments
T. L Huchu
2022
Ritual magic of the Golden Dawn
S. L. MacGregor Mathers, King Francis
1997
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Règlement de la R.. [symbole de cette société maçonnique] l'Emancipation a l'or.. de Montréal (Canada)
1898French
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Sahmanadrutʻiwn, ōrēnkʻ ew ěndhanur kanonkʻ ormnadrakan ukhtin Gaghghioy
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1874Armenian
Secret Societies
David V. Barrett
1997