List of dignitaries of mystical organisations
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This is a list of heads and dignitaries of mystical, occult, magical and similar organisations.
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[edit] Rosicrucian Organisations
Rosicrucianism is a major subject of Esotericism and there are many groups and orders everywhere in the world that use this designation.
[edit] Rosicrucian Order, AMORC
Rosicrucian Order, AMORC is a major Rosicrucian order with lodges all over the world.
Imperators
The head of AMORC is called the Imperator. He holds the position for life or until he resigns. Here is a list of all the imperators of AMORC along with their dates of service:
- Harvey Spencer Lewis: Founder and first Imperator (1915 - 1939).
- Ralph Maxwell Lewis: Son of H. Spencer Lewis, who became Imperator after the elder Lewis' death (1939 - 1987)
- Gary L. Stewart: Became Imperator after Ralph M. Lewis, but he soon left to found his own Rosicrucian movement (Confraternity of the Rose Cross). (1987 - 1990)
- Christian Bernard: (1990 - present, as of 2004)
Grand Masters:
- Julie Scott, S.R.C.: Grand Master of the English Grand Lodge for the Americas of AMORC (as of 2004).
- Peter Bindon, F.R.C., Grand Master of the English Language Jurisdiction for Australia, Asia, and New Zealand.
- Serge Toussaint, F.R.C., Grand Master of the Jurisdiction of the French-speaking Countries of AMORC.
[edit] Confraternity of the Rose Cross
Confraternity of the Rose Cross (CR+C) was founded by former AMORC Imperator Gary L. Stewart.
Imperators:
As with other Rosicrucian and mystical organisations, the highest office of CR+C is the Imperator.
- Gary L. Stewart: Founder and first Imperator (1996 - present, as of 2004)
[edit] Fraternitas Rosae Crucis
Supreme Grand Masters of Fraternitas Rosae Crucis:
- Paschal Beverly Randolph (1858 - 1875)
- Freeman B. Dowd (1875 - 1907)
- Edward H. Brown (1907 - 1922)
- R. Swinburne Clymer (1922 - 1966)
- Emerson Myron Clymer (1966 - 1983)
- Gerald E. Poesnecker (1983 - present)
[edit] Martinist Orders
[edit] Martinist Order and Synarchy (Canada)
Sovereign Grand Master:
- Sar Resurrectus (present)
[edit] Rose-Croix Martinist Order (Ontario, Canada)
Grand Master:
- Sar Ignatius (present)
[edit] Ancient and Primitive Rite of Memphis-Misraim
This comparatively obscure system of Masonic degrees has a website at www.iss-ic-memphis-misraim.org.
International Grand Masters:
- Giuseppe Garibaldi (1881)
- Giambattista Pessina (1882-1883)
- Francesco Degli Oddi (1900)
- John Yarker (1902)
- Theodor Reuss (1913)
- Jean Bricaud (1924)
- Constant Chevillon (1934-1944)
- Henri Charles Dupont (1945)
- Robert Ambelain (1960)
- Gerard Kloppel (1985)
- Georges Claude Vielledent (1998)
- Claude Tripet (2003)
[edit] Federations
[edit] FUDOSI
FUDOSI was founded in 1934 and dissolved in 1951 after disagreements between its members. It was an attempt to create a federation of all true mystical orders to protect themselves and the people from frauds.
Imperators:
FUDOSI was headed by a group of three Imperators. Its first Imperators were:
- Emile Dantinne (Sar Hieronymus), Imperator of Europe
- Harvey Spencer Lewis (Sar Alden), Imperator of the American Continent
- Victor Blanchard (Sar Yesir), Imperator of Eastern Europe
In 1946, Andre Cordonnier became an Imperator.
After H.S. Lewis's death in 1939, his son Ralph Maxwell Lewis became one of the three Imperators of FUDOSI and his nomen mysticum was Sar Valdivar.
[edit] FUDOFSI
FUDOFSI was a movement hostile to FUDOSI. It was headed by Constant Chevillon until his death during the Second World War. Subsequent heads of Fraternitas Rosae Crucis have claimed succession.
[edit] Hermetic movements
List of Hermetic movements:
[edit] Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn is a famous mystical movement which included many well-known figures, apart from the listed leaders including Aleister Crowley, Dion Fortune, William Butler Yeats, and Pamela Colman Smith.
- William Wynn Westcott, co-founder
- Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, co-founder
- Arthur Edward Waite, who left in 1914 and then started the Fellowship of the Rosy Cross
[edit] Other movements
[edit] Ordo Templi Orientis
Ordo Templi Orientis or Order of the Oriental Knights Templar. It has 11 degrees of inititiation, and a 12th degree representing the Outer Head or chief of the order. This is a list of the known Outer Heads:
- Aleister Crowley (Baphomet)
- Karl Germer (Frater Saturnus)
- Grady McMurtry (Hymenaeus Alpha)
- William Breeze (Hymenaeus Beta). Current Outer Head of the order.
[edit] Servants of the Light
Servants of the Light (SOL), founded in 1965, claims to be a fully contacted mystery school.
The head of SOL is titled Director of Studies. These have been:
- W. E. (Ernie) Butler: Founded SOL in 1965. Died 1978.
- Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki: The successor of W.E. Butler. She is still (as of 2004) the present Director of Studies of SOL.
