Christopher Hyatt

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Christopher Hyatt (July 12, 1943—February 9, 2008) was an American occultist, author, and founder of the Extreme Individual Institute (EII).Using his birth name, Alan Ronald Miller, he has served as president of New Falcon Publications.

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[edit] Early life

A native of Chicago, Alan Miller, the son of police lieutenant Leonard Miller and his wife, Bertha Freidman, was born during what he described as the "roaring war years". Writing and speaking as Christopher Hyatt, he gave two different accounts of the end of his high school career. In the first account, he claimed that he dropped out of high school at the age of sixteen, working instead as a dishwasher and cook, roaming around the United States.[1] Contradicting this account, his website biography, stated that he was "thrown out of high school at 16 for drinking and dealing", then joined the navy at age 17, completing his military GED, and pimping prostitutes at age 18.

[edit] The Occult

Christopher Hyatt's interest in the occult began in his early twenties. His desire to further pursue his studies in magick resulted in meeting Israel Regardie in Studio City in the 1970s. Regardie introduced Hyatt to Reichian therapy, which he insisted Hyatt learn prior to any magickal pursuits. Regardie further instructed Hyatt in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Hyatt has belonged to such occult organizations as the Ordo Templi Orientis, and once headed the Thelemic Golden Dawn.[2]

[edit] Academic career

Christopher S. Hyatt, Ph.D., Adv. M.ED. was trained in experimental and clinical psychology and practiced as a psychotherapist for many years. As Alan Miller, he used the 18 units earned fom his military GED towards his first academic career at Los Angeles City College, where he studied accounting for two years. He later changed his graduate to General Psychology, earning Masters Degrees in Experimental Psychology and Medical Education and Counselling. He was a member of a Freudian clinic in Southern California. He spent almost a year studying hypnosis at the Hypnosis Motivation Institute in Los Angeles. He also studied hypnosis at the University of California, Irvine. Alan Miller has Ph.D.s in both Clinical Psychology and Human Behavior, eventually earning a Post Doctorate in Criminal Justice.[3] Some of the techniques he employs include a blend of Reichian physiotherapy and tantric yoga. He also incorporates hypnosis alongside his body work with patients and students. According to his website: "He left academia and state sponsored psychology to become an explorer of the human mind."

Hyatt claims on his website that as a research scientist he has published "numerous" peer-reviewed articles in professional journals and was a Research Fellow at the University of Toronto and the University of Southern California. However, his website does not provide any references or name any of the journals he claims to have published in, making verification of his academic credentials difficult.

Christopher Hyatt died of cancer in Scottsdale, Arizona at the age of 64.

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Hyatt, Christopher; Zehm Aloim. The Magic of Israel Regardie. New Falcon Publishing. ISBN 1-56184-230-3. 
  2. ^ Hyatt, Christopher; Zehm Aloim. The Magic of Israel Regardie. New Falcon Publishing. ISBN 1-56184-230-3. 
  3. ^ Hyatt, Christopher; S. Jason Black, Zehm Aloim & Israel Regardie. Techniques for Undoing Yourself. New Falcon Publishing. ISBN 1-56184-280-X. 
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