Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of Hertfordshire

The S.R.I.A. is an independent Christian society, all its members being Master Masons, who accept and believe in the fundamental principles of the Trinitarian Christian faith.

It is organised in nine grades, each with an appropriate ritual. In addition to these ceremonies, members are encouraged to write and give original papers, to listen and to learn, and by study and giving to others the result of that study, to take an active part in working out the great problems of life and understanding the art, wisdom and literature of the Ancient World.

Thus the aim of the Society is to facilitate the study of the system of philosophy which was inculcated by the original Fratres Rosae Crucs of 1450 AD and based upon the Hermetic, Platonic and Qabalistic teachings of the ancients. The object is to bring Freemasons of philosophic and academic outlook together, that they may encourage each other in the pursuit of their own studies in the field of philosophy and scholarship in the widest sense.

Ultimately its object is to bring its members a few steps nearer to wisdom and the understanding of the true nature of reality.