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
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
An oration delivered in commemoration of the festival of St. John the Baptist, 24th June, 1818
James Hall
1818
An oration delivered in the Benevolent Congregational meeting-house, in Providence
John Holroyd
1811
An oration delivered in the Sublime Grand-Lodge, in Charleston, South-Carolina, on the 23d of September, 5801 before the members of that lodge, the symbolic Grand Lodge of Ancient York-Masons, and the officers of the several lodges in the city; and published at their request
Frederick Dalcho, John Mitchell, Benjamin Cudworth, John Drayton, Sublime Grand Lodge
1801
An oration, delivered at Barre, Massachusetts, before Mount Zion, Harris, and Thompson Lodges, June 24, A.L. 5820
Joseph Jenkins
1820
An oration, delivered at Henniker, New-Hampshire, before the Blazing Star Lodge
John Burnham
1810
An oration, delivered at Leominster, (Mass.) before Trinity and Aurora Lodges ... June 24, A.L. 5816
Caleb Butler
1816
An oration, delivered at Meredith Bridge, N.H., June 24, A.L., 5825, before Mt. Lebanon and Centre lodges, at the festival of St. John the Baptist
Lafayette Mace
1825
An oration, delivered at the Chapel, in Boston, before the Ancient and Honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons, June 24, 1783, A.M. 5783
Christopher Gore
1783
An oration, delivered before Saint Louis Lodge, No. 111
Frederick Bates, No. 111 Freemasons. Saint Louis Lodge
1809
An oration, delivered before the officers and brethren of Philanthropic Lodge, in Marblehead
Edward Turner, Ralph H. French, Mass.) Freemasons. Philanthropic Lodge (Marblehead, Mass.) Universalist Church (Salem
1810
An oration, delivered by appointment, on the fourth day of July, A.D. 1828
Solomon Southwick
1828
An oration, delivered in the meeting house of the first parish in Portland, June 24th, 5796
William Symmes
1796
An oration, pronounced at Newgloucester, before the worshipful master and brethren of Cumberland Lodge, on the festival of Saint John the Baptist, A.L. 5806
Simon Greenleaf, Me.) Freemasons. Cumberland Lodge (New Gloucester
1806
An oration, pronounced before George Washington Lodge, at Strafford, on the anniversary of St. John the Baptist, June 25, A.L. 5810
Samuel Austin, Vt.) Freemasons. George Washington Lodge (Strafford
1810
An oration, spoken at Hartford, in the state of Connecticut, on the anniversary of American Independence, July 4th, A.D. 1799
William Brown
1799
Anacostia Lodge, No. 21, F. A. M
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1890
Anonymous agencies, backstreet businesses, and covert collectives
Craig Richard Scott
2013
Application of Barruel's Memoirs of Jacobinism to the secret societies of Ireland and Great Britain
Robert Clifford
1798
Argenteum astrum
Peter-Robert König
1996
At an annual communication held in the City of Baltimore on the 10th day of May ... 1802
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Maryland, Freemasons. Grand Lodge of the State of Maryland
1802
At an annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Maryland, begun and held in the city of Baltimore, on Monday the 4th day of May, A.L. 5818
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Maryland, Freemasons. Grand Lodge of the State of Maryland
1818
Born of flame
Margaret Bloodgood Peeke
1892
Brethren, As this portion of the state will soon assume an independent rank in the union, the attention of the masonic fraternity is directed to a similar separation of the lodges in Maine ..
Freemasons. Portland Lodge
1819
Briefs
Frederick H. Bacon
1886