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                            Introduction
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Christopher Hyatt (July 12, 1943 - February 9, 2008), born Alan Ronald
Miller, was an American psychologist, occultist, and writer. He was
founder and president of New Falcon Publications, an independent
publisher specializing in psychedelic and occult literature; Hyatt's
press published work by several well-known champions of consciousness
expansion, including Israel Regardie, Timothy Leary, Robert Anton
Wilson, and Antero Alli.

Hyatt also co-founded with David Cherubim the Thelemic Order of the
Golden Dawn, an order devoted to the philosophy of Thelema,  in Los
Angeles on the Vernal Equinox of 1990.


                             Early life
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A native of Chicago, Alan Miller, the son of police lieutenant Leonard
Miller and his wife, Bertha Freidman, was born during what he
described as the "roaring war years". Writing and speaking as
Christopher Hyatt, Miller claimed to have dropped out of high school
at the age of sixteen, working instead as a dishwasher and cook,
roaming the United States. Miller's obituary states he left high
school at 17 and joined the U.S.Navy.


                          Academic career
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Alan Miller was trained in experimental and clinical psychology and
practiced as a psychotherapist.  The 18 units earned from his military
GED towards his first academic career were used at Los Angeles City
College, where he studied accounting for two years.  He later changed
his graduate to General Psychology, earning master's degrees in
experimental psychology and medical education and Counseling.  He was
a member of a Freudian clinic in Southern California.  He spent almost
a year studying hypnosis at the Hypnosis Motivation Institute in Los
Angeles and also studied hypnosis at the University of California,
Irvine. Miller held PhDs in both clinical psychology and human
behavior and was a Postdoctoral researcher in Criminal Justice.  Some
of his techniques blended Reichian physiotherapy and tantric yoga. He
also incorporated hypnosis alongside his bodywork with patients and
students. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Alan R. Miller's research
was published in various peer-reviewed articles and professional
journals.


                      Occultism and publishing
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Miller's interest in the occult began in his early twenties.  His
desire to further pursue his studies in magick resulted in meeting
Israel Regardie in Studio City in the 1970s.  Regardie introduced
Miller to Reichian therapy, which he insisted Miller learn prior to
any magical pursuits. Regardie further instructed Miller in the
magical system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Miller formed
New Falcon Publications in 1980 and, adopting the pseudonym
Christopher S. Hyatt, began publishing out of his Sedona, Arizona
home.

In 1987 Lon Milo DuQuette initiated Hyatt into Ordo Templi Orientis.
Hyatt went on to become a Ninth Degree member of the order. He later
co-founded (with David Cherubim) the Thelemic Order of the Golden Dawn
in Los Angeles on the Vernal Equinox of 1990.


                               Death
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Hyatt died of cancer in Scottsdale, Arizona on February 9, 2008 at the
age of 64.


                              See also
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* List of Thelemites
* Members of Ordo Templi Orientis


                           External links
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*
* [http://drhyatt.com/ Remembering Dr. Hyatt: A Special Online
Tribute]
* [https://www.otaan.org/ Thelemic Order of the Golden Dawn]
*
[https://web.archive.org/web/20071006223013/http://www.newfalcon.com/
New Falcon Publications]


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