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INTRODUCTION: The growing importance that the Great Universal Brotherhood, Dr. S. R. de la Ferrière´s Foundation, is acquiring each day all over the world, requires that this Institution be known by means of a popularization work like this present one, in which its objectives, realizations and regulations are exposed. But it is not enough to know what this noble organization is in theory, it is indispensable to demonstrate with palpable facts, by means of pictures and testimonies of diverse nature, its realizations in the field of fraternity and social service. Indeed, the main objective is to ELEVATE THE LEVEL OF HUMANITY´S SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING, which means to instruct mankind with the Sciences that constitute the Initiatic Tradition and to teach them a system of life based on the inner world and not on the external necessities. This means a true education that will bring forth a wiser, more tolerant and serene Humanity. In order to truly and plainly develope peace and fraternity, it is necessary to recognize, previously, the equality of men, so much in the material field as in the spiritual one and only when this high stage of evolution is reached, will fraternity be able to reign and the conviction that we are all children of the same Father, that we are all brothers and sisters and, therefore that we should all "love each other." Fraternal love is an inexhaustible source of energy and of self- denial that induces us to put our efforts to the service of our fellowmen who are in need of help. This is the origin of the social services, one of the basic aspects of the Universal Great Brotherhood. Not all men are lucky of having the same facilities or of receiving the same benefits as others. Some need attendance, either of medical, social or spiritual order, and that is where the U.G.B intervenes actively, where it is required and in accordance with the resources at its disposal, to help, to cure, to serve, to teach and to instruct. It provides assistance, help, medical services, it establishes schools and spiritual retreats for meditation. Its leaders are at the disposal of humanity's service and due to their high cultural, intellectual and spiritual developement, they are more qualified to steer men towards the elevated dwellings where fraternal spirit and universal love reign. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- HUMANITY'S REEDUCATION Science, Religion, Art, Didactics. At the present time, when the events seem to surpass the limit of the average sociology, when the political and religious representatives dispute the supremacy of the masses, the Assemblies of Sages have the duty of assuming the World´s Organization Board for the popularization of Truth. Since the most remote times, a community of evolved beings existed to show men their true mission. That was when education appeared with the objective of relating each one to his true value, without seeking to channel the spirits. Scientists, often limited to the universe conceived by them, have to enlarge their points of view, not only for the well-being in general but also as regards their work, they also have to allow more philosophical principles to intervene, with the purpose of avoiding a deviation toward scientific fanaticism of which the investigation bases, seemingly unalterable, have become relative, and rapidly disposable. At the present moment, after acknowledging the most elementary aspect of things, one can affirm that they are not discoveries, but rather rediscoveries. Religion (from Latin, "religare", to gather, unite) is not understood in our present days, in its true sense... More than three hundred sects frequently assume the name of " Religion ", and the consciences of the men are divided and await an answer in order to solve the tortures of the soul. None of the great philosophies have been able to satisfy the investigators. The main churches have been divided and subdivided into sects and subsects! Intolerance has given birth to fanaticism, opening the way to hatred, stimulated by the political ardors, forgetting that the theology of different religions is built upon identical bases; they only change the terminologies and the ceremonies. Instead of constructing buildings to adore the symbols and emblems of Truth, it would be preferable to worship Truth directly, building a Spiritual Temple of universal dimensions. Art has lost its sacred character a long time ago (we should emphasize its sacred character), and it is time for the artists to return to their true mission offering elements, not solely susceptible ones to the physical senses, but also a synthesis of manifestations that open up a route to the spiritual qualities. The musical scale corresponds to the spectrum of the colors, as well as to metals and very defined forms. The planets of the Cosmos are related with the endocrine glands. A sound is identical to a chromatic vibration, to an astral tonality and its magnetism is related to a neurofluidic centre of the organism, as well as another musical note is at the same time related to its "color", "planet", "metal", "word", to its graphic form and its plexus in the human being, etc.... In the New Age the artistic mission will be able to be achieved by the exteriorización of the individuality, with its psychic attributes; by offering a work of art able to reveal an occult teaching through symbols or at least signs that may serve as bases to true concentration, allowing the individual to be carried out of himself. Professors, psychologists, educators of all classes, are facing the mentality of those who no longer have space for "belief" inside them; therefore, it is necessary to give explanations, avoiding discussing details and rather providing information of a general or global type; for that reason they must dedicate themselves to the most diverse matters and it is also necessary to base the lessons upon enough data, of the most distant sources. Teaching has often been reduced to a dangerous limitation. Men and women of the XXth century want a Mathesis of Knowledge and not a small part of it. It is already time to reveal complete reality, in the abstract things as well as in concrete things, that is, TRUTH. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- What is the U.G.B? The U.G.B., is above all, an Initiatic institution for Humanity's reeducation and, therefore, its bases are determined by an Assembly of Sages. The U.G.B. is a global cultural Institution and, consequently, its members (in the individual or collective sense) can sustain diverse conceptions and even belong to other organizations. On the other hand, the U.G.B. is a generic term that includes numerous other institutions (several organizations work in coordination with the U.G.B. and some associations have even been amalgamated completely). Also, the Institution has a missional board: the Order of Aquarius, where its true members are formed. THE UNIVERSAL GREAT BROTHERHOOD (U.G.B.), Dr. Serge Raynaud de la Ferrière´s Foundation, and its vehicle the MISSION of the ORDER of AQUARIUS, is a civil and cultural organization and its objective is to bring together Science, Art and Religion for an intellectual improvement and a spiritual reeducation, by means of the coalition of all sects, associations, societies, humanitarian, philosophical, scientific, artistic, occult, religious and initiatic societies. The goals of this Institution can be resumed as the following: to unite people, whatever be their belief, nationality, sex and condition, who fight for the supremacy of the Spirit and who agree to establish Peace in the heart of all men, all over the world, in order to carry out a Universal Fraternity, represented at the present moment by more than one hundred and fifty different institutions, amalgamated under the name of UNIVERSAL GREAT BROTHERHOOD. THE UNIVERSAL GREAT BROTHERHOOD is inscribed in the O. N. U. as a Non Governamental Organization, it has also been inscribed in the UNESCO collaborating with its educational programs. It is not a sectarian or political organization. Its 22 Universal Statutes are legally registered in each one of the countries where it works. It works in the social well-being field with: schools for children, literacy campaigns, clinics, libraries, chats to prisoners, feminine servers of social attendance, ecological sport clubs (for children and adults), recreational, theatrical, artistic acts, support groups, colonies for idealistic people, initiatic schools, sanctuaries for mystics, temples for meditation, teachings on compared religions, sciences, art, philosophy, metaphysics, esoterism, psychology, etc. This year is the celebration of the 55nd year of the foundation (January 18th 1948) working worldwide for the union of the people through the Wisdom, the Tolerance and the Peace. Founded in 1948 in the city of Caracas, Venezuela 55 years working for the Peace of the World