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
Early newspaper accounts for freemasonry
Benjamin Franklin
1886
Ecce orienti or Rites and ceremonies of the Essenes. National series W.[sunshine face]2B
Modern Order of Essenes
1873
Elhavarevna, or, The English physitians tutor
John Heydon
1665
Entertainment for a winter's evening
Joseph Green
1795
Escambia Lodge, No. 15, F. and A. M
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Lands
1892
Essays on Gladstone and the Vatican
Thomas Walsh
1875
Eulogium and vindication of Masonry
American Imprint Collection
1792
Extracts from Professor Robison's "Proofs of a conspiracy," &c
Cornelius
1799
Extracts from the proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Maryland at their semi-annual communication ... on Monday, the 1st day of November A.L. 5819
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Maryland, Freemasons. Grand Lodge of the State of Maryland
1819
Extracts from the proceedings of the first U.-States Antimasonic convention
United States Anti-Masonic Convention
1833
Fama fraternitatis, or, Discovery of the Brotherhood of the Praiseworthy Order of the Rosycrusian
Woodbury Lowery
1873
Florence Masonic Lodge, of Florence, Ala
Phone Number List | Databases List
1890
Free inquiry recommended on the subject of Freemasonry
Daniel Dow
1829
Free-Masonry. Unparalleled sufferings of John Coustos
John Coustos
1797
Free-masonry
John Coustos
1790
Free-masonry persecuted!
John Coustos
1817
Free-masonry unmasked
Thaddeus Stevens, Jacob Lefever
1835
Freemasonry
William Dallmann
1894
Freemasonry
Jack M. Driver
2006
Freemasonry illustrated
Jacob O Doesburg
1879
Gen. Chauncey Whittlesey's Renunciation of freemasonry, and appeal to the public
Chauncey Whittlesey
1834
General Washington opposed to secret societies
Joseph Ritner
1877
Governing Chinese Secret Societies in Colonial British Malaya, 1786-1900
Wei Chin Wong
2025
Grand Lodge of Masons, Indian Territory
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
1896