{{primarysources, date=July 2011 FUDOFSI (french: Fédération Universelle des Ordres, Fraternités et Sociétés Initiatiques), headed by

Constant Chevillon Constant Chevillon (born 26 October 1880 in Annoire ( Jura); died 25 March 1944 in Lyon) was a French occultist who was Grand Master of the Freemasonry Rite of Memphis-Misraïm and head of FUDOFSI and other occult societies. Educations & civil ...

(1880–1944), was a federation of independent

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orders similar to

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, but strongly opposed to the other group.

History

FUDOFSI was established in defense of the Orders of Lyon and other

societies A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Societi ...

that were not involved with

. FUDOFSI was strongly opposed to FUDOSI,

Harvey Spencer Lewis Harvey Spencer Lewis F.R.C., S:::I:::I:::, 33° 66° 95°, PhD (November 25, 1883 – August 2, 1939), a noted Rosicrucian author, occultist, and mystic, was the founder in the US and the first Imperator of the Ancient and Mystical Order Ros ...

and his organisation

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(AMORC). Very little information is known about FUDOFSI since neither the organisation or its leader survived the

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(in 1944,

, the head of FUDOFSI, was murdered by the

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First meeting

The first meeting of FUDOFSI took place in Paris in February 1939. List of people present: *

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* Alfred I. Sharp * Count Jean de Czarnomsky *

* Henri-Charles Dupont *

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* Raoul Fructus (former member of the FUDOSI) * Andre Fayolle * Nauwelaerts * Laugenier * Camille Savoir

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and Arnoldo Krumm-Heller joined FUDOFSI later.

Organisations represented in the first convention of 1939

* L'Ordre Martiniste-Martineziste de Lyon * L'

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* Order of Knight Masons Elus Cohen of the Universe * The Ancient and Primitive Rite of Memphis Mizraim * Ordre De Saint Graal * Fraternitas Rosicruciana Antiqua *

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Ordre Kabbalistique De La Rose Croix The Kabbalistic Order of the Rose-Cross (french: Ordre kabbalistique de la Rose-Croix – O.K.R.C.) was France's first ever occult society, established by Stanislas de Guaita and Joséphin Péladan in 1888. Its structure and teaching had simila ...

(different lineage) * Rite Ecossais Rectifie * Brotherhood of the Illumined Brethren of the Rose-Croix

The end of FUDOFSI

FUDOFSI ceased to exist at some point during World War II. However, in 1947 some of its members contacted each other and tried to establish a new organisation. Hans-Rudolf Hilfiker and R. Swinburne Clymer (1878–1966) tried to create a ''Worldwide Alliance of Rosicrucian Orders''. In Rio de Janeiro, Clymer successfully merged his organisation with Krumm-Heller's. Hilfiker and Clymer had a meeting on May 7, 1947 and also on June 5, 1948, in Zürich, Switzerland at the hotel Baur au Lac. The

official biography of

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, son of R. S. Clymer, describes him as ''Supreme Grand Master of FUDOFSI'' after his father's death, so it is possible that the

considers FUDOFSI to have survived later.

History

First meeting

Organisations represented in the first convention of 1939

The end of FUDOFSI

See also