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
Sketches of masonic history in an oration delivered July 25th, a.l. 5798, at Saint John's Chappel, Portsmouth, before the Grand Lodge of New-Hampshire, accompanied by St. John's Lodge, at the installation of Nathaniel Adams, Esq., Grand Master
Henry Mellen
1798
Souvenirs d'un trente-troisième
Domenico Margiotta
1894
Speech of the Hon. John Tipton, of the United States Senate, M.E.H.P. Logan Chapter, Indiana, delivered in the city of Alexandria, before the Grand Lodge and Royal Arch Chapter of the District of Columbia, June 25, 1838
John Tipton
1838
St. John's Day, 1879
Evans Davis
1880
Statement of the receipts & expenditures of the R.W. Grand Lodge of the State of New-York from the 27th Feb. A.L. 5806 to 26th May A.L. 5819
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of the State of New York
1819
Statutes, regulations, and by-laws for the government of the Grand Council of IIlinois of Princes of Jerusalem and Van Rensselaer Grand Lodge of Perfection
Freemasons. Illinois Grand Council of Princes of Jerusalem
1857
Supreme Council Thirty-third Degree of Scottish Rite Masonry
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
1896
Tableau des ff. composant la T.R.L. Française l'Amenité, No. 73
Pa. Freemasons. Loge Française l'AmenitPhiladelphia
1811
Tableau général de l'Empire Othoman
Ignatius Mouradgea d'Ohsson
1788
The "Black Hand" on Trial Salonika, 1917
David MacKenzie
1995
The Christian edifice
Cotton-Mather Smith
1786
The Christian hero
Joel Mann
1815
The Dan Brown companion
Simon Cox
2006
The Free mason's health
Burkhead, Freemasons
1720
The Free-mason's pocket companion; or Elements of Free-masonry delineated
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Connecticut
1794
The Freemason's companion
Adam Freemason Murray
1869
The Freemason's treasury
George Oliver
1863
The Freemasons' library and general Ahiman rezon
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Maryland
1817
The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts to the lodges under its jurisdiction
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
1814
The Í hing or "Patriotic rising."
Stewart Culin
1890
The Maine masonic text book
Josiah H. Drummond
1877
The Masonic burial-office of the Grand Lodge of the State of Rhode-Island
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Rhode Island
1799
The Masonic burial-office, as observed by the Grand Lodge of the State of Rhode-Island, and recommended to Masons
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Rhode Island
1799
The Masonic life
B. Sunderland
1856