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
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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
- Read free
Melita Lodge, No. 295, F. & A.M., Philadelphia, Pa
No. 295 Freemasons. Melita Lodge
1886
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The Masonic character and correspondence of General Washington
Charles W. Moore, Charles Charles Whitlock Moore
1830
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The Pythagorean triangle, or, The science of numbers
George Oliver
1875
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The cyclopaedia of fraternities
Albert Clark Stevens
1899
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The spirit of freemasonry
J. Hawkins
1865
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Acacian lyrics
Lurania A. H. Munday
1857
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Freemasonry
James Burton Robertson, Patrick Aloysius Murray
1862
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The Ahiman rezon and Masonic ritual
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of North-Carolina and Tennessee
1805
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The Masonic harp
Samuel M Downs
1858
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The book of the chapter
Albert Gallatin Mackey
1858
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De l'influence attribuée aux philosophes aux franc-maçons et aux illuminés, sur la révolution de France
Jean Joseph Mounier, John Boyd Thacher Collection DLC, Alphonse Jacques Mahul
1801French
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Phallicism, celestial and terrestrial, heathen and Christian, its connexion with the Rosicrucians and the Gnostics and its foundation in Buddhism
Hargrave Jennings
1884
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The Templar's chart
Jeremy L. Cross, Jeremy Jeremy Ladd Cross
1821
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Dedication memorial of the new masonic temple, Philadelphia, September 26th, 29th, 30th, 1873
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. Library Committee
1875
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Meeting of Grand Lodge of Ontario at Belleville, Ont., August 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th, 1897
Indendent Order of Odd Fellows. Grand Lodge of Ontario
1897
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The Freemason's manual
Kensey Johns Stewart
1851
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The genius of masonry, or, A defence of the order
Samuel L. Knapp, Samuel Samuel Lorenzo Knapp
1828
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A manual for the use of the lodges under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of the most ancient and honorable society of Free and Accepted Masons of the state of New Jersey
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of New Jersey
1887
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A masonic manual comprising decisions of the M.S. Grand lodge, F. and A.M. of the state of California, from its formation to the present time
James Wright Anderson, Freemasons. Grand Lodge of California
1893
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Arcana Saitica Briefly Discussed in Three Essays on the Masonic Tracing Boards
Herbert Allen Giles
1879
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Minutes of the Christian Convention, held at Aurora, Illinois, Oct. 31st and Nov. 1st, 1867
Christian Convention
1868
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The Masonic manual, or, Lectures on freemasonry
Jonathan Ashe
1843
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The golden dawn
James Henry Potts
1886
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The masonic ladder: or, The nine steps to ancient freemasonry
John Sherer
1876