Nicolas Laos (b. 1974) is a published researcher and consultant in philosophy, mathematical analysis, and political economy. After becoming a Master Mason in England, he followed an international Freemasonic career which led him to the highest degrees and offices of appendant Masonic Orders (including the Scottish Rite in Italy and the Rite of Memphis-Misraim in the U.S.A. and Serbia). He has composed a new Masonic Rite called The Modern and Perfecting Rite of Symbolic Masonry, and he is the Founding Grand Master of the Autonomous Order of the Modern and Perfecting Rite of Symbolic Masonry.