Societas Rosicruciana
in Civitatibus Fœderatis

Louisiana College

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The Societas Rosicruciana in Civitatibus Fœderatis (Rosicrucian Society of the United States) was formed on September 21, 1880, by three Colleges chartered within the previous ten months by the Society in Scotland. It is entirely autonomous and in no way connected with any other institution.The Society in the United States is in amity with the only other similar societies in the world, such as the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (England), Societas Rosicruciana in Scotia (Scotland), and Societas Rosicruciana in Lusitania (Portugal). The Society in the United States also has jurisdiction over Colleges in other countries, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, El Salvador, Panama, the Phillipines, South Korea, and Togo.Membership, which is by invitation, is predicated on being a Master Mason and a Christian. The Society is not merely another degree of Freemasonry which may be acquired outside of the normal “workings” of the Craft.The Masonic qualification assures its membership that the neophyte has given proof of the fidelity and privacy which characterizes a member of that Fraternity. The Christian qualification is required because the character of the grades' rituals is completely Christian, and would not be understood or appreciated by those of other faiths. This character is emphasized in the ceremony of admission, and it will be noted that a certain community outlook and understanding among the members (called "Fratres") is necessary.

The governing body of the Society is known as the High Council, which is composed of Fratres of the Third Order (VIII° and IX°), plus any College Celebrant not a member of the Third Order. The head of the Society is titled the Supreme Magus and is elected each triennium. The subordinate bodies of the Society are termed “Colleges”, each being headed by a Chief Adept, IX°, appointed for a three-year term by the Supreme Magus.Membership in a college is restricted to 72. New members are required to select a unique Latin motto. The Society is not interested primarily in increasing its membership, but considers such Brethren whose interest in the Society’s aims is sincere and whom it considers to be in sympathy with the movement.

The aim of the Society is to afford mutual aid and encouragement in working out the great problems of Life and in searching out the secrets of Nature; to facilitate the study of the system of Philosophy founded upon the Kabbalah and the doctrines of Hermes Trismegistus, which was inculcated by the original Fratres Rosæ Crucis, A.D. 1450; and to investigate the meaning and symbolism of all that now remains of the wisdom, art, and literature of the ancient world.The Society's object is to bring Freemasons of philosophic and academic outlook together to encourage each other in the pursuit of philosophy and scholarship in the widest sense and to bring them a few steps nearer to wisdom and understanding of the true nature of reality.

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