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
Freemasons
Bob Bailey Mucker
2013
Freemasons for dummies
Christopher Hodapp
2005
Freemasons' guide and compendium
Bernard Edward Jones
1950
Golden Dawn Enochian magic
Pat Zalewski
1990
Golden dawn
Thomas Kostigen
2012
How to Become a Mage
K. K. Albert, Joséphin Péladan, Jean-Louis de Biasi, John Michael Greer
2019
How to stop time
Matt Haig
2017
Illustrated Secret History of the World
Mark Booth
2018
Inner Order Teachings of the Golden Dawn
Pat Zalewski
2006
Inside the Brotherhood
Martin Short
1989
Introduction to the Golden Dawn Tarot
Robert Wang
1978
Islands of the dawn
Robert S. Ellwood
1993
Kabbalah of the Golden Dawn
Pat Zalewski
1993
Kabbalah, Magic & the Great Work of Self Transformation
Lyam Thomas Christopher
2006
LAST WATCH (Night Watch)
Sergeĭ Lukʹi͡anenko
2006
Magic Is Dead
Ian Frisch
2019
Magical Pantheons
Chic & Sandra Tabatha Cicero
1998
Magicians impossible
Brad Abraham
2017
Map of bones
James Rollins
2004
Markswoman
Rati Mehrotra
2018
Masonic Etiquette Today
Graham Redman
2009
Masonic and occult symbols illustrated
Cathy Burns
1998
Modern Ritual Magic
Francis X. King
1989
My Dangerous Duke
Gaelen Foley
2010