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 address, delivered at Manchester, N.H.
William Flint, No. 41 Freemasons. Lafayette Lodge, First Baptist Church
1854
A masonic address, delivered at Vittoria in the Talbot district, on the 7th day of August, 1845, on the occasion of laying the foundation stone of a presbyterian church before Simcoe Lodge no. 14
William M. Wilson
1845
A masonic address, delivered before a convention of five lodges,--viz.--Morning Star, Olive Branch, Fredonia, Charity, and King Solomon's
Samuel Clarke, Mass.) Freemasons. Morning Star Lodge (Worcester, Mass.) Freemasons. Olive Branch Lodge (Oxford, Mass.) Freemasons. Fredonia Lodge (Northborough, Mass.) Freemasons. Charity Lodge (Milford, Mass.). Freemasons. King Solomon's Lodge (Somerville
1819
A masonic discourse, delivered at Belchertown, (Mass.)
Jonathan Going, Freemasons. Mount Vernon Lodge, Freemasons. Pacific Lodge
1816
A masonic eulogy on the character and services of the late Thomas Smith Webb ..
William Gibbes Hunt
1819
A masonic oration delivered before Mystic Lodge, at the semi-anniversary festival of St. John the Baptist, at Pittsfield, on the 24th June, 1813
Ahab Jinks
1814
A masonic oration, delivered at Middleburg, Va. on the 27th of December, A.D. 1819, A.L. 5819, being the anniversary of St. John the Evangelist, at the request of Salem Lodge, No. 81
Samuel B. T. Caldwell
1820
A masonic oration, pronounced before the companions of the Royal Arch Chapter ... at Lexington, Kentucky, on the 27th day of December, A.L. 5816 ..
William Gibbes Hunt
1817
A masonic sermon delivered by Brother O.M. Spencer on the anniversary of St. John the Baptist, June 24th, A.L. 5813, A.D. 1813
Oliver M. Spencer
1813
A masonick eulogy, pronounced at Worcester, Massachusetts, twentyfourth of June, A.L. 5794, on the festival of St. John the Baptist
Thaddeus Mason Harris
1794
A monitorial ritual for the order of high priesthood
William Hacker
1873
A narrative of proceedings in the Bank Street Church, Philadelphia
Henry Grew
1836
A narrative of the anti-masonick excitement, in the western part of the state of New-York, during the years 1826, '7, '8, and part of 1829
Henry Brown
1829
A new encyclopaedia of Freemasonry (Ars Magna Latomorum) : and of cognate instituted mysteries: their rites literature and history
Arthur Edward Waite
1996
A portrait of Masonry and Antimasonry, as drawn by Richard Rush, John Quincy Adams, William Wirt, &c
Richard Rush
1832
A reply to Mr. Rhees' brief review of "A narrative of proceedings in the Bank Street Church, Philadelphia"
Henry Grew, Bank Street Church
1836
A revelation of Free Masonry
Convention of Seceding Masons
1828
A s ermon delivered before the Columbian Lodge, at Deerfield, Dec. 27, 1792
Timothy Upham
1793
A sermon delivered at Morris-Town, on Monday December 27, 1784
Uzal Ogden
1785
A sermon delivered at Northborough, Massachusetts, on the festival of St. John the Baptist
Luke B. Foster
1814
A sermon delivered at Sacket's-Harbor at the installation of Athol Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, August 6, 5818
Emory Osgood
1818
A sermon delivered at Tolland, December 29, 1795, before the Uriel Lodge of Free Masons
Charles Backus
1796
A sermon delivered at the installation of St. John's Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, in Thetford, Vermont, July 4, 1816
Asa Burton
1816
A sermon delivered at the installation of the Mountain Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in the town of Colrain, Massachusetts, September 23, A.L. 5819
George Witherell, Freemasons. Mountain Lodge
1819