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
A discourse delivered in the Scotch Presbyterian Church of Charleston, on the 27th December, 1815, before the Grand Lodge of South Carolina
Aaron W. Leland
1816
A discourse delivered in the city of New-London, before an assembly of Free and Accepted Masons
John Tyler
1799
A discourse delivered on the festival Saint John the Baptist, June 24th, 1807
William Jenks
1807
A discourse on the origin, progress, and design of Free Masonry
Josiah Bartlett
1793
A discourse preached in Burlington before Washington Lodge no. 7 on the festival of St. John the Baptist, 24th June 1811
Daniel Clarke Sanders
1811
A discourse, delivered at Amherst, June 25, 1798, before the Benevolent Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons
Abel Fiske, Samuel Bell, Samuel Preston
1798
A discourse, delivered at Amherst, New-Hampshire, June 24, 1805, before the Benevolent Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, at the Festival of St. John the Baptist
Jeremiah Barnard
1805
A discourse, delivered at Danvers, June 24, 1823
Joseph Emerson
1823
A discourse, delivered at Dedham, at the consecration of Constellation Lodge, October 19, 1803, A.L. 5803
Richard R. Eliot
1803
A discourse, delivered at Worcester, Massachusetts, June 24, A.L. 5815 ..
Charles Train
1815
A discourse, delivered in Dublin, N.H. at the consecration of Altemont Lodge, and the installment of its officers, September 18, 1816
Thomas Beedé
1817
A discourse, delivered in Hagers-Town, Maryland, on the anniversary of St. John the Baptist, June 24th, 1805
George D.D Bower
1805
A discourse, delivered in Middlebury, Vt. before Union Lodge, no. 5, of Free and Accepted Masons, on the festival of St. John, the Baptist
Isaac Bucklen, No. 5 Freemasons. Union Lodge, No. 32 Freemasons. Blazing Star Lodge
1819
A discourse, delivered in Providence, before the officers and members of Mount-Vernon Lodge
Richard Carrique
1816
A discourse, delivered in Providence, before the officers and members of Mount-Vernon Lodge, at their hall, February 22, A.L. 5816
Richard Carrique, No. 4 Freemasons. Mount Vernon Lodge, Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Rhode Island
1816
A discourse, delivered in the South Meeting-House, in Danvers, September 26, A.L. 5810
William Batchelder, Mass.) Freemasons. Jordan Lodge (Danvers, Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
1810
A discussion on the order of the Sons of temperance
William R. De Witt
1847
A funeral oration on the demise of Brother James M'Clusky, R.A.M., late a member of Wellington Persevering Lodge No. 20
No. 8. Past-master of Montréal Union Lodge
1821
A history of the most worshipful Grand Lodge of Virginia
John Dove
1854
A letter on speculative free masonry
Pliny Merrick
1829
A letter to Cardinal Cullen
Past provincial grand master
1869
A manual of the first three degrees
Richard Carlile
1837
A manual of the lodge
Albert Gallatin Mackey
1865
A masonic address, &c. pronounced before the brethren of Mount Moriah Lodge, at Reading, on the anniversary of St. John the Baptist, June 24th, A.L. 5805
Benjamin Gleason, Freemasons. Mount Moriah Lodge
1805