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
A Masonic oration, pronounced at Framingham, June 24, A.L. 5812
Charles Train
1812
A Masonic poem
Walter Janes
1819
A Masonic sermon, preached at Greenfield, Massachusetts, on 24th June A.D. 1802--and A.L. 5802, before the members of the Republican, Harmony and Pacific Lodges
Ezra Ripley, Freemasons. Republican Lodge, Freemasons. Harmony Lodge, Freemasons. Pacific Lodge
1802
A Masonic temperance lecture
Daniel Brainard
1853
A Masonic testimony
John Milton Goodenow
1829
A Narrative of the facts and circumstances relating to the kidnaping and murder of William Morgan
Committee appointed to ascertain the fate of William Morgan
1887
A brief history of freemasonry in the town of Kingsbury
John William Wait
1899
A brief history of the National Christian Association
National Christian Association
1875
A candid appeal to the professors of religion
Jedediah N. Hotchkin
1828
A centennial history of Morning star lodge, A.F. and A.M.
Edward S. Nason
1894
A compendium of occult laws
R. Swinburne Clymer
1938
A defense against the frivolous and unchristian attack of the Joint Synod of Ohio, upon secret and other societies
Andrew Henkel
1857
A dialogue on the effectual means of separating free masonry from the church of Christ
John G. Stearns
1828
A dictionary of symbolical masonry, including the Royal arch degree
George Oliver
1855
A discourse delivered at Berlin on the 27th day of December 1813
Roger Searle
1814
A discourse delivered at Columbus, Ohio, to Ohio Lodge No. 30, on the anniversary of St. John the Evangelist, December 27th, A.L. 5816
Joseph S. Hughes, Freemasons. Ohio Lodge No. 30
1817
A discourse delivered at Portsmouth, N.H., Nov. 4th, A.L. 5819
Sebastian Streeter, No. 33 Freemasons. Pythagoras Lodge
1819
A discourse delivered at Stoughton, before the Rising Star Lodge
Thaddeus Mason Harris
1818
A discourse delivered at Stoughton, before the Rising Star Lodge, at the festival of St. John the Baptist, June 24, A.D. 1818
Thaddeus Mason Harris, Mass.) Freemasons. Rising Star Lodge (Stoughton
1818
A discourse delivered before the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Paul Dean, Royal Arch Masons. Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. Adoniram Chapter
1817
A discourse delivered in Dublin, N.H., at the consecration of Altamont Lodge, and the installment of its officers, September 18, 1816
Thomas Beedé
1817
A discourse delivered in Medway, West Parish, at the festival of St. John the Baptist, June 24, A.L. 5817
Charles Train
1817
A discourse delivered in Salem, on the twenty fourth of June, one thousand eight hundred and six
Samuel Tomb
1806
A discourse delivered in St. James' Church, in New-London, on Tuesday the 23d of December, 1794
Samuel Seabury
1795