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| The Builders of the Adytum (BOTA) was established
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| in 1922 by Paul Foster Case (1884–1954), a
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| member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden
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| Dawn. He was known as an expert in the study of
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| the tarot and cabala, and was said to have been
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| asked by the Inner School to reinterpret the
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| Ageless Wisdom for the Western audience. BOTA’s
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| name originated from the Greek term meaning
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| Holy of Holies, and referring to the metaphysical
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| building of one’s inner temple.Members of BOTA
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| regard Jesus as a carpenter, a builder, and a teacher
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| of the inner spiritual life.
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| BOTA is viewed by its members as a mystery
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| school following the Western interpretation of
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| ancient wisdom. Followers are taught mastery of
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| their physical environment and development of
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| the mental capacities, as well as provided with
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| answers to such metaphysical questions as the
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| nature of immortality. Its teachings are based on
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| the Holy Cabala, which is described by BOTA
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| members as the Mystical (occult) Wisdom
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| Teaching of Ancient Israel, and which is based on a
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| diagrammatical and symbolic glyph called the Tree
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| of Life, a pictorial-symbolic representation of the
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| One God and humanity’s relationship with God
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| and creation. BOTA’s teachings also draw upon the
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| tarot (viewed as a pictorial textbook of Ageless
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| Wisdom), the hermetic teachings of Hermes
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| Mercurious Trismegistus, alchemy, and astrology.
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| The doctrine of the Oneness of God, the
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| brother/sisterhood of humanity, and the kinship
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| of all life patterned after the Ageless Wisdom
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| mystery schools constitute the principal subjects
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| of BOTA’s teachings and practices, which, like in
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| other occult orders, have as their major objective
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| “the promotion of the welfare of humanity.” The
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| meaning of the welfare of humanity is embodied
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| in a seven-pointed program: (1) Universal Peace,
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| (2) Universal Political Freedom, (3) Universal
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| Religious Freedom, (4) Universal Education, (5)
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| Universal Health, (6) Universal Prosperity, and (7)
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| Universal Spiritual Unfoldment.
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| Members work to transmutate the personality
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| through their work with the tarot, the use of
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| symbols, and other techniques. It is believed that a
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| transformed personality will empower the individual
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| to change his environment and bring it
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| closer to the heart’s desire. New affiliates of the
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| inner mystery school standing behind BOTA are
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| referred to as associate members, and receive
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| graded lessons on the order’s teachings. They may
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| become members, that is to say Working Builders,
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| and may affiliate with active chapters around the
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| United States, Canada, and a number of other
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| countries around the world. Upon receiving
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| advanced instruction, they may participate in the
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| esoteric activity of BOTA.
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| The headquarters of BOTA, which is located in
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| Los Angeles, is governed by the grand chapter,
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| consisting of four initiates called grand chiefs. The
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| prolocutor general and president of the corporation
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| represent the link between the Inner School
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| and the rest of the order. BOTA groups can be
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| found in numerous U.S. states as well as in
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| Canada, Great Britain, the Netherlands, West
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| Germany, New Zealand, Columbia, and the island
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| of Aruba in the Caribbean.
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| For Further Reading:
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| Melton, J. Gordon. Encyclopedia of American
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| Religion. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1996
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| -- ''James Lewis''
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