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Watt, Alexander
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1890-1961
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Alexander Watt was a real estate agent with a wide circle of acquaintances. He was a prominent member of the Theosophical Society in Kitchener for approximately twenty years, in the 1940's and 1950's. In addition, he was apparently a Rosicrucian, belonging to both the English and American organizations. Finally, he was obviously a member of the O.T.O. (Ordo Templi Orientis), the magickal [sic] order formed by Aleister Crowley when he broke away from the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and headed by him until his death in 1947. Watt, whose Order name GADA... appears frequently in the books, knew Crowley, who acknowledged his work for the order by giving him one of twenty special copies of his work OLLA (now contained within the collection). Watt had a large number of students over the years, many of whom were professional people and who went on to make significant contributions to society. Any students of his with whom we have spoken remember him not only with affection but with the greatest respect for his learning and his abilities as a teacher.
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