Magical organization
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A magical organization is an organization put up for the furtherance of its members by use of magic or to further the knowledge of magic among its members. This is a collective name of hermetical orders, Wicca circles, esoteric societies, arcane colleges, witches' covens and innumerable other such names.
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[edit] Significant orders and organizations
[edit] Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn has been credited with a vast revival of occult literature and practices and was founded in 1887 or 1888 by William Wynn Westcott, Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers and William Robert Woodman. The teachings of the Order include Enochian magic, Christian mysticism, Kabbalah, Hermeticism, the paganism of ancient Egypt, Theurgy, and Alchemy.
[edit] Ordo Templi Orientis
Ordo Templi Orientis was founded by Carl Kellner in 1895. The Order was reworked by Aleister Crowley after he took control of the Order in the early 1920s. The Order teaches Magick and Thelema.
[edit] Argenteum Astrum
The Argenteum Astrum, (or A∴A∴) was created in 1907 by Aleister Crowley and also teaches Magick and Thelema. Their main text is the Book of the Law.
[edit] Builders of the Adytum
The Builders of the Adytum (or B.O.T.A.) was created by Paul Foster Case and was extended by Dr. Ann Davies. It teaches the Kabbalah, astrology and the tarot.
[edit] Other magical organizations
Some (in many cases, equally notable) organizations.
- Ancient Mystical Order of the Rose Cross
- College of Thelema
- Confraternity of the Rose Cross
- Dragon Rouge
- Fraternitas Rosae Crucis
- FUDOSI
- FUDOFSI
- The Illuminati and related orders
- Illuminates of Thanateros
- Order Militia Crucifera Evangelica
- Servants of the Light
- Theosophical Society