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 new Golden Dawn ritual tarot
Chic Cicero, Chic & Sandra Tabatha Cicero
1991
The ritual magic manual
David Griffin, David J. Griffin
1999
The sacred language of the Abakuá
Lydia Cabrera, Ivor L. Miller, P. Gonzáles Gómes-Cásseres
2020
The secret behind secret societies
Jon Rappoport
1998
The secret doctrine of the Rosicrucians
Magus Incognito
1949
The secret history of the world
Mark Booth
2008
The secret rituals of the Golden Dawn
R. G. Torrens
1973
The secret societies bible
Joel Levy
2010
The secret, book & scone society
Ellery Adams
2017
The shadow cabinet
Juno Dawson
2023
Transition
Iain Banks
2001
What You Should Know About The Golden Dawn
Israel Regardie, Christopher Hyatt
1983
Women of the Golden Dawn
Mary K. Greer
1994
Yeats's Golden Dawn
George Mills Harper
1974
Yeats, the tarot, and the Golden Dawn
Kathleen Raine
1972
Z-5
Pat Zalewski
1991
Secret Societies in Ancient Judaism
Michael E. Stone
2017
British poets and secret societies
Marie Roberts
1986
Omaha Secret Societies
R. F. Fortune
1969
Secrets of the Snakestone
Piu DasGupta
2024
- Read free
Sphynx Rosacea, Das ist, Der Entdeckung der Brüderschafft deß löblichen Ordens deß RosenCreutzes, unnd deren Famae und Bekandtnüß Ohngefährliche Muhtmassung
Christophorus Nigrinus
M.DC.XVIII.German
Shakespeare's secret booke
David Ovason
2010
The new encyclopedia of the occult
John Michael Greer
2003
The sect of angels
Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli
2019