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Robert Amadou was a member not merely of both but also of their secret inner orders, entering the Martinist Order’s S.I. in September 1942—at the time of his involvement with Alpha Galates—and in May 1966 attaining the Rectified Scottish Rite’s Knight Beneficent grade and taking the name Eques ab Aegypto.

The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

Robert Amadou was a member not merely of both but also of their secret inner orders, entering the Martinist Order’s S.I. in September 1942—at the time of his involvement with Alpha Galates—and in May 1966 attaining the Rectified Scottish Rite’s Knight Beneficent grade and taking the name Eques ab Aegypto.

The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

Robert Amadou was a member not merely of both but also of their secret inner orders, entering the Martinist Order’s S.I. in September 1942—at the time of his involvement with Alpha Galates—and in May 1966 attaining the Rectified Scottish Rite’s Knight Beneficent grade and taking the name Eques ab Aegypto.

The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

But it is in "Philo," the Baron von Knigge, a Freemason and member of the Stride Observance, in which he was known as the Eques a Cygno, that

Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Nesta H. Webster 1918

Fidenae did to you, the wrong that the Eques, the Volsci, and the Sabines have done to you.

Les Miserables 2008

The Strict Observance was fond of Latin noms de guerre—von Hund himself was Carolus, Eques ab Ense: Karl, Knight of the Sword.

The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

However, there was, and is, a particular connection between Martinism and the Rectified Scottish Rite: Saint-Martin himself was elevated to Knight Beneficent in October 1785 as Eques a Leone Sidero and then into the more highly secret rank of Profession.157

The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

Before this, he too had been instrumental in creating the Rectified Scottish Rite, of which he reached the grade of Knight Beneficent, taking the name Franciscus, Eques a Capite Galeato.150For this reason there was a close relationship between the Rectified Scottish Rite and the Philadelphes.

The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

However, there was, and is, a particular connection between Martinism and the Rectified Scottish Rite: Saint-Martin himself was elevated to Knight Beneficent in October 1785 as Eques a Leone Sidero and then into the more highly secret rank of Profession.157

The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

Before this, he too had been instrumental in creating the Rectified Scottish Rite, of which he reached the grade of Knight Beneficent, taking the name Franciscus, Eques a Capite Galeato.150For this reason there was a close relationship between the Rectified Scottish Rite and the Philadelphes.

The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006