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
The Invisible Library
Genevieve Cogman
2014
The London Séance Society
Sarah Penner
2023
The Rook
Daniel O'Malley
2012
The Rose + Cross
Olivier Manitara
1999
The Rose Cross and the Age of Reason
Christopher McIntosh
1992
The Rosicrucians, their rites and mysteries
Hargrave Jennings
1879
The Secret School of Wisdom
Josef Wages, Reinhard Markner, Jeva Singh-Anand
2015
The Secret Societies Handbook
Michael Bradley
2004
The Shadow of Solomon
Laurence Gardner
1997
The alchemist of the Golden Dawn
W. A. Ayton
1985
The ancient texts of the golden rosicrucians
Darcy Küntz
2007
The brotherhood
Stephen Knight
1983
The burning page
Genevieve Cogman
2016
The character, claims, and practical workings of freemasonry
Charles Grandison Finney
1869
The dark side of the enlightenment
John V. Fleming
2013
The everything Freemasons book
John K. Young, Barb Karg
2006
The freemason at work
Harry Carr
1976
The freemasons
Jeremy Harwood
2006
The inner teachings of the Golden Dawn
R. G. Torrens
1969
The invisible history of the Rosicrucians
Tobias Churton
2009
The king of plagues
Jonathan Maberry
2011
The last dragonlord
Joanne Bertin
1998
The little book of freemasonry
Sangeet Duchane
2004
The magicians of the Golden Dawn
Ellic Howe
1972