New Religious Movement
Builders of the Adytum (BOTA)
10/40· LowConfidence: Low
Small Western esoteric school founded by Paul Foster Case (1922). Distinctive Tarot and Qabalistic curriculum.
CLCI radar
Low Control / Mainstream
BITE breakdown
Behavior Control3/10
Information Control2/10
Thought Control3/10
Emotional Control2/10
Modifiers (+0)
0 — small Western esoteric school; mainstream low-control.
Founded
1922
Members
Few thousand
Active in
USA, Global
In context
BOTA offers a structured correspondence-course curriculum in Western esoteric Tarot and Qabalah. Mainstream low-control fraternal organisation.
Timeline
- 1922BOTA founded by Paul Foster Case
Sources
- Various BOTA publications
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