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...just not that accurate. Greek etymology of "hierarch" refers to an authority figure "presiding the sacred rites". Not exactly the guardians of secrets, but basically the *priest class*. So yeah, Crowley is, like, a total hierarch, just like the disciples of his IP brand of "magick" are hierarchists, as they bluntly accept his narrative as the key to their spiritual, personal, professional, perhaps even political empowerment.

As for Osman Spare... we're talking about somebody else entirely, who never intended to patent his writings and start a cult around these, and him. The nature of his relation to Crowley makes it likely that Crowley profited from his work. He was an astute scholar of metaphysics like a Paracelse, or John Dee, or the witches subcultures.