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
L'aventure spirituelle des sociétés initiatiques
Jean-Luc Caradeau
2001French
L'âge des ombres
Jean-Noël Tardy
2015French
Maçonnerie et sectes secrètes
Paolo Taufer, Bishop of Constantia in Cyprus Epiphanius Saint
1999French
Verborgene Moderne
Matthias Dusini, Ivan Ristić, Hans-Peter Wipplinger
2025German
À la découverte de l'alchimie
Bernard Roger
1988French
Der Jesuitenorden und der Freimaurerorden
Eugen Theodor Thissen
1871German
Die Religion der geheimen Gesellschaften
Gottfried Fritschel
1890German
Die geheimen Gesellschaften mit vollem Rechte verurtheilt von der Katholischen Kirche
Wilhelm Becker
1800German
Die geheimen Unterweisungen und Rituale des hermetischen Ordens der Goldenen Dämmerung
Michael D. Eschner
1982German
Edmond Ronayne over Vrijmetselarij
Edmond Ronayne
1880Dutch
Foredrag mod det humanistiske og saakaldte kristelige frimureri holdte i Kristiania og Drammen
H. G. Stub
1882Norwegian
Für die Jesuiten
H. Rütjes
1872German
Introdução à maçonaria
António Arnaut
2003Portuguese
Moë rozenkreĭ︠t︡serskoe prikl︠i︡uchenie
Israel Regardie
2011Russian
Primitive secret societies
Hutton Webster
1932
Sciences secrètes
A. S. Uvarov, A. Ladrague
1870Spanish
Secret societies
Norman MacKenzie, Norman Ian MacKenzie
1967
(Circular.) Richmond, March 18, 1816
William H. Fitzwhylsonn, Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Virginia
1816
A Masonic address
Salem Town
1812
A Masonic address, delivered before Corinthian Lodge, at Concord, on the anniversary of St. John the Baptist, June 24, 5819
William J. Whipple
1819
A Masonic discourse delivered at Wilmington, Vt., June 24, 1817
Hollis Samson
1817
A Masonic discourse, delivered in Portsmouth June 24, 5806
Thomas Beedé, Freemasons. Grand Lodge of New Hampshire
1806
A Masonic oration
Leslie Combs
1818
A Masonic oration, delivered at Lanesborough, on the 24th June, A.L. 5807, on the festival of St. John the Baptist
Amasa Trowbridge
1807