Serge Raynaud de la Ferrière (18 January 1916 – 27 December 1962) was a French Initiatic philosopher. He was born in Paris, France, the son of Georges Constantine Louis Raynaud, who was an engineer, and Virginie Marie Billet. His parents moved to Brussels, Belgium when he was two years old, and his mother died there when he was only five years of age. He studied at several schools, and attended the Université Catholique de Louvain where he graduated as a mining engineer in the footsteps of his father and grandfather. Although he grew up and studied in Belgium he would return to his native France in his early twenties. [he returned to France when he was released from the army, in 1940. This data is registered in the military files. In 1941, he met Louise Baudin to whom he was married in 1944, and with whom he travelled to America, in 1947]. He founded the original Universal Great Brotherhood in 1948 in Caracas, Venezuela that later up today, deformed to have a sectarian nature. Life and education At an early age, de la Ferriere investigated man's relationship with the universe, ancient cultures, linguistics, philosophy, medicine, theology, parapsychology, esoterism and metaphysical studies. During World War II, Dr. de la Ferriere returned to France worked as a psychologist and began his research into the sciences of astronomy and astrology. Serge Raynaud de la Ferrière presented a list of initiatic and academic titles and degrees to his disciples. The Universal Great Brotherhood As Yoga continued to persist as the central point of his interest, Serge, without discarding his responsibilities, public activities, or scientific investigations, slowly began to partake in various initiations within the science and ancient tradition of the Great Rishis and Yogis of India and Tibet. During 1944-1947 he composed various scientific organizations and held many conferences where he expounded upon his theories. In 1946, as President of the International Federation of Scientific Societies, he asked the French Government to financially sponsor a research expedition to study the ancient civilizations of South America; his request was denied. In February, 1947, he established The World Organization of Cosmobiology. On November 12, 1947, Dr. Serge left Europe and traveled to the American Continent. He arrived at New York City and established the first center for the Universal Great Brotherhood. The Universal Great Brotherhood was created as a non-sectarian, and non-religious establishment, and all philosophies,