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==Aleister Crowley== | ==Aleister Crowley== | ||
While in Algeria in 1909, Crowley, along with Victor Neuburg, recited numerous Enochian Calls or Aires. After the fifteenth Aire, Crowley said he was told that he had attained the grade of Magister Templi (Master of the Temple), which meant that he himself was now on the level of these [[Secret Chiefs]], although this declaration caused many legitimate occultists to stop taking him seriously if they had not done so already. He also described this attainment as a possible and in fact a necessary step for all who truly followed his path. In 1947, when Aleister Crowley died, he left behind a sketch of one of the "Secret Chiefs", Crowley's invisible mentor that he called LAM. The sketch looks like a [[Grey Alien]]. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Chiefs Secret Chiefs]</ref> | While in Algeria in 1909, Crowley, along with Victor Neuburg, recited numerous Enochian Calls or Aires. After the fifteenth Aire, Crowley said he was told that he had attained the grade of Magister Templi (Master of the Temple), which meant that he himself was now on the level of these [[Secret Chiefs]], although this declaration caused many legitimate occultists to stop taking him seriously if they had not done so already. He also described this attainment as a possible and in fact a necessary step for all who truly followed his path. In 1947, when Aleister Crowley died, he left behind a sketch of one of the "Secret Chiefs", Crowley's invisible mentor that he called LAM. The sketch looks like a [[Grey Alien]]. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Chiefs Secret Chiefs]</ref> | ||
==G. I. Gurdjieff== | |||
The Graeco-Armenian G. I. Gurdjieff's teachings, known as the Fourth Way, mentioned a "Universal Brotherhood" and also a mysterious group of monks called the Sarmoung. Both groups were described as in possession of advanced knowledge and powers, and as being open to suitable candidates from all creeds. He also believed in advanced kinds of humans called "man number 6" and "man number seven", of whom he said:- | |||
''They cannot perform actions opposed to their understanding or have an understanding which is not expressed by actions. At the same time there can be no discords among them, no differences of understanding. Therefore their activity is entirely co-ordinated and leads to one common aim without any kind of compulsion because it is based upon a common and identical understanding.'' | |||
...although he never explicitly linked "higher man" to his "brotherhoods. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||