Social Victorians/Golden Dawn/Inner Order

Inner or Second Order

Logistics

• Rosae Rubeae et Aureae Crucis (the Red Rose and the Gold Cross) of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
• R.R. et A.C.
• From 1892

Premises

• 62 Oakley Square (March 1896 – September 1897)
• 36 Blythe Road (September 1897 – )

Leaders

• Macgregor Mathers
• Florence Farr

Members

• 1891 August 2, Florence Farr -- Sapientia Sapienti Dono Data
• 1891 December 7, Annie Horniman -- Fortiter et Recte
• 1893 April 6, John Brodie-Innes -- Sub Spe
• 1894 March 13, Henrietta M. Paget -- Dum Spiro Spero
• 1894 October 8, H. C. Morris -- Cavendo Tutus
• 1896 December 31, E. A. Hunter -- Hora et Semper
• 1897 April 1, Mary Briggs -- Per Mare Ad Astra

Timeline

1896 March, the Inner Order of the Golden Dawn moved its headquarters to 62 Oakley Square, where it stayed until September 1897 (Howe 126).

1897 May 5, Florence Farr called a meeting of the Golden Dawn (or the Inner Order?), which was held at 62 Oakley Square (Howe 126).

1892, Macgregor "Mathers claimed to have established [a direct link with the Secret Chiefs, which is what Fraulein Sprengel had said they would have to do], and supplied rituals for a Second Order, the Red Rose and the Cross of Gold, based on the traditional story of the finding of / the tomb of Christian Rosycross" (King 89 43-44).

1897 September, the Inner Order of the Golden Dawn moved its headquarters from 62 Oakley Square, where they had been from March 1896, to 36 Blythe Road (Howe 126).

1900 March 23, Mathers dismissed Farr as his London Representative (King 89 69).

1900 March 29, the London Adepti called "a general meeting of the Second Order for March 29th. At this general meeting the Second Order voted, with only five exceptions, to depose their Chief from his headship and to expel him from the Order. ["According to another account Mathers was only deposed at this meeting and was not expelled until April 19th" (n. 6).]" (King 89 69). King describes the "five exceptions": "The Five who remained loyal to Mathers were Frater Resurgam (Dr. Berridge), Frater Volo Noscere (G. C. Jones), Soror Perseverantia et Cura Quies (Mrs. Simpson), Soror Fidelis (Miss Elaine Simpson), and rather surprisingly, Fater Non Sine Numine (Col. Webber). With the exception of Webber and Berridge all these were personal friends of [Aleister] Crowley" (King 89 69, n. 5).

1900 April 20, The Second Order was code named Research and Archaeological Association, still R.R. et A.C. but with different referents for the letters (Howe 226).

Questions and Notes

1. The R.R. et A.C. was code-named Research and Archaeological Association 20 April 1900 (Howe 226).
2. After the 1900 reorganization, the London R.R. et A.C. elected the Adepti Litterati.

Bibliography

• Howe
• King 1989
• Küntz