branches, which include Study Centers of Universal Wisdom, Ashrams, Initiatic Colleges, Institutes for Perfectionment, Yoga Institutes, Social Services, etc., while also giving more than 2,500 lectures and workshops to Universities, Medical Faculties, Rotary Clubs, the Red Cross, The French Alliance, Cultural Center, Public Schools, Churches, Freemasonry Temples, Rosicrucian Chapters as well as Theosophical Society Chapters. [Yet, although he visited many countries, the Brotherhood and some of its ramifications exist in more or less 25 countries, mostly Latin-American, which were not necessarily the ones he visited. For instance, the UGB doesn't exist in the East, and in Europe it only operates in Spain, Italy and Norway]. He was accepted and received everywhere with enthusiasm. He presented a clear and well-balanced teaching, both scientific and metaphysical, neither predominantly orientalist or occidentalist. His teachings were many and varied and included Buddhism, The Bible, Philosophy, Ontology, Geophysics, Cosmobiology, Meta-Astronomy, Medicine, and Hermetic Science. End of Life Upon returning to Europe he stopped dressing in white, settling down in Nice, France. He began to write The Psychological Proposals, Volumes 1 through 36, with the help of this secretary and partner, Catherine Cucchietti and his 61 circular letters. By this time he had already written the books : The Great Messages, Yug, Yoga Yoghism, Art in The New Age, and The Black Book Of Freemasonry, with black signifying the color of gunpowder. He died in Nice. References External links Serge Raynaud Webpage webpage Elder Brother Jose Manuel Estrada had this to say about the book published by the Drs estranged wife. "Every Spiritual teacher has a Judas". Further references González, O. La Aurora de Una Nueva Era. Ed. GFU, Caracas; 1972 Alvarez Bravo, Arturo "El Maestre – Cronobiografía", México, D.F; 1988 Alcalde. C. L. Movimientos Religiosos Libres. Lima; Concynet, 1988 Siegel, P. Serge Raynaud de la Ferrière: Aspectos Biográficos. São Paulo: Author's edition, 2014. Louisa De la Ferriete. Los Falsos Maestros, 1989 1916 births French astrologers 1962 deaths Cult leaders 20th-century astrologers