HÖHERE ARMANEN-ORDEN [HAO]
A leading force in the proto-Nazi underworld of early twentieth-century central Europe, the Höhere Armanen-Orden (Higher Armanen Order, HAO) rose out of the Guido von…
Author: Lux Ferre
HITLER, ADOLF
Austrian politician and occultist, 1889–1945. Born in the small border town of Braunau-am-Inn, Hitler was a moody and difficult child with a passion for reading,…
HIRAM ABIFF
The central character of the legend at the core of Freemasonry, Hiram Abiff appears in the Old Testament (I Kings 7:13–40) as a master brass-worker…
HIGH DEGREES
In Freemasonry, all those degrees that come after the Master Mason degree, with the exception of the Royal Arch and its associated degrees, are referred…
HERMETIC BROTHERHOOD OF LUXOR [H.B. OF L.]
One of the most influential magical secret societies of the nineteenth century, the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor (H.B. of L.) was founded in London in…
HERMETIC BROTHERHOOD OF LIGHT
The collapse of the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor (H.B. of L.) in 1886 left scores of initiates in Europe and America, many of them members…
MEDIEVAL GUILDS
Among the fundamental social institutions of European society during the Middle Ages, a guild (the word is also spelled gild) was an association of craftsmen…
GREAT WHITE LODGE
In Theosophy and occult systems influenced by it, the brotherhood of advanced souls who form the hidden government of the world and direct the course…
GREAT PYRAMID
The most famous monument on earth and one of the greatest works of architecture in human history, the Great Pyramid is one of three massive…
GRAND ORIENT
In Freemasonry and some secret societies descended from it, a term for a national or international grand lodge. The phrase, “Grand East” in French, was…