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Mystery Schools and orders

Mystery schools and initiatory orders in the Hermetic tradition- the Masons, the Golden Dawn, Crowley's OTO, etc.
Amorc
The modern organization which claims ties to the original Rosicrucian order of the renaissance.
Builders of the Adytum
Builders was begun by former Golden Dawn Order Head Paul Foster Case, and still operates today as a school of Kabbala and Tarot.
Aurum Solis
Possibly the oldest continuous magickal order in existence.
The Arimathea Institute
An esoteric service-oriented initiatic group.
Society of the Inner light
Founded by former Golden Dawn member Dion Fortune, aka Violet Firth, the Society is still in existence.
The Astreum Argentum, or A.A.
A brief history of the Astreum Argentum (Silver Star), more commonly known as the A.A., is the inner order of the Ordo Templi Orientis, or OTO.
The Hermetic Fellowship
Mostly bibliographies of source materials, but a wealth of Hermetic related works.
The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
Claims to be the rightful inheritor of the work of the historical Golden Dawn.
The Ordo Templi Orientis
The infamous Magickal order inherited by Aleister Crowley, which still operates to this day.
Servants of the Light
A quite respectable and dedicated order, founded by W E Butler, a student of Dion Fortune.

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