Serge Raynaud de la Ferrière (born 18 January 1916 in Paris) is a French astrologer.
Ferrière was the founder and first of the Universal Great Brotherhood in Caracas, Venezuela on January 18, 1948. During World War II Ferrière's astrological predictions were published by several magazines and newspapers. In 1947 he established the World Cosmobiology Society, using the term with a wider and different meaning than the original concept from the Hamburg School of Astrology. That same year he had an encounter with his Master S.W.K. who sent him to South America on a worldwide trip that took him to Australia. After his return to Europe in 1953, he lived at Nice, France, and finished several writings The 7 Great Messages, The 36 Psychological Purposes, The 52 Booklets on the Magic of Wisdom, The 62 Letters, The Black Book on Freemasonry, amongst others. 27 December 1962 (his Maha Samadhi's date) looked like the opening of a real New Age to his disciples, followers and readers. He quotes the relevance of Astrology as a path for Self Realization and the core of Initiatic Tradition rather than an instrument or technic for devination and forecasting (in despite of his claimed achievements in this field). At the same time, he emphasizes the importance of a method of self-control to escape from the cosmic and planetary influences.
