Carl Kellner
1851 – 1905 Austrian industrialist, chemist, occultist
Wealthy industrialist who conceived the Ordo Templi Orientis with Theodor Reuss.
- Religion
- An esoteric spirituality drawing on yoga, alchemy, and Masonic-style initiation, aimed at a secret key to mystical attainment.
- Affiliations
- Founding figure of the Ordo Templi Orientis. Freemason and student of high-degree Masonic rites.
Carl Kellner was a wealthy Austrian industrialist and chemist who conceived an academy of higher Masonry that became the Ordo Templi Orientis. He claimed to have learned a mystical secret from Eastern teachers of yoga and tantra. He discussed the plan with Theodor Reuss, who organized the order after Kellner's death in 1905.
Connections
- associate of Theodor Reuss — Built the OTO on the plan they discussed before Kellner's death.
- associate of Theodor Reuss — Together they conceived the OTO; Reuss organized it after Kellner died.
In the timeline
- 1902 – 1906 Founding of the Ordo Templi Orientis mentioned