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Encyclopedia > Magical organization

A magical organization is an organization put up for the furtherance of its members by use of magic or to further the knowledge of magic among its members. This is a collective name of hermetical orders, Wicca circles, esoteric societies, arcane colleges, witches' covens and innumerable other such organizatorial names. The ancient symbol of the pentagram is often used as a symbol for magic. ... A Neopagan pentagram (circumscribed): a symbol used by many Wiccans. ... This article is part of the Witchcraft series. ... Coven or covan was originally a late medieval Scots word (c1500) meaning a gathering of any kind according to the Oxford English Dictionary. ...


List of magical organizations

The Rosicrucian Order, Ancient Mystical Order Rosæ Crucis (AMORC) is a worldwide mystical, Rosicrucian, educational, humanitarian and fraternal organisation founded by Harvey Spencer Lewis in 1915. ... Dragon Rouge is a society whose members believe in the occult and aim to explore dark magic. ... The Confraternity of the Rose Cross (CR+C) is a pseudo Rosicrucian organization founded by former AMORC Imperator Gary L. Stewart in 1996. ... Order Militia Crucifera Evangelica (OMCE) is an international non-profit fraternal organisation. ... Fraternitas Rosae Crucis is a Rosicrucian fraternal mystical organisation. ... FUDOSI or FUDOESI (Fédération Universelle des Ordres et Sociétés Initiatiques in French, Federatio Universalis Dirigens Ordines Societatesque Initiationis in Latin), founded on August 14, 1934, in Brussels (Belgium), was a federation of autonomous esoteric orders and societies. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Servants Of the Light School of Occult Science (SOL) is an occult mystery school, registered as a non-profit organization, founded in 1965 by W. E. Butler in England. ... Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, in Egyptian costume, performs a ritual of Isis (not a Rite of the Golden Dawn). ... The Illuminates of Thanateros are an occult society, founded in 1978, that pursues chaos magic. ... Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.) (Order of the Temple of the East, or the Order of Oriental Templars) is an international fraternal and religious organization. ... Fresco painting of a Knight Templar The most notorious of the Christian military orders was the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon (paupers commilitones Christi Templique Solomonici, from the council of Troyes), now widely known as the Knights Templar. ... The Illuminati is the name of many groups, modern and historical, real and fictitious, verified and alleged. ... The Illuminati is the name of many groups, modern and historical, real and fictitious, verified and alleged. ... The Theosophical Society was the organization formed to advance the spiritual doctrines and altruistic living known as Theosophy. ... Argenteum Astrum, also known as Argentinum Astrum, Argentinium Astrum (Latin for silver star), Astron Argon (Greek for silver star), or simply A∴A∴, was a magical order created by Aleister Crowley after leaving the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. ...

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Argenteum Astrum: Information from Answers.com (1761 words)
The organization also appears in the fictional series of novels, the Illuminatus trilogy, though in it the letters stand for nothing at all, and anyone who claims to know what they stand for thereby proves himself or herself a fraud.
It is a Thelemic magical fraternity, the goals of which are the pursuit of light and knowledge.
The A∴A∴ claims to be a spiritual organization focused on enlightenment of the individual, with a strong emphasis on maintaining the chain of initiation from teacher to student, and devoting all of one's attainments to those individuals who follow.
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