Stella Matutina
The Stella Matutina was an initiatory Order dedicated to the dissemination of the traditional teachings of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn through the process of initiation. Between 1900-1903, the Outer order of the Stella Matutina was known as Mystic Rose or Order of the M.R. in the Outer.[1]
History
After a revolt, the Order was formed out of the Amoun Temple, changing the name of the Outer order from Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn to Stella Matutina, by Dr. Felkin and other members from London.[1]
From the very beginning, Felkin believed that the Order must in fact gain contact with the Secret Chiefs by the use of astral work and communicatins were recieved through either trance or automatic writing.[2] Some of these communications gave approval to meddle with the rituals.[2]
Felkin constructed new grades for the Stella Matutina, of which included Adeptus Major, Adeptus Exemptus, and Magister templi, all of which bear resemblance to the Ordo Templi Orientis grades of the fourth, fifth and sixth, before Aleister Crowley rewrote them.[3]
While visiting New Zealand, Dr. Felkin and his wife set up a new temple called Smaragdine Thalasses which was closely associated with the New Zealand Province of the Societas Rosicruciana.[3]
In 1934, Israel Regardie joined the order, and finds it in a state of demoralisation and decay. Many of the original Knowledge Lectures had been "removed or heavily amended, largely because they were beyond the capacity of the Chiefs."[4]
Known members
- R.W. Felkin - Frater F.R. (Finem Respice): Imperator
- Mrs. Felkin - Soror Q.L. (Quaestor Lucis)
- Israel Regardie
Notes
References
- King, Francis (1989). Modern Ritual Magic: The Rise of Western Occultism. Avery Publishing Group. ISBN 1-85327-032-6
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