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
An address pronounced at Nantucket, before the Urbanity Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons
Samuel Haynes Jenks
1822
An address pronounced before the Right Worshipful Masters and brethren of the lodges of St. Peter and St. John, at the meeting-house of the First Religious Society in Newburyport on the festival of St. John the Baptist, June 24, 5803
John Park
1803
An address to the Ancient and Honorable Society of Free and Accepted Masons
Dudley Atkins Tyng
1787
An address to the freemen of Massachusetts
George Allen
1832
An address, delivered at the grand convention of the Free Masons of the state of Maryland; --held on the 10th May, 1802--
John Crawford, Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Maryland
1802
An address, delivered before Constellation Lodge
Nahum Capen
1829
An address, delivered before Lincoln Lodge, Wiscasset, June 24, A.L. 5831 / by John H. Sheppard
J. H. Sheppard, Freemasons. Lincoln Lodge
1831
An address, delivered before the Grand Chapter of the State of New-York
Joseph Prentice
1829
An address, delivered to the Masonic Fraternity of Ark Lodge, Geneva, upon the festival of St. John the Baptist, immediately before the dedication of the new hall, June 25, A.L. 5827
John A. Rev Clark
1827
An elucidation on the Masonic plates
W. Finch
1802
An exposition of the secret Order of the Sons of Temperance, with facts in relation to secret societies generally
Martin Stowell
1848
An investigation into freemasonry by a joint committee of the Legislature of Massachusetts ... March, 1834
Massachusetts. General Court. Joint Committee on Freemasonry
1834
An oration
Lewis M. Jr Ayer, No. 27 Freemasons. Buford Lodge, No. 42 Freemasons. Tyrian Lodge
1858
An oration commemorative of the virtues and greatness of General Washington
Samuel Magaw
1800
An oration delivered November 3d, A.L. 5797 by the request of Fellowship Lodge in Bridgewater
Hector Orr, Samuel Hall, Mass.) Freemasons. Fellowship Lodge (Bridgewater, Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Rhode Island
1797
An oration delivered at Dedham, June 24, A.D. 1820, at the request of Constellation Lodge
Samuel L. Knapp
1820
An oration delivered at the celebration of the anniversary of St. John the Bapt[ist]
Zebulon Rood
1819
An oration delivered at the dedication of Free-Masons' Hall, Great Queen-Street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, on Thursday, May 23, 1776
William Dodd, George Robinson, Freemasons. Ancient Grand Lodge, Richardson and Urquhart, Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson
1776
An oration delivered at the town of Sunbury in the county of Northumberland, on the anniversary of St. John the Evangelist, December 27, 1787
Charles Smith
1788
An oration delivered before Union Lodge, No. 31
George H. Richards
1819
An oration delivered before the I.O.O.F., and citizens, of Lafayette, Ind., September 10th, 1845
Joel B. McFarland, Ind.) Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Friendship Lodge No. 2 (Lafayette, Ind.) Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Lafayette Lodge No. 15 (Lafayette
1845
An oration delivered before the Masonic Society of Wellsburgh and its vicinity on St. John's Day, June 24th, 1817
Joseph Doddridge
1817
An oration delivered before the right worshipful masters and brethren of the lodges of St. Peter and St. Mark, on the festival of John the Baptist
Samuel L. Knapp
1811
An oration delivered by John J. Moore, V.D.M., before the Colored Masonic Fraternity of California at San Francisco, June 23, 1865
John J. V.D.M Moore
1865