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
Address delivered before Harmony Lodge, No. 17, by A.P. Aldrich, M.M. on the 24th of June, 1841, Barnwell C.H
A. P. Aldrich
1841
Address delivered before Mount Moriah Lodge, on the celebration of the festival of St. John the Baptist, at Canaan, N.H. June 24, A.L. 5823
Ebenezer Chase
1823
Address delivered before Old Dominion Lodge No. 5, I.O.O.F., Portsmouth, Va., on the anniversary of its installation
James Dabney McCabe
1837
Address delivered before the General Grand Chapter of the United States, at the triennial meeting in the city of Hartford, Connecticut, September 9, 1856
Robert Pinckney Dunlap
1856
Address delivered before the officers and brethren of Jordan Lodge, at the annual installation of officers, Danvers, December 25, A.L. 5811
Andrew Nichols
1812
Address delivered by M.W. Robert G. Scott, P.G.M. together with the prayer by Rev. Brother Adam Empie, D.D. in St James' Church on Wednesday, December 10, 1845, before the officers and members of the M.W. Grand Lodge of Virginia and at the request of lodges no's 10, 19, and 36
Robert G. Scott
1845
Address delivered in Greenfield, June 25, 5832, before the "Franklin R.A. Chapter," and a collection of companions and brethren of the Masonic family
Alpheus Harding
1832
Address delivered on the celebration of the centennial anniversary of St. John's Lodge, No. 2
George M. Randall, Charles C. Van Zandt, No. 2 Freemasons. St. John's Lodge
1857
Address of Francis Henry, G.C., U.F. of F.U
Francis Henry
1865
Address of M.W. Frank R. Lawrence, grand master to the Grand Lodge of New York, June 5, 1888
Frank R. Lawrence
1888
Address of the Grand Lodge of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, to the people of said state
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Rhode Island
1831
Address to Meridian Lodge
Charles Train
1811
Address to the people of the southern states
George W. L. Bickley
1860
Address upon Henry Price, Esquire, first Provincial Grand Master of New England and North America
William Sewall Gardner
1872
Address upon Henry Price, first provincial Grand Master of New England and North America
William Sewall Gardner
1872
After death: the disembodiment of man
Paschal Beverly Randolph
1886
Amendments to by-laws made at meeting of Fernwood Lodge, No. 178, C.O.O.F., held March 15th, 1895
No. 178 Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Manchester Unity. Loyal Fernwood Lodge
1895
America: nation of the goddess
Alan Butler, Janet Wolter
2015
American Catholics and the A. P. A
Patrick Henry Winston
1895
An Ahiman rezon, for the use of the Grand Lodge of South-Carolina, ancient York-Masons, and the lodges under the register and masonick jurisdictions thereof
Ancient York Masons. Grand Lodge of South Carolina
1807
An Exposure of odd fellowship
Past grand
1844
An account of the unparalleled sufferings of John Coustos
John Coustos
1798
An addr[ess] delivered to the members of Harmony Lodge No. 7, on the festival of St. John the Evangelist, December 27, A.L. 5813
Henry Tooley
1814
An address delivered May 30, A.D. 1832, at the dedication of the masonic temple in Boston
Bernard Whitman
1832