David Griffin is S.L. MacGregor Mathers' present sucessor as Archon Basileus of the Rosicrucian Order of Alpha et Omega, Imperator of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and Chief Adept of the R.R. et A.C. Griffin is fluent in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, and English. David is today charged with the mission to train Magicians in the ancient Hermetic Mysteries of Solar Ascension.
Griffin is also a high grade Freemason (33, 90, 96 Degree – Ancient and Primitive Rite of Memphis-Mizraim – in possession of the complete and true Arcana Arcanorum), a Gnostic Bishop (holding multiple lines of affiliation), an initiate of several other Continental European Rosicrucian and Hermetic societies whose names remain secret, and holds the esoteric transmissions of the Gold und Rosenkreutz Order, the Asiatic Brethren (Fratres Lucis), the Frères Ainées de la Rose Croix (F.A.R.+C.), and several other Rosicrucian and Hermetic orders and societies.
Griffin holds substantial additional Rosicrucian initiatic transmissions. These include the Gold und Rosenkreutz Order, the Asiatic Brethren, the Societas Rosicruciana of Backstrom, Reaux Croix, and the Rose Cross of Egypt (Rose Croix d'Orient). From 1992-1994, Cris Monnastre regularly initiated and advanced David Griffin into each of the Grades of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn at the Alpha et Omega II temple in Los Angeles, then into the Portal and Adeptus Minor grades of the R.R. et A.C.
Leslie McQuade is international Cancellaria of the European headquartered, Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn®. Leslie holds multiple Pagan lineages, including HPS of the "del Bosco Sacro" Italian Pagan tradition, as well as HPS of the Isinian mysteries within the Rosicrucian Order of Alpha Omega.
Leslie is a trained anthropologist and archeologist, specializing in Magick and Magickal traditions. Leslie's extensive international experience as a field archaeologist and ethnographer, which includes digs for the Carnegie Mellon museum and the Japanese department of Education, blends the best of academic discoveries in the field of Magick with down-to-earth practical applications learned from native practitioners around the wold !
