FUDOSI

FUDOSI was a federation of autonomous esoteric or mystical orders and societies, founded on August 14, 1934, in Brussels, Belgium, and disbanded in 1951. It was opposed by the similarly named Fédération Universelle des Ordres, Fraternités et Sociétés Initiatiques.

History

FUDOSI was an attempt to create a federation of mystical orders with the mission "to protect the sacred liturgies, rites and doctrines of the traditional initiatory Orders from being appropriated and profaned by clandestine organizations." One of its leading founders was AMORC. An AMORC document describes the nature of FUDOSI as follows:

Leadership and organisation

SAR, a title which means Son of Ra or Son Altesse Royale, was attached to all dignitaries of FUDOSI. After the first organised convention in 1934, 12 members were chosen to form the Supreme Council, led by 3 imperators:

Sar Hieronymus Imperator of Europe
Sar Alden Imperator of the American continent
Sar Yesir Imperator of "The Orient".

H. S. Lewis created the symbol of FUDOSI. After Lewis' death in 1939, his son Ralph Maxwell Lewis became one of the three imperators of FUDOSI, under the name Sar Validivar. In 1946 Andre Cordonnier became one of its imperators.

Associated organisations

Here is a list of the orders and societies represented on the first FUDOSI convention of 1934:Ordre de la Rose+Croix universelle Ordre de la Rose+Croix universitaire Ordre kabbalistique de la Rose+Croix Confrerie des Freres illumines de la Rose+Croix A.M.O.R.C. U.S.A. Militia crucifera evangelica Ordre ancien et mystique de la Rose+Croix AMORC-Switzerland Societe alchimique de France Ordre des Samaritains inconnus Ordre hermetiste tetramegiste et mystique or Ordre Pythagoricien Ordre martiniste et synarchique Fraternite des Polaires Ordre maçonnique oriental de Memphis-Mizraim stricte observance

Co-masonic Order of Memphis-Mizraim L'Eglise gnostique universelle

Ordre maçonnique oriental de Memphis-Misraim and the Mixed Order of Memphis-Mizraim, the only Masonic organizations associated with FUDOSI, were expelled according to a decision taken by the three Imperators on August 1, 1935.

Position with respect to Masonry

A document by FUDOSI titled "Rapport sur les ordres et sociétés initiatiques. 12/10/1941", written by FUDOSI Imperator Emille Dantinne, states with regard to Freemasonry:
But the admission turned out to be an error. Later in the document we read:
These declarations may be considered inconsistent with the fact that Freemasonry requires its members to believe in a Supreme Being. It is unknown whether these views were exclusive to Emille Dantinne or held by more FUDOSI members, however Sar Alden was a member of the Antient Rite of Memphis-Misraim.

Dissolution

After the end of the 8th convention FUDOSI dissolved after strong disagreements between Emile Dantinne and Ralph M. Lewis. The 8th convention ended after Ralph M. Lewis criticized Jean Mallinger, a FUDOSI dignitary, for having a "problem" with AMORC for its admission of Afro-American members. The three Imperators signed an official document that marked the end of FUDOSI.