Modern Magical Societies

The OCS Society for Magical Sciences
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Years ago in New England a number of magical people found themselves meeting
frequently to work many kinds of magic to aid those close to themselves and ended
 up teaching each other all that they knew. Over time they took to battling against
various forces of destruction affecting the lives of people the World over. For years
 the tasks got harder and more dangerous, becoming a relentless fight against
anything that was working evil on a large scale. This activity took its toll on the group
 and their mission was inevitably changed.

The OCS was eventually reformed becoming a more academic Magical Society
now numbering five official members and many unofficial liaisons. The mission being
the relentlesss study, discussion and dissemination of many levels of magical knowledge
without the normal secrecy attached. The members of the OCS are individuals and
each have their own special knowledge and talents. Unlike Magical Societies of the
past, there is an open sharing of every type of Magic known, between them there are
generations of different Magical Traditions as well as many years of personal practice.
The OCS has always been a closed group though recently members have been in
serious deliberation over the matter of opening the group to new memberships.


The Golden Dawn
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Known as "The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn" is the first of three
Magical Orders that were started in England in the late 19th century.
Through initiation members are taught a number of magical systems and
esoteric philosophies. Most fundamental of which is the understanding
of the four Elements: Fire, Earth, Air and Water.

There teachings are a patchwork of "Truths" and wisdoms taken from such
sources as Ancient Egypt, Christianity, Judaism and Hellenist Greece.
The main function of these teachings is to bring the students into "The
Light of Truth".

Rosicrucians
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"The Ruby Rose and Cross of Gold" The Rosicrucian Order is a magical
system and they except members of all faiths and spiritual paths.
This is the second magical order after the "Hermetic Order of the Golden
Dawn" in which those who have completed the requirements of the First Order
are taught more advanced magics and principals like Alchemy and Astral travel.

They teach people how the whole of the spectrum of metaphysics is connected
and us with it. Their goal is to become the most powerful you as a person can be.

The third magical order accessible to only a few is the order of "The Secret Chiefs".