The Fraternitas Rosicruciana Antiqua (FRA) is a Rosicrucian Order originally established by German occultist Dr. Arnold Krumm-Heller

Arnold Krumm-Heller

Arnold Krumm-Heller was a German doctor, occultist, Rosicrucian, and founder of Fraternitas Rosicruciana Antiqua , a traditional Hermetic order that operates in Brazil. Krumm-Heller was born April 15, 1876 and died in 1949 in Marburg, Germany.He travelled to Latin America when he was quite young...

, and acts in Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

 and Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

-speaking countries. In Brazil, it was established in 1932 and has had its headquarters in Rio De Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

 since 1933. The Brazilian FRA is associated with Fraternitas Rosae Crucis

Fraternitas Rosae Crucis

Fraternitas Rosae Crucis is a Rosicrucian fraternal organization founded by Paschal Beverly Randolph in 1858, and is the oldest Rosicrucian Order in the US...

 (FRC), a Rosicrucian fraternity with its headquarters in U.S.A., and with the Ecclesia Gnostica, its ecclesiastical branch.