The Teachers
A Teacher
Theodor Reuss
The occultist who built the O.T.O. and recruited Aleister Crowley.
The transmission
Theodor Reuss was an Anglo-German occultist, journalist, and singer who became a Freemason in 1876. Around 1895 he began discussing the formation of Ordo Templi Orientis with Carl Kellner, and the order’s origins trace to Kellner, Reuss, Heinrich Klein, and Franz Hartmann. Reuss served as Outer Head of the Order from 1905 until 1923.
What they gave
He organized and led the Ordo Templi Orientis, synthesizing Masonic and esoteric currents into its degree system, and recruited Aleister Crowley into the order.
The line they stand in
As co-founder and Outer Head of Ordo Templi Orientis, he passed leadership and authority that Crowley would later carry forward.