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Personalities in Thelema

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Past Masters of O.T.O.

  • Karl Germer (1885-1962) Fr. Saturnus, Outer Head of O.T.O. from 1947 until his death in 1962
  • Charles Stansfeld Jones (1886-1950) Fr. Parzival X° for the United States, discovered the Key of the Law
  • Carl Kellner (1851-1905) Fr. Renatus, spiritual founder of Ordo Templi Oriestis
  • Grady McMurtry (1918-1985) Fr. Hymenaeus Alpha X°, OHO of Ordo Templi Orientis from 1965 to 1985
  • 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

Scarlet Women

  • 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
  • Mary Desti (1878-1927) better known as Isadora Duncan, considered creater of modern dance, companion of Crowley
  • Leah Hirsig (1883–1951) Sr. Alostrael, A Scarlet Woman, companion of Crowley, co-founder of Cefalù
  • Regina Kahl (1891-1945) member of Agape Lodge #2 O.T.O., first priestess in a public Gnostic Mass
  • Maria de Miramar (1894-196?) The second wife of Aleister Crowley
  • Dorothy Olsen Sr. Astrid, a Scarlet Woman; student and companion of Crowley
  • Phyllis Seckler (1917-2004) Sr. Meral IXº O.T.O., 5=6 A.'.A.'., founder College of Thelema.
  • Leila Waddell (1880–1932) LAYLAH, companion of Crowley, inspiration for The Book of Lies, accomplished violinist
  • Jane Wolfe (1875-1958) Sr. Estai, acquaintance of Aleister Crowley, resident at Cefalù, actress in silent films

Notable members of O.T.O.

Notable members of A.'.A.'.

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Notable members of the Golden Dawn

  • Allan Bennett (1872-1923) member of the Golden Dawn, teacher of Aleister Crowley, founder of the Buddhist Society
  • Dion Fortune (1891-1946) member of the Golden Dawn, esoteric author, founder of the Society of the Inner Light
  • George Cecil Jones member of the Golden Dawn and founder, with Aleister Crowley, of the A.'.A.'.
  • Samuel Mathers (1854-1918) founder of the Golden Dawn, teacher and later enemy of Crowley
  • Israel Regardie (1907-1985) member of the Golden Dawn, author, student of Crowley
  • 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
  • William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Poet, mystic, member of the Golden Dawn
  • William Wynn Westcott (1848-1925) Co-founder of the Golden Dawn, Supreme Magus of S.R.I.A., Freemason, member Theosophical Society

Personalities in Gnosticism

Other occult personalities

  • Helena Blavatsky (1831-1891) Founder of the Theosophical Society
  • John Dee (1527-1608) British mathematician, astronomer and consultant to Elizabeth I; discoverer of Enochian magick
  • Anna Kingsford (1846-1888) author; founder and leader of the Hermetic Society
  • Eliphas Levi (1810-1875) a highly influential magician of the 19th century, author of Transcendental Magic.
  • Victor Neuburg (1883-1940) Fr. Omnia Vincam, scribe of The Vision and the Voice, companion of Crowley, Poet
  • Paschal Beverly Randolph (1825-1875)Brotherhood of Eulis, Fratres Rosae Crucis, H.B. of L.
  • Harry Smith (1923-1991) filmmaker, ethnomusicologist, folklorist, archivist, E.G.C. bishop
  • John Yarker (1833-1913) English Masonic scholar and organizer, issued charters used by Theodor Reuss to establish Masonic features of O.T.O.
  • Gerald Yorke (1901-1983) preeminent archivist of Crowley materials
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