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
Briefs in benefit society cases
Frederick H. Bacon
1889
British Poets and Secret Societies (Routledge Revivals)
Marie Mulvey-Roberts
2014
Brotherly love
Barnabas Bates
1813
By-laws and list of members of Richmond Encampment, No. II, of Knights Templar
Knights Templar. Richmond Encampment
1864
By-laws and list of members of Richmond Royal Arch Chapter, No. III, Richmond, Virginia
Royal Arch Masons. Richmond Royal Arch Chapter
1864
By-laws for the government of Manchester Royal Arch Chapter, No. XLVIII, of Manchester, Virginia, revised May 26, A.L. 5864, R.A.M. 2384, A.D. 1864
Royal Arch Masons. Manchester Royal Arch Chapter
1865
By-laws of Columbian Lodge, No. 7, F. & A.M. Columbus, Georgia, approved by the G.L. of the state of Georgia, A.L. 5861
Freemasons. Columbian Lodge :
1862
By-laws of Eastern Star Lodge No. 43 at Reading
No. 43 Freemasons. Eastern Star Lodge
1819
By-laws of Gravel Hill Lodge, number 232, of Free and Accepted Masons
No. 232 Freemasons. Gravel Hill Lodge
1861
By-laws of Irving Lodge No. 154, A.F. & A.M., G.R.C., Lucan, Ontario
No. 154 Freemasons. Irving Lodge
1878
By-laws of Lodge No. 43, Ancient York Masons, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Ancient York Masons Freemasons. Lodge No. 43
1815
By-laws of Lodge No. 43, Ancient York Masons, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
No. 43 Freemasons. Lodge
1815
By-laws of Lodge No. 51, F. & A.M.
F. and Philadelphia Freemasons. Lodge No. 51, Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
1884
By-laws of St. Andrew's Royal Arch Chapter, Boston, instituted A.D. 1769
Thomas Waterman, Mass.) Royal Arch Masons. St. Andrew's Chapter (Boston
1859
By-laws of St. John's Lodge, No. 1
No. 1 Freemasons. St. John's Lodge
1815
By-laws of Washington Naval Lodge, No. 4
No. 4 Freemasons. Washington Naval Lodge
1815
Bye laws of Unanimity Lodge No. 54, Edenton
no. 54 Freemasons. Unanimity Lodge
1810
Bye-laws of St. John's Lodge, No. 397, E.R. or Free and Accepted Masons
No. 397 Freemasons. St. John's Lodge
1869
Bylaws of the Ionic Lodge, Toronto
No. 18 Freemasons. Ionic Lodge
1847
Calcott's Masonry
Wellins Calcott
1817
Calendar for the Hebrew years 5622-5660
Nathaniel Bradstreet Shurtleff
1863
Campus secret cults
Peace and Social Development Think Tank
1999
Catalogue of the library and engravings of the late Caleb Lyon
Caleb Lyon, George A. Leavitt & Co
1882
Celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the initiation of George Washington into the order of Free Masonry
Justin Spaulding
1854