An order which existed in Sweden in 1770, deriving its origin from one credited with being founded in London by Elias Ashmole, based on the doctrines of Bacon's *New Atlantis*. A few similar societies were subsequently founded in Russia and France. Notably, Thory mentions in his book, *Acta Latomorum*, that one such society was established in 1776 by the Mother Lodge of Avignon.