The Societas Rosicruciana’s raison d’etre is “…to afford mutual aid & encouragement in working out the great problems of Life, and in discovering the Secrets of Nature; to facilitate the study of the systems of philosophy inculcated by the original Fratres Rosae Crucis of Germany based upon the Kabbalah and the doctrines of Hermes Trismegistus."
The Societas Rosicruciana does not constitute just another interesting degree in Freemasonry, to be acquired in the course of ordinary Masonic progress. It is some thing beyond and outside Freemasonry. The Society is the ideal forum for Masons who wish to extend their contemplation of the hidden mysteries of Nature and Science, and to investigate the meaning and symbolism of all that now remains of the wisdom, art and literature of the Ancient World.