20, The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and
many other orders of equal merit, if of less
fame.
It does not include the A..A.. with which august
Body it is, however, in close alliance.
3+ The dispersion of the original seeret wisdom having
led to confusion, it was determined by the Chiefs of all
these Orders to recombine and centralize their activi
evenas white light, divided ina prism, may be recomposed.
It embodies the whole of the secret knowledge of all
Oriental Orders; and its chiefs are initiates of the highest
rank, and recognized as such by all capable of such recog
nition in every country in the world.
In more remote times, the O. T. O. included such
men as
Fohi
Laotze
Siddartha
Krishna
Tahuti
Ankh.fenckhonsu
Herakles
Orpheus
Odysseus
Vergilius
Catullus
Martialis
Apollonius Tyanaeus
‘Simon Magus
Manes
Basilides
Valentinus
Bardesanes
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Hippolytus
Merlin
Arthur
Titurel
Amfortas
Percivale
Wan
Mosheh
Dionysus
Mahmud
Hermes
Pan
Dante
Carolus Magnus
William of Schyren
Frederick of Hohenstaufen
Roger Bacon
Jacobus Burgundus Molensis