Christopher Hyatt | |
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| Born | Alan Ronald Miller (1943-07-12)July 12, 1943 Chicago, Illinois, US |
| Died | February 9, 2008(2008-02-09) (aged 64) |
| Known for | Writings on the occult |
Christopher Hyatt (July 12, 1943 – February 9, 2008), bornAlan Ronald Miller, was an American psychologist,occultist, and writer. He was founder and president ofNew Falcon Publications, an independent publisher specializing in psychedelic and occult literature; Hyatt's press published work by several well-known champions of consciousness expansion, includingIsrael Regardie,Timothy Leary,Robert Anton Wilson, andAntero Alli.[1]
Hyatt also co-founded withDavid Cherubim theThelemic Order of the Golden Dawn, an order devoted to the philosophy ofThelema, in Los Angeles on the Vernal Equinox of 1990.[2][3]
A native ofChicago, Alan Miller, the son ofpolice lieutenant Leonard Miller and his wife, Bertha Freidman, was born during what he described as the "roaringwar years". Writing and speaking as Christopher Hyatt, Miller claimed to have dropped out of high school at the age of sixteen, working instead as adishwasher andcook, roaming the United States. Miller's obituary states he left high school at 17 and joined theU.S.Navy.[2]
Alan Miller was trained inexperimental andclinical psychology and practiced as apsychotherapist. The 18 units earned from his militaryGED towards his first academic career were used atLos Angeles City College, where he studiedaccounting for two years. He later changed his graduate to General Psychology, earningmaster's degrees inexperimental psychology andmedical education andCounseling. He was a member of aFreudian clinic inSouthern California. He spent almost a year studyinghypnosis at the Hypnosis Motivation Institute inLos Angeles and also studied hypnosis at theUniversity of California, Irvine. Miller held PhDs in both clinical psychology andhuman behavior[4] and was aPostdoctoral researcher inCriminal Justice.[5] Some of his techniques blendedReichian physiotherapy andtantric yoga. He also incorporatedhypnosis alongside hisbodywork 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.[6]
Miller's interest inthe occult began in his early twenties. His desire to further pursue his studies inmagick resulted in meetingIsrael Regardie inStudio City in the 1970s. Regardie introduced Miller toReichian therapy, which he insisted Miller learn prior to any magical pursuits. Regardie further instructed Miller in the magical system of theHermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.[7] Miller formed New Falcon Publications in 1980 and, adopting the pseudonym Christopher S. Hyatt, began publishing out of his Sedona, Arizona home.[8]
In 1987Lon Milo DuQuette initiated Hyatt intoOrdo Templi Orientis. Hyatt went on to become a Ninth Degree member of the order.[9] He later co-founded (with David Cherubim) the Thelemic Order of the Golden Dawn in Los Angeles on the Vernal Equinox of 1990.[2][3]
Hyatt died ofcancer inScottsdale, Arizona on February 9, 2008 at the age of 64.[4]
Several of these new Golden Dawn orders were created by friends and students of Regardie in the United States.... [A]nother emerged in Arizona under the leadership of Christopher Hyatt.
Dr.Hyatt and I re-typeset Angel Tech every day for two weeks in his Sedona, Arizona home, which doubled as Falcon Press headquarters.
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