Differs from conventional Freemasonry in that its members can be not only men but also women and also of any religion. The initiation fee is stiffer as well.

According to its founder, Cagliostro, its secrets derived from gleanings of the biblica prophets Enoch and Elias and included physical and moral regeneration, a state of perpetual youth, beauty and innocence as well as a formula for eternal life.