ARO ⊕ The Oldest Rosicrucian Society  ©
Rose Croix - Rosicrucian Order - Founded 1764 

 Loge de Parfaits d' Écosse ™ Est. 1764 - The First High Degree Masonic Brotherhood in the Continental USA.
“Before the Declaration of Independence,  and Before the Illuminati &  the Skull and Bones”

America's First Mystics - The First Rosicrucian Masonic High Degrees in America ™. The Scottish Lodge of Perfection and Rose Croix Society founded in 1764 in French and Spanish New Orleans. The First American Society and Order of Higher Degrees including the Rose Croix Rosicrucian Initiation in what is now the USA. This is where the First American Rosicrucian Masonic Brotherhood of Metaphysics began.... 

Whether you interpret the history as a Rosicrucian Society, Fraternity, Rosicrucian Lodge,  or a Rosicrucian Order is not important. What is important is that the Renaissance actually flowered in the New World before it was allowed in the Old.

Louisiana was first claimed by European Explorers in 1528. In the old colonial city of New Orleans in 1764, a group of Dutch, French, Spanish and Central Europeans founded the secret “Loge de Parfaits” or Lodge of Perfection which was the first organization in the Americas to offer the 25 higher initiations and degrees of Mysticism, Masonry and Rosicrucianism sometimes referred to as “  The Rites of the Royal Secrets” or  Loge de Parfaits d' Écosse  or Scottish Lodge of Perfection.

Only in New Orleans, the combination of Hellenistic Oriental religious bodies, Italian Brotherhoods, African magical cults, and secret orders would be founded such as the: Mystic Greek Orthodox Church USA, the Italian Mafia, the Arts of African Hoodoo/Voodoo, American Pagan Heathen Carnival, and Mardi Gras. In the City that allowed America to be finally freed from European domination at the Battle of New Orleans, a spiritual renaissance had flowered secretly under the influences of France, Spain, England and massive immigrations from Italy, Germany, Ireland and many other central European powers.

Louisiana was purchased by the USA in 1803, but before this event, the mystical rites of the Secret Loge de Parfaits had a rich history in New Orleans. To this day, New Orleans is rich in culture, mythology, and spirituality as evidenced in the secret krewes, clubs, and orders related to Mardi Gras and carnival. Some of the largest fraternal and societal cemeteries in the world are located in New Orleans. This site is dedicated to the Higher Teachings of the first Rose Croix Illumaniti in the New World as a Sovereign Body in the Americas.

The Ancient Mystical Loge de Parfaits in America is a trademarked and copyright protected society that is an active Masonic Rosicrucian Research Socitey and Fellowship.

All Rights Reserved
LDP 1764-2009
Loge   de Parfaits d' Écosse is a registered mark in Louisiana and protected under copyright and trademark law in the United States and Globally via treaties, GATT, WIPO, and the Uniform Copyright Convention. First Use 1764 in New Orleans, Louisiana.