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In various occult movements, Secret Chiefs are said to be transcendent cosmic authorities, a spiritual hierarchy responsible for the operation and moral calibre of the cosmos, or for overseeing the operations of an esoteric organization that manifests outwardly in the form of a magical order or lodge system. Their names and descriptions have varied through time, dependent upon those who reflect their experience of contact with them. They are variously held to exist on higher planes of being or to be incarnate; if incarnate, they may be described as being gathered at some special location, such as Shambhala, or scattered through the world working anonymously. One early and influential source on these entities is Karl von Eckartshausen, whose The Cloud upon the Sanctuary, published in 1795, explained in some detail their character and motivations. Several 19th and 20th century occultists claimed to belong to or to have contacted these Secret Chiefs and made these communications known to others, including H.P. Blavatsky (who called them the "Tibetan Masters" or Mahatmas), C.W. Leadbeater and Alice A. Bailey (who called them Masters of the Ancient Wisdom), Guy Ballard and Elizabeth Clare Prophet (who called them Ascended Masters)[citation needed], Aleister Crowley (who used the term to refer to members of the upper three grades of his order, A∴A∴), Dion Fortune (who called them the "esoteric order"), and Max Heindel (who called them the "Elder Brothers").
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- One Star in Sight, available at http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/aba/app2.html says the order in question "is composed of those who have crossed the Abyss...the two crises -- the Angel and the Abyss --- are necessary features in every career."
- Grant, Kenneth. Outside the Circles of Time. London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 1980
- Hasan Shushud at jgbennet.org https://www.jgbennett.org/tag/hasan-shushud/
- Hasan Shushud at readingrumi.com http://www.readingrumi.com/hasan-shushud/
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- Scott, Ernest (1983). The People of the Secret. Octagon Press. p. 368. ISBN 0-86304-038-1. https://archive.org/details/peopleofsecretpb00erne. Contains an introduction by Colin Wilson.
