"The Rosicrucian" Vol 1 with RWBro. Alex Rofaila

"The Rosicrucian" with RW Bro. Alex Rofaila

For over one hundred and fifty years, the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia has pursued its founding mission quietly, rigorously, and away from public view: to investigate the philosophy of Hermes Trismegistus, the secrets of the Kabbalah, and the meaning and symbolism of the wisdom, art, and literature of the ancient world. Now, for the first time, that work steps into the open.

The Rosicrucian is the first global publication to emerge from the world's oldest independent society of Masonic Rosicrucians. Produced in partnership with Lewis Masonic, its purpose is to bring the mysteries of the Western Tradition into the light, in a voice that is scholarly in its foundations and accessible to every sincere seeker.

The first edition is devoted to Hermeticism. From the Emerald Tablet to the Corpus Hermeticum, this is the tradition attributed to Hermes Trismegistus that stands at the very root of the Western esoteric project. Not merely one strand of the Mystery Tradition, but the thread from which most of the others are woven.

We are joined today by RW Bro. Alex Rofaila, Editor of The Rosicrucian and a member of SRIA since 2007. Welcome, Alex.

About our guest

RW Frater Alex Rofaila became a member of Metropolitan College SRIA in July 2007, a day he calls his first real initiation. He was installed as Celebrant of Metropolitan College No. 1 in April 2016 and of the College of Holy Sepulchre in 2018, and is a founder of the College of Sophia Hermetica, the first college formed in London in over one hundred years. In 2020 he was installed as the first Chief Adept of the newly formed SRIA Province of Greater London. When lockdown struck, his provincial team revived the Rosicrucian Pamphlets and extended the reach of the century-old Metropolitan Study Group to a global audience over Zoom. That momentum led to the return of The Rosicrucian, the little-known Victorian periodical the Society published between 1868 and 1879, revamped for a modern readership and launched in June with its first issue on Hermeticism, available through Lewis Masonic.

Alex is a keen Freemason and a member of several orders beyond the craft, including Royal Arch, Mark, RAM, Royal and Select, Rose Croix, Royal Order of Scotland, and Knights Templar.

Referenced in this episode

34:15 Over 300 Years of Masonic Ritual by Martin Gandoff: Lewis Masonic

Cholmeley Lodge No. 1731: cholmeleylodge.org

The Atlantis Bookshop: theatlantisbookshop.com

SRIA London and the Metropolitan Study Group: srialondon.org

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