> "i'm just a good goy" -aleister crowley an interesting fact is that some followers of esoteric groups performed roles in the secret services of their own countries. a key figure in this sense is the german theodor reuss, of the occult ordo templi orientis society, teacher of the englishman satanist aleister crowley.  crowley a freemason, also a master of the occult and agent of the british services at the same time, at the end of the nineteenth century joined the celebrated golden dawn  a derivation, as has been said, of the rosicrucian society  and then founded an english offshoot of the ordo templi orientis. the golden dawn was in its turn linked with german associations connected to the secret doctrine of the russian madame elena blavatsky  founder in new york, in 1875, of the theosophical societyand to the anthroposophy of rudolph steiner.  in the same year, that german general karl haushofer founded the order brder des lichts (brothers of the light). ironically, aleister crowley, the worldwide famous occultist/satanist/freemason and british secret agent joined haushofers group. in fact, aleister crowley attended some of adolf hitlers most important meetings, especially the one, hitler scheduled to reorganize the nazi party in 1925. the ordo templi orientis and the golden dawn were associated with secret russian, british and german societies, especially with madame elena blavatskys theosophical society, established in new york city in 1875, rudolph steiner, the brde des lichts, and rudolf von sebottendorff, founder of thule gesellschft (thule society) which attracted adolf hitler, heinrich himmler, karl haushofer, jrg lanz von liebenfels, alfred rosenberg, halford john mackinder, and hans frank. the blend of esotericism, occultism and so-called british-german mysticism deeply influenced hitler, which was an alarming movement and was in sharp contrast with maria orsics metaphysical and occult movement.
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