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
- 1,433
- Earliest
- 1500
- to 2026
- Read free
- 43%
- 622 with public full text
- With covers
- 63%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match1,329
- Metadata match47
- Query match57
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
- Secret societies231
- Freemasonry160
- History146
- Sociétés secrètes105
- Rosicrucians102
- Geheimbund94
- Freemasons77
- Fiction75
- Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn70
- Occultism60
- Social Sciences47
- Histoire46
- Rituals40
- Text40
- Magic37
- Non-fiction literature36
- Sociedades secretas35
- Philosophy30
- tajné společnosti30
- 秘密結社29
- Arts and Humanities26
- Society of Rosicrucians26
- China24
- Freimaurerei23
Top languages
- English522 · 36%
- German434 · 30%
- NOT90 · 6%
- French86 · 6%
- Japanese44 · 3%
Notable authors
All authors- Max Heindel12 in this tradition14 books
- John Michael Greer11 in this tradition21 books
- Joseph Gabriel Findel11 books
- Israel Regardie9 in this tradition18 books
- Theodor Ackermann8 in this tradition10 books
- Chic & Sandra Tabatha Cicero8 books
- H. Spencer Lewis8 books
- Chic Cicero7 in this tradition8 books
- David Icke7 in this tradition8 books
- Hermann Gruber7 books
- Michael Maier6 in this tradition28 books
- R. Swinburne Clymer6 in this tradition8 books
1,433 books
- Read free
Jornal da Maç. Port
1871Portuguese
- Read free
Cartas sobre a framaçoneria
1805Portuguese
- Read free
Gespräche für Freimaurer
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Date unknownGerman
The Lost Symbol
Dan Brown
2009
- Read free
English Translation of The Compass of the Wise
Augustin Anton Pocquieres de Jolyfief, Source Library, Google Gemini
2026
Duncan's Masonic Ritual and Monitor
Malcolm C. Duncan
1976
Aleister Crowley and Western esotericism
Henrik Bogdan, Martin P. Starr, Wouter J. Hanegraaff
2012
Theosophy of the Rosicurcian
Rudolf Steiner
1953
The Rosicrucian Enlightenment Revisited
Joscelyn Godwin
1999
The Technique of the disciple
Raymund Andrea
1981
The Golden Dawn
Israel Regardie, John Michael Greer
1937
Learning ritual magic
John Michael Greer
2004
Cosmic mission fulfilled
Ralph Maxwell Lewis
1966
The Secret Doctrines of Jesus
H. Spencer Lewis
1937
The technique of the master
Raymund Andrea
1932
Dweller on Two Planets
the Thibetan Phylos
1986
Wisdom of the mystic masters
Joseph J. Weed, Joseph Weed
1968
- Read free
Little Prudy's Cousin Grace
Sophie May
Date unknown
- Read free
Mark Tidd: His Adventures and Strategies
Clarence Budington Kelland, William Wallace Clarke
Date unknown
Rosicrucian Manual
H. Spencer Lewis
1966
Secret and suppressed
Jim Keith
1993
The Spine of the World
R. A. Salvatore
1999
The Rosicrucians
Christopher McIntosh
1987
Masonry dissected
Samuel Prichard
1730