Four auxiliary paths

Derived Orders of the Sovereign Sanctuary

Four para-Masonic bodies arising directly from the Sovereign Sanctuary of Mexico and operating under its obedience, each on a different plane of initiatic work.

One single Sanctuary, four houses. One single Light, four lamps. Each body has its own rite, its own silence, its own manner of serving Tradition.

The four orders

The Sovereign Sanctuary of Mexico houses, alongside the main Masonic body of the Symbolic Grand Orient of Mexico and the higher rank bodies (Chapter, Areopagus, Consistory, Sublime Fathers, Chambers), four derived orders of different nature and filiation. Three of these are documented as connected to the Hierophantic chain; the fourth — Osiris Sons — is a modern fraternal body of Brothers of the Rite.

How they relate to the Masonic body

The derived orders do not replace the work of the symbolic lodges of the SGO nor that of the higher bodies of the Rite. They complement it: each Brother approaching one of them does so from within their Masonic work, not instead of. The exception is the Martinist Conventicle, which historically also admits the approach of people without prior Masonic work, given the independent nature of its initiation.

The general scheme:

Order	Nature	Prerequisite
Osiris Sons	Fraternal-motorcycle	Minimum degree of Master Mason of the Rite
Martinist Conventicle	Contemplative Christian-esoteric	No Masonic prerequisite (independent)
The Black Snake	Internal Hermetic-Vodou-Gnostic	Documented active service in the Rite
O.T.O. · Thelema	Thelemic-initiatic	Reserved; internal path of the Sanctuary

Why the Sanctuary operates these orders

The four derived orders are not arbitrary annexes: each one has a documented historical root in the chain of transmission of the Rite.

• Martinism formally converged with Memphis-Misraïm in 1909 when Theodor Reuss delivered to Papus the patent to preside over the Rites in France. The same men — Bricaud, Chevillon, Ambelain — guarded both orders throughout the twentieth century.
• The Black Snake arises from the Spanish-Haitian branch of the Rite, in 1922, by dual consecration (Gnostic + Voodoo-Egyptian) of Patriarch Lucien-François Jean-Maine.
• The O.T.O. and Memphis-Misraïm share a single historical head in the person of Theodor Reuss (Grand Hierophant 1913-1923), who was simultaneously Outer Head of the Order of the O.T.O.
• Osiris Sons, without historical precedent prior to the 21st century, draws on the Masonic tradition of fraternal motorcycle clubs (Widows Sons Masonic Riders, 1998) in its proper form within the Mexican Memphis-Mizraim Rite.

The history page provides detailed coverage of the three documented convergences.

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