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
Rise and progress of revolution
Alexander Addison
1801
Ritual of the Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan
Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan
1895
Ritual of the Knights and Ladies of Honor, adopted by the authority of the Supreme Lodge in 1899
Knights and Ladies of Honor
1899
Ritual of the Oriental Order of Humility
Oriental Order of Humility
1892
Rosicrucian initiation
Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis
1993
Rules and regulations for the government of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free-Masons of South-Carolina and the several lodges under it's [sic] jurisdiction
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of South Carolina
1819
Rules and regulations for the use of all Orange societies
Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland
1800
Scientific and religious mysteries of antiquity
John Yarker
1878
Secrecy and citizenship
New England Christian Association
1897
Secret Societies in Chinese Folk Religion
Guy S. Alitto
2026
Secret oath-bound societies and their influence
Hannah J. Bailey
1800
Secret ritual and manhood in Victorian America
Mark C. Carnes
1989
Secret sects of Syria and the Lebanon
Bernard H Springett
2007
Secret societies
Josiah W. Leeds
1888
Secret societies
Beverly Carradine
1891
Secret societies and psychological warfare
Michael A Hoffman
2001
Secret societies in China
Jean Chesneaux
1971
Secret societies in Ireland
T. Desmond Williams
1973
Secret societies in college
John Bascom
1868
Secret societies, ancient and modern
John Wolcott Phelps
1873
Sermon and an address delivered in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, June 21, 5813
Richard Carrique
1813
Seventh anniversary of the National Christian Association
National Christian Association
1875
Shadow people
John Lawrence Reynolds
2006
Six letters from John Quincy Adams to Edward Livingston, on masonry
John Quincy Adams
1833