Initiatic Institutions & Orders

Chivalric and Knightly Orders

  • The Rule of the Knights Templar
  • Bernard of Clairvaux — In Praise of the New Knighthood
  • Ramon Llull — The Book of the Order of Chivalry
  • Julius Evola — The Mystery of the Grail

Rosicrucian Orders and Movements

  • Fama Fraternitatis Rosae Crucis
  • Confessio Fraternitatis
  • The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz
  • Arthur Edward Waite — The Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross

Freemasonry

  • James Anderson — The Constitutions of the Free-Masons
  • Albert Pike — Morals and Dogma
  • W.L. Wilmshurst — The Meaning of Masonry
  • Oswald Wirth — The Symbolic Language of Freemasonry

Martinism and Related Currents

  • Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin — The Man of Desire
  • Papus — Martinism
  • Robert Amadou — Martinism and Illuminism

Ecclesiastical and Monastic Orders

  • The Rule of Saint Benedict
  • The Rule of Saint Augustine
  • Jean Leclercq — The Love of Learning and the Desire for God

Modern Initiatic Orders and Continuities

  • René Guénon — Initiation and Spiritual Realization
  • Jean Borella — Esotericism and Christian Mystery
  • Frithjof Schuon — Understanding Islam