Editing Magical organization (section)

==20th century==
[[Alpha et Omega]] was a continuation of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Following a rebellion of [[adept]]s in [[London]] and an ensuing public scandal which brought the name of the Order into disrepute,{{sfnp|Greer|1996|pp=160-63, 244, 263-264, 350}} Mathers renamed the branch of the Golden Dawn remaining loyal to his leadership to "Alpha et Omega" sometime between 1903 and 1913.{{sfnp|King|1971|pp=110-111}} Another faction, led by [[Robert Felkin]], became the [[Stella Matutina]].{{sfnp|King|1989|p=96}}

[[A∴A∴]] was created in 1907 by [[Aleister Crowley]] and [[George Cecil Jones]]. It teaches [[magick]] and [[Thelema]], which is a religion shared by several occult organizations. The main text of Thelema is ''[[The Book of the Law]]''.{{sfnp|Eshelman|2000}}

Ordo Templi Orientis was reworked by Aleister Crowley after he took control of the Order in the early 1920s. [[Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica]] functions as the ecclesiastical arm of Ordo Templi Orientis.{{sfnp|Evans|2007a}}

[[Builders of the Adytum]] (or B.O.T.A.) was created in 1922 by [[Paul Foster Case]] and was extended by Dr. [[Ann Davies (occultist)|Ann Davies]]. It teaches [[Hermetic Qabalah]], [[astrology]] and occult [[tarot]].{{sfnp|Clark|2013}}

Also in 1922, after a falling-out with [[Moina Mathers]]{{sfnp|King|1989|p=144}} and with Moina's consent, [[Dion Fortune]] left the [[Alpha et Omega]] to form an offshoot organization.{{sfnp|Richardson|1991|p=117}}{{sfnp|Knight|2000|pp=138-139}} This indirectly brought new members to the Alpha et Omega.{{sfnp|King|1989|p=143}} In 1924, Fortune's group became known as the [[Fraternity of the Inner Light]].

[[Fraternitas Saturni]] ('Brotherhood of Saturn') is a German magical order, founded in 1926 by [[Eugen Grosche]] (also known as Gregor A. Gregorius) and four others. It is one of the oldest continuously running magical groups in Germany.{{sfnp|Flowers|1994|p=xiii}} The lodge is, as Gregorius states, "concerned with the study of esotericism, mysticism, and magic in the cosmic sense".{{sfnp|Flowers|1994|p=182}}

The [[UR Group]] was an Italian [[Western esotericism|esotericist]] association, founded around 1927 by intellectuals including [[Julius Evola]], [[Arturo Reghini]] and Giovanni Colazza for the study of [[Traditionalist School|Traditionalism]] and [[Magic (supernatural)|Magic]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Hakl |first=Hans Thomas |author-link=Hans Thomas Hakl |title=Julius Evola and the UR Group |journal=Aries |volume=12 |number=1 |publisher=Brill |date=2012 |pages=53–90|doi=10.1163/147783512X614830 }}</ref>

In 1954, [[Kenneth Grant (occultist)|Kenneth Grant]] began the work of founding the [[Kenneth Grant (occultist)|New Isis Lodge]], which became operational in 1955. This became the Typhonian Ordo Templi Orientis (TOTO), which was eventually renamed to [[Typhonian Order]].{{sfnp|Evans|2007b|p={{page needed|date=December 2021}}}}

The [[Church of Satan]], a [[religious organization]] dedicated to [[LaVeyan Satanism|Satanism]] as codified in ''[[The Satanic Bible]]'', was established in 1966, by [[Anton LaVey]], who was the Church's [[High priest|High Priest]] until his death in 1997.{{sfnp|Fritscher|LaVey|2004|page=27}} Church members may also participate in a system of magic which LaVey defined as [[greater and lesser magic]].{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} In 1975, Michael Aquino broke off from the Church of Satan and founded the [[Temple of Set]].{{sfnp|Chappell|2019|p=xi}}

The [[satanism|satanic]] and [[neo-nazi]] [[Order of Nine Angles]] (O9A or ONA) was founded in the [[United Kingdom]] during the 1970s.{{sfnp|De Simone|2020b}} [[Hope not Hate]] have lobbied to have O9A designated a [[terrorist organization]].{{sfnp|De Simone|2020}}

In 1973 John Gibbs-Bailey and  John Yeowell founded the ''Committee for the Restoration of the Odinic Rite'' or ''Odinist Committee'' in [[England]].{{sfnp|Rudgley|2006|p=240}} Yeowell had been a member of the [[British Union of Fascists]] in his youth and bodyguard to leader [[Oswald Mosley]].{{sfnp|von Schnurbein|2016|p=57}} In 1980 the organization changed its name to [[Odinic Rite]]. It is a [[white supremicist]] organization.{{sfnp|Sanchez|2009}}

In 1976, [[James Lees (English magician)|James Lees]] founded the magical order [[O∴A∴A∴]] in order to assist others in the pursuit of their own spiritual paths. The work of this order is based in [[English Qaballa]].{{sfnp|Thompson|2018}}

In 1977, [[The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Inc.]] was founded by Chic Cicero in [[Columbus, Georgia]]. This Order is notable for having the only working Golden Dawn temple in the United States at the end of the 1970s, making it the oldest continuously operating Golden Dawn offshoot in the U.S.{{sfnp|Suster|1990|p=150}}

The [[Sangreal Sodality]] is a spiritual brotherhood founded by British writer [[William G. Gray]] and Jacobus G. Swart in 1980.{{sfnp|Swart|n.d.}}

During the last two decades of the 20th century, several organizations practicing [[chaos magic]] were founded. These include [[Illuminates of Thanateros]], and [[Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth]]. These groups rely on the use of [[sigil]]s. Their main texts include ''[[Liber Null]]'' (1978) and ''[[Psychonaut]]'' (1982), now published as a single book.{{sfnp|Carroll|1987}}

On the Vernal Equinox of 1990, [[Christopher Hyatt]] and [[David Cherubim]] founded the Thelemic Order of the Golden Dawn in Los Angeles.{{sfnp|Hyatt|2002}}{{efn|{{harvp|Greer|2003|p=205}}: "Several of these new Golden Dawn orders were created by friends and students of Regardie in the United States. [...] [A]nother emerged in Arizona under the leadership of Christopher Hyatt."}}