Teder

Charles Henri Detre

Birth May 27, 1855 in Vincennes France

Death September 26, 1918 in Clermont Ferrand France

Jean (Joanny) Bricaud

Jean (Joanny) Bricaud

Birth February 11, 1881 Neuville Sur Ain

Death Living

Death February 24, 1934

 

 

 

 

 

Jean Bricaud had studied for the priesthood at a Roman Catholic seminary, at the desire of his parents. At the age of 16 he had left the seminary and started to work as an employee of the Crédit Lyonnais. In Lyon he starts to visit Elie Alta ( author of i.a "Le Tarot Égyptien, ses symboles, ses nombres, son alphabet, 1863 ) , the spiritist and therapeutist Bouvier, pupil of Eliphas Jacques Charrot, who instructs Bricaud into the Kabbalah and Occult philosophy. In 1889 Bricaud corresponds with Brahme Kopp-Robur, who dissuades Bricaud from embracing a religion incomprehensible to the western mind. In 1889 Bricaud also met Papus. In 1901 Synésius consecrated Jean Bricaud as Bishop into the "Église Gnostique". Bricaud, Tau Johannes, received the "Episcopate of the Diocese of Grenoble-Lyon".  

 

       

Constant Martin Chevillon

Constant Chevillon (born October 26, 1880 in Annoire (Jura); died March 23, 1944 in Lyon) was Grand Master of the Freemasonry Rite of Memphis-Misraïm and head of FUDOFSI and other occult societies.
As a member of the Rosicrucian Fraternity, he was opposed to Harvey Spencer Lewis' AMORC and FUDOSI.
He was enthroned as Patriarch of the Eglise Gnostique Universelle after Jean Bricaud, and succeeded by one of his students, René Chambellant, who maintained the compendium of esoteric societies in cooperation with the Gnostic church.
At an early age, his prodigious memory and learning genius made their debut and the priest decided to teach him Latin. At the age of twelve, he entered the College of Montciel, near Lone-le Saulnier (Jura). He studied Literature, Ancient History, the Classics and Philosophy.
He moved on to higher branches of learning, receiving a Bachelor's degree at the Faculty of Letters at Lyon where he also received his Licentiate's Degree and a Fellowship.
He studied philosophy under the celebrated Professor Arthur Hennequin. He knew Socrates' Precepts of Self-knowledge, but the one that guided his life was: "Renounce thyself while serving others". His philosophy professor was such an ideal for him that after Hennequin's death, he left the University.

He went to work at the General Society, a bank in Lyon and worked there until 1913. Later he went to work for the Banque Nationale de Credit in Lyon and continued his work there until his death.
With the outbreak of World War II and the invasion of France and Belgium, came Nazi persecution for the Martinist Orders. In 1940, in all the territories occupied by German forces, secret societies were prohibited, by the Nazis. Although in as yet unoccupied France, the Vichy government issued a decree dissolving all Masonic and secret socities. With the occupation of the remainder of France, the persecutions increased. On Apr. 23, 1944, Constant Chevillon was assassinated as he answered the door to his home by the so-called “French Militia”, which was an organization of French Nazis organized under the German Gestapo.           

Tau Renatus

René Chambellant  Birth 1907   1944 Elus Cohen Age: 37 initiated by Ambelain   1945 Tau Renatus was elected as the successor to the martyred Constant Martin Chevillon Age: 38 The E.G.U. was revived after the war; and in 1945 Tau Renatus was elected as the successor to the martyred Chevillon. Renatus was succeeded in 1948 by Charles-Henry Dupont (Tau Charles-Henry), who stepped down in 1960 in favor of Robert Ambelain (Tau Jean   1959 26 Apr Served in the Legislative assembly of the Central African Republic Age: 52 Cental Africa History: The two vacant seats (left by the death of Boganda and Fayama) and a third seat won by the MESAN party (Député Boybou) but declared illegal by Constitutional Council--all of these seats were in the 2nd constituency--were filled in a by-election.   Death 1993  Age: 86 no direct successor was appointed - Chambellant was succeeded by his surviving Episcopal college, led by Tau Johannes, Tau Gilbertus and Tau Christianus. In the 1970's Chambellant, who was a "Constitutional Patriarch" according to the Synésius Constitution