Tradition 10 of 33
Initiatory orders and secret societies
Rosicrucian, Masonic, Golden Dawn, and other initiatory, fraternal, or secret organizations.
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- 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
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Milton William Cooper
1996
History and philosophy of freemasonry and other secret societies, or, The secret societies of all ages considered in their relations with, and influence on the moral, social, and intellectual progress of man
Augustus C. L. Arnold
1866
Malay Secret Societies in the Northern Malay States, 1821-1940s
Mahani Musa
2006
Secret Societies in China in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.
Jean Chesneaux
1971
The Hell-Fire clubs
Evelyn Lord
2008
The secret tribal societies of West Africa
H. P. Fitz Gerald Marriott, H. P. FitzGerald Marriott
1899
The sociology of secret societies
Lau-Fong Mak
1981Chinese
Are secret societies a blessing or a curse?
Beverly Carradine
1891
Catalogue Raisonné of Works on the Occult Sciences
F. Leigh Gardner, William Wynn Westcott
1923
Golden Dawn
Israel Regardie, John Michael Greer
2016
Golden Dawn
Jack Slater, S. L. MacGregor Mathers, Moina Mathers, V. H. Frater RM
2010
Handbook of Freemasonry
Henrik Bogdan, J. A. M. Snoek
2014
Is the Order of Rr and Ac to Remain a Magical Order
William Butler Yeats
1901
Modern Ireland : its vital questions, secret societies and government
George Sigerson
1868
Qabalah -the Book of Enoch - the Book of Watchers
Steven Ashe
2008
The Eternal Fruits of Knowledge
Cecil A. Poole
1975
The Golden Dawn Audio Series
Israel Regardie
2001
The Golden Dawn Journal : Book III
Chic & Sandra Tabatha Cicero
1995
The unveiling of the teachings of the Rosicrucian Order
Reuben R. Isaac
1995
"Blutende Herzen" – Lenaus Martyrium für die Liebe in Poemen in Prosa und Lyrik
Carl Gibson
2026German
Aleksandr I
Vjačeslav V. Ulybin
2004Russian
Aufklärung und Geheimnis
Michael Voges
1987German
Brigantaggio e società segrete nelle Puglie (1817-1828)
E. M. Church, Richard Sir Church, C. C. Lacaita, Riccardo Church
1899Italian
Da lu, Tai, Gang hei bang diao cha yan jiu
Qihou Zhang, 張起厚, China Fa wu bu. Diao cha ju, China 法務部. 調查局
1998Chinese