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
Secret Societies Reconsidered: Perspectives on the Social History of Early Modern South China and Southeast Asia
David Ownby
2016
Secret societies of America's elite
Steven Sora
2002
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Socialismo e massoneria
Santi Vannuzzi
1910Italian
Talking to the Gods
Susan Johnston Graf
2015
The Freemasons
Michael Johnstone
2005
The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter
Theodora Goss
2017
The Western Esoteric Traditions
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
2008
The book of Hiram
Christopher Knight, Robert Lomas
2004
The doctrine and literature of the Kabalah
Arthur Edward Waite
1902
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Vie de Joseph Balsamo, connu sous le nom de Comte Cagliostro, extraite de la proc©♭dure instruite contre lui © Rome en 1790
Alessandro conte di Cagliostro
1791French
Compendium of the occult
Liz Williams
2025
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Rules and orders, to be maintained by the Masons' Society
Masons' Society
1812
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Rules and regulations of the Masons' Sick Society
Masons' Sick Society
1849
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The round towers of Ireland; or, the mysteries of Freemasonry, of Sabaism, and of Budhism, for the first time unveiled. 'Prize essay' of the Royal Irish Academy, enlarged, and embellished with numerous illustrations
Henry O'Brien, Royal Irish Academy
1834
The Kabbalah Unveiled
S.L. MacGregor Mathers
2017
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Devil-worship in France
Arthur Edward Waite
1896
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"Schwindler und Beschwindelte" oder: Bilder aus der inneren Geschichte der Freimaurerei
Hermann Gruber
1891German
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A. Blumauer's sämmtliche Werke. Achtes Bändchen, A. Blumauer's Prosaische Schriften ; Erstes Bändchen
Alois Blumauer
1827German
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Agenda
Gotthard Oswald Marbach
1856NOT
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Agenda mB
Gotthard Oswald Marbach
1874German
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Allgemeine Geschichte der Freimaurerei , deren alten Dokumenten und den durch sie errichteten Baudenkmälern entnommen
Emanuel Rebold
1884NOT
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Allgemeine und General Reformation der gantzen weiten Welt
Johann Valentin Andreä
1681German
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An der Säule der Weisheit
Gotthard Oswald Marbach
1876German
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Analyse der Freimaurerei und das Evangelische Pfarramt von Prof. Dr. Hengstenberg. 2
A. W Bullrich
1854German