Alpha et Omega

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The Alpha et Omega 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.

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Alpha et Omega was founded in Paris, France by Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers in 1906. Mathers was a co-founder and Chief of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, founded in England in 1888. Mathers founded the Alpha et Omega in response to a rebellion of Adepts in London and an ensuing public scandal which had brought the name of the Golden Dawn into disrepute.[1]

When Mathers died in 1918, he was succeeded by his wife, Moina Mathers in cooperation with J. W. Brodie-Innes.[2] In 1922, she sanctioned Dion Fortune to operate the Fraternity of the Inner Light as an appended body to the Alpha et Omega, which brought in new members.[3]

E.J. Langford-Garstin and Mrs. Tranchell-Hayes took control after the death of Moina Mathers.[4] They were particularly annoyed with the publication of Israel Regardie's Golden Dawn[5], the first volume of which contained the knowledge lectures of the Outer Order and therefore had a shattering effect on the Alpha et Omega as well as on the Stella Matutina.[6]

  1. ^ Ruggiu, Jean-Pascal and Nicolas Tereschenko. Introduction Historique du Temple Ahathoor N° 7 de Paris.
  2. ^ King, 1989, page 141
  3. ^ King, 1989, page 143
  4. ^ King, 1989, page153-154
  5. ^ King, 1989, page 154
  6. ^ King, 1989, pages 155

  • King, Francis (1989). Modern Ritual Magic: The Rise of Western Occultism. ISBN 1-85327-032-6


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