Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia

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The Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (abbreviated Soc. Ros , SRiA or SRIA ) is a Rosicrucian society in England, which is considered a subsidiary branch of Freemasonry . The SRIA has several local lodges, called colleges ( colleges ) in several cities of the British Isles, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, as well as in France and in the Netherlands and was founded in 1865. It is the existing longest Rosicrucian Order of the present. Its headquarters are in Stanfield Hall, Hampstead, North London. In 2015 there were 88 colleges in 23 provinces.

history

The Rosicrucian Society of England or Brethren of the Rosy Cross , as the original name was, was founded in 1865 by Robert Wentworth Little and only accepted Freemasons from the 3rd degree. Shortly after the founding of the Metropolitan College in London, a Scottish branch was set up, the Societas Rosicruciana in Scotia (SRIS). Further colleges were established in Bristol , Manchester , Sheffield and Newcastle upon Tyne . In 1878 a branch was established in Australia and in 1880 the Societas Rosicruciana in Civitatibus Foederatis (SRICF) was established in the United States . In 1907 there was a dispute in the American branch over the question of accepting non-masons, as a result of which the Societas Rosicruciana in America , which is also abbreviated with the initials SRIA, split off. Also in 1880 a college was established in Paris.

In 1880 William Wynn Westcott became a member of the SRIA and took over as Chief Magus in 1891. Together with Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers , also a member of SRIA, he founded the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn .

In 1902 Theodor Reuss and Leopold Engel tried to found a German branch of the SRIA, but this was declared extinct by the headquarters in 1906, because Reuss had accepted irregular masons of occult-mystical high-grade systems into the Berlin college and the college became the center of the Ordo, which he directed Templi Orientis had repurposed.

organization

The SRIA is based on the Rosicrucianism of the 18th century , adopted the degree system of the Order of Gold and Rosicrucians and consists of three departments with 9 degrees:

  1. Order (apprentices) with the four degrees: Zelator , Theoricus , Practicus and Philosophus
  2. Orders (teachers or adepts) with the three grades: Adeptus Minor , Adeptus Major and Adeptus Exemptus
  3. Order (ruler or magi) with the two degrees: Magister and Magus (holder of the highest leadership)

Management and members

Well-known members of the SRIA were (in alphabetical order):

The heads of the SRIA ( Supreme Magus ) were from its foundation until 2000:

  • 1867-1878: Robert Wentworth Little
  • 1878-1891: William Robert Woodman
  • 1892-1925: William Wynn Westcott
  • 1925-1939: William John Songhurst
  • 1939–1956: Frank Martin Rickard
  • 1956–1969: William Richard Semken
  • 1969-1974: Edward Varley Kayleyn
  • 1975-1979: Donald Michael Penrose
  • 1979-1982: Norman Charles Stamford
  • 1982-1994: Alan Glyn Davis
  • 1994-2002: Robert Edwin Rowland

The writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton was made Grand Patron and Honorary Member on July 14, 1870 , but without his knowledge and consent. When Bulwer-Lytton received information of his status through an invitation two years later, he reacted negatively and indignantly.

The French occultist Éliphas Lévi was also made an honorary member on April 24, 1873 . Contacts had already been made in December 1861 when Mackenzie visited Lévi in ​​Paris. There were also several contacts between Bulwer-Lytton and Lévi, because Lévi had visited Bulwer-Lytton on his trips to England in 1854 and 1861.

Fonts

  • The Rosicrucian. A quarterly record of the Society's transactions, with occasional notes on Freemasonry. Magazine. London 1868 ff.
  • Transactions of the Metropolitan College, with Abstracts of the Essays read before the College. Ed. by William Wynn Westcott. Private print, London 1886 ff.
  • William Wynn Westcott: History of the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia. Private print, London 1900.
  • Catalog of the Library of the High Council of the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia. 3 parts. Private print, London 1903.
  • William Wynn Westcott: Ordinances of the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia. Hall & Lovitt, London 1905.
  • William Wynn Westcott: The Rosicrucian Society of England: a glance at the progress of the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia, during the last fifty years. Private print, ca.1915.
  • TM Greensill: A history of Rosicrucian thought and of the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia. 2nd edition Premier Metropolis, 2003, PDF .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on September 4, 2015) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sria.info
  2. ↑ Frick: The enlightened. Part 2. Graz 1978, p. 355.
  3. ^ Greensill: Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia. 2nd ed. 2003, pp. 320–323.
  4. ^ Hermetic and Rosicrucian Timeline
  5. ^ Greensill: Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia. 2nd ed. 2003, pp. 324-327.
  6. ^ Greensill: Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia. 2nd ed. 2003, pp. 328-330.
  7. ^ Greensill: Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia. 2nd ed. 2003, pp. 331–336.
  8. ^ Greensill: Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia. 2nd ed. 2003, pp. 337-339.
  9. ^ Greensill: Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia. 2nd ed. 2003, pp. 340–341.
  10. ^ Greensill: Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia. 2nd ed. 2003, pp. 342-345.
  11. ^ Greensill: Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia. 2nd ed. 2003, pp. 346-350.
  12. ^ Greensill: Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia. 2nd ed. 2003, pp. 269-272.
  13. ^ Greensill: Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia. 2nd ed. 2003, pp. 351-353.
  14. ^ Greensill: Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia. 2nd ed. 2003, pp. 354-356.
  15. ^ Greensill: Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia. 2nd ed. 2003, pp. 357-359.
  16. ^ Greensill: Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia. 2nd ed. 2003, pp. 360-362.
  17. ^ Greensill: Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia. 2nd ed. 2003, pp. 276-280.
  18. ^ Greensill: Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia. 2nd ed. 2003, pp. 273-275.
  19. ^ Greensill: Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia. 2nd ed. 2003, pp. 363–365.
  20. ^ Greensill: Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia. 2nd edition 2003, pp. 281 ff.
  21. ↑ Frick: The enlightened. Part 2. Graz 1978, pp. 350–352.
  22. ↑ Frick: The enlightened. Part 2. Graz 1978, pp. 347, 350, 352.