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
Illustrations of Masonry, by one of the fraternity, who has devoted thirty years to the subject
William Morgan
1827
Illustrations of the symbols of masonry
Jacob Ernst
1868
Is the order of R.R. & A.C. to remain a magical order?
William Butler Yeats
1901
Jachin and Boaz
R. S
1763
Jachin and Boaz, or, An authentic key to the door of Free-Masonry
belonging to the Jerusalem Lodge Gentleman
1801
Jachin and Boaz; or, An authentic key to the door of Free-Masonry, both ancient and modern
R. S
1796
Joining the Tinpanites, or, Paddy McFling's experience
David Hill
1891
Journals of the Grand Lodge of Vermont
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Vermont
1822
Key to the first chart of the masonic mirror
Henry Parmele
1819
Knights templar tactics and drill
Ellery Irving Garfield, Knights templar. Grand commandery
1871
La chiave di Hiram
Christopher Knight, Robert Lomas, Daniela Ferrari
1998
Le Corbusier and the occult
Jan K. Birksted
2009
Letter of the Hon. Samuel Dexter
Samuel Dexter
1818
Letter on the promotion of moral reforms by secret societies
John Marsh, William E. Dodge
1868
Letter to the members of the Gennesee [i.e. Genesee] Consociation, N.Y.
Joseph Emerson
1829
Letters of John Quincy Adams to Edward Livingston, grand high priest of the General Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the United States and late secretary of state of the said States
John Quincy Adams
1833
Letters on masonry addressed to William L. Stone, esq., of New York
John Quincy Adams
1832
Light against light in three ranks
George Richards, No. XVI Freemasons. Tyrian Lodge
1806
Light from the East
Henry R. Coleman
1899
Light on free masonry
David Bernard
1871
List of the grand officers, members, honorary members, &c., of the Supreme Council of Grand Inspectors General of the 33d Degree
Scottish Rite. Supreme Council of Grand Inspectors General of the 33d Degree. Committee of General Administration
1813
Lord
Leonie O'Moore
2016
Magicians, seers and mystics
Maurice Magre
1932
Manual of the lodge
Albert Gallatin Mackey
1891