Personalities in Thelema

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• The Gnostic Saints—listed in Liber XV, the Gnostic Mass
• Aleister Crowley (1875–1947) Prophet of Thelema, Scribe of the Book of the Law, OHO of O.T.O. from 1922 to 1947
• Allan Bennett (1872-1923) member of the Golden Dawn, teacher of Aleister Crowley, founder of the Buddhist Society
• Helena Blavatsky (1831-1891) Founder of the Theosophical Society
• Jean Bricaud (1881-1934) A founder of the Gnostic Catholic Church
• Mary Butts (1892-1937) author, acquaintance of Aleister Crowley, resident at Cefalù
• Rose Edith Crowley (1874-1932) Rose Edith Kelly, first wife of Aleister Crowley, the first Scarlet Woman
• Maria de Miramar (1894-196?) The second wife of Aleister Crowley
• John Dee (1527-1608) British mathematician, astronomer and consultant to Elizabeth I; discoverer of Enochian magick
• Mary Desti (1878-1927) better known as Isadora Duncan, considered creater of modern dance, companion of Crowley
• Jules Doinel (1842-1903) founder of The Gnostic Church
• Gérard Encausse (1865-1916) A founder of the Gnostic Catholic Church
• Robert Fludd (1574-1637) known as Robertus de Fluctibus, occult philosopher and mystic
• Dion Fortune (1891-1946) member of the Golden Dawn, esoteric author, founder of the Society of the Inner Light
• J.F.C. Fuller (1876-1966) British general, military historian, acquaintance of Aleister Crowley
• Karl Germer (1885-1962) Fr. Saturnus, Outer Head of O.T.O. from 1947 until his death in 1962
• Franz Hartmann (1838 - 1912) Theosophical and Rosicrucian scholar, co-founder of Ordo Templi Orientis
• Leah Hirsig (1883–1951) Sr. Alostrael, A Scarlet Woman, companion of Crowley, co-founder of Cefalù
• Charles Stansfeld Jones (1886-1950) Fr. Parzival X° for the United States, discovered the Key of the Law
• George Cecil Jones member of the Golden Dawn
• Regina Kahl (1891-1945) member of Agape Lodge #2 O.T.O., first priestess in a public Gnostic Mass
• Carl Kellner (1851-1905) Fr. Renatus, spiritual founder of Ordo Templi Oriestis
• Heinrich Klein (?-1913) a co-founder of Ordo Templi Orientis
• Grady McMurtry (1918-1985) Fr. Hymenaeus Alpha X°, OHO of Ordo Templi Orientis from 1965 to 1985
• Samuel Mathers (1854-1918) founder of the Golden Dawn, enemy of Crowley
• Frederick Mellinger (1890-1970) Fr. Merlinus
• Hermann Metzger (1919-1990) Fr. Paragranus
• Victor Neuburg (1883-1940) Fr. Omnia Vincam, scribe of The Vision and the Voice, companion of Crowley, Poet
• Dorothy Olsen Sr. Astrid, a Scarlet Woman; student and companion of Crowley
• Jack Parsons (1914-1952) Fr. Belarion, co-founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), writer of The Babalon Working, co-founder of Agape Lodge #2 O.T.O.
• Israel Regardie (1907-1985) member of the Golden Dawn, author, student of Crowley
• Theodor Reuss (1855-1923) Fr. Merlin or Peregrinus, first OHO of Ordo Templi Orientis
• Wilfred Talbot Smith (1885-1957) Fr. Ramaka X°, first priest in a public Gnostic Mass
• Leila Waddell (1880–1932) LAYLAH, companion of Crowley, inspiration for The Book of Lies, accomplished violinist
• A.E. Waite (1857-1942) occultist, co-creator of the Rider-Waite Tarot deck, member of the Golden Dawn, founder of the Fellowship of the Rosy Cross
• Jane Wolfe (1875-1958) Sr. Estai, acquaintance of Aleister Crowley, resident at Cefalù, actess in silent films
• William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Poet, mystic, member of the Golden Dawn
• John Yarker (1833-1913) English Masonic scholar, sold Theodor Reuss a charter to operate systems of Freemasonry
• Gerald Yorke (1901-1983)