Builders of the Adytum

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The Builders of the Adytum (BOTA, also spelled B.O.T.A., BotA, or B.o.t.A.) is a school of the Western mystery tradition based in Los Angeles which is registered as a non-profit tax-exempt religious organization. It was founded by Paul Foster Case and has its roots in both the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and the Masonic blue lodge system. It was later extended by Ann Davies.

Worldwide membership is around 5,000. believe was adept in the mysteries of building a living temple without hands ().

History

The Order was founded 1922 by Paul Foster Case. Case was a senior member of the Hermes-Thoth Alpha et Omega Temple in the United States. After a disagreement