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
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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
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Letters on the Masonic institution
John Quincy Adams
1847
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Mosaicall philosophy: grounded upon the essentiall truth or eternal sapience
Robert Fludd
1659
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Opinions on speculative masonry
James Creighton Odiorne
1830
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Report of Louisiana Relief Lodge, No. 1, to the M.W. Grand Lodge of Louisiana
No. 1 Freemasons. Louisiana Relief Lodge, Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Louisiana, George Washington Flowers Collection of Southern Americana. NcD
1861
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The new free-mason's monitor
James Hardie
1818
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A brief record of the masonic career of the Rev. Thomas Cartwright Smyth ... very worshipful grand chaplain of England, grand 1st A. Sojr. Supreme Grand Chapter of England, &c, &c., &c
William Freemason Watson, William Watson
1887
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Circular on the subject of education
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of North Carolina
1847
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Light on masonry
David Bernard
1829
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Manly Palmer Hall collection of alchemical manuscripts
Manly Palmer Hall, Sigismond Bacstrom, Jakob Böhme, Alessandro Cagliostro, Manly Manly Palmer Hall, Michael Maier, George Ripley
1600Multiple languages
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Ritual and service for Lodge of Sorrow, compiled, arranged and adapted for use in lodges of A.F. and A.M., working under the Grand Lodges of the Dominion of Canada
1888
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A letter addressed to the editors of the Boston daily atlas
Thomas Power
1836
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Ahiman Rezon
Laurence Dermott
1756
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Secret societies
Henry Churchill King
1890
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The Freemason's monitor, or, Illustrations of Masonry
Thomas Smith Webb
1797
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A new method of Rosie Crucian physick
John Heydon
1658
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An address to the most worshipful Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
Isaiah Thomas, Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
1811
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La Loge rouge dévoilée a toutes les têtes couronnées
1790French
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An oration delivered in the Baptist church in Georgetown, S.C. on Wednesday, the 24th of June, 1818
Thomas R Mitchell
1818
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Bacon, Shakespeare and the Rosicrucians
William Francis Chalmers Wigston
1888
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Ecce orienti
Moses Wolcott Redding
1870
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Forms to be observed in private lodges of the Loyal Orange Institution of British North America
Loyal Orange Institution of British North America
1855
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Letter of the Hon. Louis M'Lane
Louis McLane
1836
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The masonic text-book of Tennessee ..
Freemasons. Tennessee. Grand Lodge, Wilkins Tannehill
1883
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A history of the Masonic widows' and orphans' home, Decoto, Alameda Co., Cal
Masonic Widows' and Orphans' Home, Grand Masonic Festival
1898