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F.U.D.O.S.I.

I'm attempting to read my way through the entire study, between doing Christmas and doing family things. I still have a lot to read. Apparently I may have been wrong about that quote about the Mystical Rose coming from the last convention of F.U.D.O.S.I. It came from the 5th convention in 1946, but there may have been additional conventions, though whether they were meetings of the whole original group or meetings of a splintered group I still haven't determined.

One of the problems with any research into the proceedings of the esoteric orders is that they were secret, which means that all information about them was held clandestinely and stored in unpredictable places. Information may reflect the personal opinion of the member doing the writing, and may simply be inaccurate. One given is that the verifiable information available is fragmentary. When the Church rules the nation in cooperation with the monarchy, and what you are doing is opposed by the Church and/or the government, everything must be done in secret and recorded in secret. We often read that the secret societies opposed the Church. It has not yet become clear how they opposed the Church nor why they did so.

In any case Milko Bogaard's F.U.D.O.S.I. study offers this bit of information:

"GROUPE DE THÈBES / CERCLE d' ALEXANDRIE"

Out of the "Arc-en-ciel" came the "Groupe de Thèbes", founded on June 3, 1990. This federation was ment for a smaller, and presumably higher, group of Initiates. The group was founded around 15 members, made up exclusively of leaders of various Orders and Societies.The "Groupe de Thèbes / Group of Thèbes" also met at the French Grand Oriënt .

According to one source the main goal of this federation was to study the teachings of Sar Mérodack (Péladan), Sar Hieronymus (Dantinne), Or-Zam (Rombauts) and other initiates of the movement around Josephín Peladan and the later initiates of the F.U.D.O.S.I. In reality the federation represented many Orders and Societies coming from all kind of traditional teachings, including organizations without a Rosicrucian/Martinist background."In the end the ideas are all the same, they show us different paths all leading to the same Royal road ", thus Remi Boyer, "OMNIA AB UNO". The group did not dedicate itself to "ritual practises", but to theoretical studies, "such as forming a collection". Apparently the "Groupe de Thebes" changed its name into "Cercle d' Alexandrie" (in 1990). Koenig (source) states that it is not entirely clear whether both groups were identical to each other, "although the same members appear in both".

According to French journalist Serge Faubert ("Le vrai visage des sectes", c)1993) Boyer was one of the fifteen founding members of the "Group de Thebes". "The tiny group included quite an interesting variety of individuals": Apart from Remi Boyer (co-leader of the "ORDER OF HERMES & ORPHEUS", Grand Master of the French Grand-Lodge of the Martinist Order OMCC etc.)we find such personalities in this group as

Massimo Introvigne , who attended the very first meeting of this lodge on June 3, 1990. Introvigne presents himself as a "sociologist" who leads a "Centre for the Study of New Religions" a.k.a. CESNUR. CESNUR enjoys great credit among academics, journalists and politicians "all over the world". The organization is seated in Italy, Introvigne's native country. The History-teacher Massimo Introvigne presents himself also as "one of the greatest experts in the world on new religious movements". Besides being a teacher and a "sociologist" Introvigne is one of the leaders of the radical right-wing "counter-revolutionary" movement called 'Alleanza Cattolica' , the italian "sister"of a Brazilian cult called 'Tradition, Family and Property' , a.k.a "TFP". His opponents state that CESNUR's "research" is carried out "in such a way as to deliberately promote the policies and ideological goals of CESNUR". CESNUR is an organization led by a catholic right-wing teacher under the authority of the Vatican. The organization has close relationships with organizations like "Legionnaires du Christ" and, indirectly (TPF) , Opus Dei and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (emphasis mine)

CESNUR is a reference source on new religious movements that is often quoted. I don't know what to make of it or whose side Introvigne is on. Bogaard goes on to list other members of the "Group de Thebes" who head up esoteric orders including:

Order of Myriam (A "Luciferian" Obedience)
Order of Memphis-Misraim
Ordre Kabbalistique de la Rose-Croix
Templars of Circes
A.M.O.R.C
Order of Hermes & Orpheus
Ordre Martiniste des Chevealiers du Christ
Martinist Order of the Knights of Christ
Memphis-Misraim
Eglise Syrienne (Syrian Church)
Golden Dawn (Rosicrucian Command of Alpha Omega)
Confederatio Fraternitatis Rosae Crucis
Ordo Rosae Rubeae et Aureae Crucis - R.R. et A.C.
Stella Matutina
Ordo Rosae Crucis
Alpha et Omega
Rosicrucian Order of Alpha et Omega
Holy Order of the Golden Dawn
Fellowship of the (True) Rosy Cross
Order of the Sacred Word
Milii Angel (led by Alexander Dugin, co-leader of the Russian "Front National")Brigata Rossa
Ordo Templi Orientis Antiqua

and more. One man can and often does easily hold the highest ranking position in several orders at a time.

Bogaard states "The 'Groupe de Thebes/Cercle d'Alexandrie" was formed to unite various organizations under the same roof. Some of the "dignitaries" of the "Cercle d' Alexandrie" are, to put it mildly, quite questionable as members!"

Bogaard may be wrong. His source is Peter Koenig, currently the best source for the history of the esoteric orders, who has an extensive website detailing the information he uncovers. If Bogaard is correct, Introvigne, Opus Dei, TPF, and SMOM are keeping some very odd company. That could be explained away as research if it were only Introvigne who was a member, but how to explain away the involvement of the other Catholic organizations? Something is very odd here.

Two other items in the study:

According to Spenncer Lewis in an article called "True Mysticism" the Rosicrucians were descendants of the Essenes, which "created" and conserved the original Christian Mysteries, assisted by the adepts of the Great White Brotherhood and (later on) the Templars. All the Adepts belonged to the ancient rite of Memphis-Misraim...

The Essenes were Jewish. Some sources place John the Baptist among the Essenes. Others claim that the Essene "Teacher of Righteousness" was Jesus Christ. In any case, were the Essenes the Desposyni?

Another curious item in the study:

'ORDRE DE LA ROSE-CROIX CATHOLIQUE ET ESTHETIQUE DU TEMPLE ET DU GRAAL'. Next to the differences of opinion, which one can find in any biography of Peladan, between Peladan, Stanislas de Guaita and especially Papus, Peladan was also a convinced Catholic and strong defender of the Catholic Church. His loyalty to the Catholic Church gave him much credit by the Church. His writings and his Order were never condemned by the Church, unlike the Kabbalistic Order of the Rose-Cross and personalities such as Papus.

Peladan headed up the Martinists.

Then there is this curiosity:

In 1952, after the F.U.D.O.S.I. dissolved ('51), Cordonnier returns to France. After staying in Paris for a short time, he became a catholic priest of a small parish at the river "Loire". After his death in 1960, the French authorities discovered Cordonnier's true identity ...

Cordonnier was "Sar Gregorius (Assistant)"--a "Member of the Supreme Council and co-Imperator of the F.U.D.O.S.I."

Dantine is also quoted as stating:

A final revelation designated us, the Knights of Christ, as the restorers of the spiritual world who'll bring into realization the great reconciliation of all children of God ......"A Benedict monk, R. P. Cordonnier, will play a very important and significant role in the near future as the one and future King of France".

If you know anything about Catholic prophecy, you probably know that at the end of the world a king of France is supposed to rise to rule the world along with the Angelic Pastor who is Christ returned. The prophecy can be read in Yves DuPont's book published by TAN titled CATHOLIC PROPHECY: THE COMING CHASTISEMENT. Is the prophecy Rosicrucian? Is Rosicrucianism a variety of Catholicism that has been supressed because the world turned to scientific rationalism, or is it the work of hell? And who at the Vatican is working with Massimo Introgivne?

Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!