Portal:Secret societies

The Square and Compasses

General

• "The Sociology of Secrecy and of Secret Societies," by Georg Simmel (tranlsated by Albion Woodbury Small) in The American Journal of Sociology, volume 11, number 4, January 1906
• "Secret Societies," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
• The Secret Teachings of All Ages, 1928 by Manly Palmer Hall

Freemasonry

• "Masonry (Freemasonry)," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
• Freemasonry at a Glance, 1827 by William Morgan[1]
• The Principles of Masonic Law, 1856 by Albert Mackey
• Traditions of Freemasonry and its Coincidences with the Ancient Mysteries, 1870 by Azariah T. C. Pierson[2]
• The Symbolism of Freemasonry, 1882 by Albert Mackey
• Manual of the Lodge, 1891 by Albert Mackey
• The Origin of Freemasonry and Knights Templar, 1907 by John Richardson Bennett[3]
• The Story of Freemasonry, 1913 by William Giddings Sibley[4]
• American Indian Freemasonry, 1919 by Arthur Caswell Parker[5]
• Matthew Cooke Manuscript, 1923 article

Taxil hoax

• A Survival of Mediaeval Credulity, 1900 by Edward Payson Evans as it appeared in Popular Science Monthly
• Belief and Credulity in Educational Review, Vol. 23, 1902 by Joseph Jastrow
• Devil-Worship in France, 1896 by Arthur Edward Waite

Bavarian Illuminati

• “Illuminati,” Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913.
• "Illuminati," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism, 1798 by Augustin Barruel
• Proofs of a Conspiracy Against All the Religions and Governments of Europe, 1797 by John Robison
• New England and the Bavarian Illuminati, 1918 by Vernon Stauffer

Chinese secret societies

• "Chinese Secret Societies," by Frederick Boyle in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 83, issue 489, September 1891
• "Secret Societies" in Chinese Life in the Tibetan Foothills (1921) by James Hutson