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
Masonic
N.Y.) Antimasonic State Convention of New York (1st 1828 Le Roy
1828
Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia
1892
Masonic addres[s] delivered at the consecration and installation of the officers of Athol Lodge No. 308, in Sacket's-Harbor, August 6, A.L. 5818
Benjamin Gleason, N.Y.) Freemasons. Athol Lodge (Sackets Harbor
1818
Masonic address
William B. Casey, No. 2 Freemasons. St. Johns Lodge
1856
Masonic address, delivered at Wiscasset, before the officers and members of Lincoln Lodge
Freeman Parker, Edward L. Parker, Me.) Freemasons. Lincoln Lodge #3 (Wiscasset
1813
Masonic antiquities of the Orient unveiled
M. W. Redding
1876
Masonic code for trials and punishments
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Iowa
1870
Masonic constitutions, or, Illustrations of masonry
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Kentucky
1818
Masonic emblems explained
Thaddeus Mason Harris
1796
Masonic formalities of burying the dead
Consider Sterry
1813
Masonic oration
Thomas Washington
1817
Masonic oration, delivered at Leesburg, Va., on the anniversary of St. John, the Evangelist, Dec. 27th, A.D. 1821, A.L. 5821, at the request of Olive Branch Lodge, no. 114
Samuel B. T. Caldwell
1822
Masonic penalties
William Slade
1830
Masonic reprints and historical revelations
Henry Sadler
1898
Masonry on Christian principles
John Kewley
1812
Masonry proved to be a work of darkness, repugnant to the Christian religion; and inimical to a republican government
Lebbeus Armstrong
1830
Master's manual
Alfred F. Chapman
1872
Memoirs of the secret societies of the south of Italy
Anna Maria Cavallotti
1821
Methods and motives for societies to supress disorders
Cotton Mather
1703
Michigan masonic ceremonies
Jefferson S. Conover, Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Michigan
1897
Minutes of the Christian Convention, held at Aurora, Illinois, Oct. 31st and Nov. 1st, 1867
I. A. Hart, Milton Smith, Joseph Travis, Jonathan Blanchard, Ill.) Christian Convention (1867 Aurora
1867
Minutes of the Christian convention, held at Aurora, Illinois, Oct. 31st and Nov. 1st, 1867
Christian Convention
1868
Minutes of the National Christian Convention, opposed to secret societies, held at Pittsburg, May 5th, 6th and 7th, 1868
National Christian Association opposed to secret societies. Convention
1868
Miscellany of knowledge
Charles Varlo
1792