 He became a Freemason in 1901, and entered the "Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia" in 1902.In 1903 Waite founded the Independent and Rectified Order R. R. et A. C. This Order was disbanded in 1914.The Golden Dawn was torn by internal feuding until Waite's departure in 1914; in July 1915 he formed the Fellowship of the Rosy Cross, not to be confused with the "Societas Rosicruciana".