Fraternity of the Inner Light
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The Fraternity of the Inner Light was a 20th-century British occult and mystical society known for its ceremonial magic, esoteric teachings, and influence on modern Western esotericism.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fraternity of the Inner Light canonical | 1 |
| Society of the Inner Light | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5411708 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fraternity of the Inner Light Context triple: [Dion Fortune, founderOf, Fraternity of the Inner Light]
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A.
Fellowcraft
Fellowcraft is the second degree in Freemasonry, representing a stage of moral and intellectual development between the Entered Apprentice and Master Mason.
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B.
League for Spiritual Discovery
The League for Spiritual Discovery was a 1960s psychedelic church founded by Timothy Leary to promote the sacramental use of LSD for spiritual and consciousness exploration.
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C.
Lodge of Perfection
The Lodge of Perfection is a Masonic body within the Scottish Rite that administers and confers the early degrees of the Rite, typically focusing on moral, philosophical, and symbolic teachings.
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D.
Iron Council
Iron Council is a 2004 fantasy novel by China Miéville set in his Bas-Lag universe, blending revolutionary politics with weird, industrialized magic.
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E.
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn was a late 19th-century British occult society that profoundly shaped modern Western esotericism, ceremonial magic, and mystical traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fraternity of the Inner Light Target entity description: The Fraternity of the Inner Light was a 20th-century British occult and mystical society known for its ceremonial magic, esoteric teachings, and influence on modern Western esotericism.
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A.
Fellowcraft
Fellowcraft is the second degree in Freemasonry, representing a stage of moral and intellectual development between the Entered Apprentice and Master Mason.
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B.
League for Spiritual Discovery
The League for Spiritual Discovery was a 1960s psychedelic church founded by Timothy Leary to promote the sacramental use of LSD for spiritual and consciousness exploration.
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C.
Lodge of Perfection
The Lodge of Perfection is a Masonic body within the Scottish Rite that administers and confers the early degrees of the Rite, typically focusing on moral, philosophical, and symbolic teachings.
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D.
Iron Council
Iron Council is a 2004 fantasy novel by China Miéville set in his Bas-Lag universe, blending revolutionary politics with weird, industrialized magic.
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E.
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn was a late 19th-century British occult society that profoundly shaped modern Western esotericism, ceremonial magic, and mystical traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ceremonial magic organization
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esoteric order ⓘ occult society ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Society of the Inner Light NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British occult revival
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Dion Fortune’s writings ⓘ |
| coreTeaching |
Qabalistic pathworking
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esoteric Christianity ⓘ inner plane contacts ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| field |
Western mystery tradition
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mysticism ⓘ occultism ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Dion Fortune NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFocus |
mystical training
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occult study ⓘ spiritual development ⓘ |
| hasLeader | Dion Fortune NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophy | synthesis of psychology and occultism ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century ceremonial magic
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modern Western esotericism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian mysticism
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Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn NERFINISHED ⓘ Kabbalah NERFINISHED ⓘ Theosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| membershipType | initiatory ⓘ |
| organizationalType | initiatory order ⓘ |
| orientation |
Christian esoteric
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Hermetic ⓘ Qabalistic ⓘ |
| practices |
ceremonial magic
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meditation ⓘ psychic development ⓘ ritual magic ⓘ |
| region | Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Western esotericism ⓘ |
| teaches |
astral work
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esoteric symbolism ⓘ magical ritual ⓘ |
| tradition | Golden Dawn-derived magical tradition ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Fraternity of the Inner Light Description of subject: The Fraternity of the Inner Light was a 20th-century British occult and mystical society known for its ceremonial magic, esoteric teachings, and influence on modern Western esotericism.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Society of the Inner Light