Chicago, IL to Leonard Miller and Bertha Freidman. At 17 he left
High School, and joined
the U.S. Navy. Later he obtained his GED during his military
service, and upon separation
from the navy, embarked upon his long and impressive academic
journey. His academic
career began at Los Angeles City College. He then obtained a BA
degree from Cal State
Los Angeles, an MA in Psychology from Cal State Los Angeles, an
Advanced M.Ed from
The University of Southern California, a Ph.D. in Psychology at
Western University as well
as another Ph.D. in human behavior from USIU. His specialty was in
experimental and
clinical psychology, and he practiced as a psychotherapist for
many years and operated
his own clinic in Southern California. Alan was an accomplished,
and sea worthy sailor,
who once embarked upon a journey to sail around the world. He
founded and led the 1st
AIDS SAILATHON, which raised money for AIDS research by sailing
from Long Beach,
CA
to Honolulu, HI in 1993. He was best known as an accomplished
writer; writing under the
pen name Christopher Hyatt, Ph.D. He authored well over 70 books,
many of which
pertained to the "Occult" and "Magick." His interest in the occult
began in his early
twenties. His desire to further pursue his studies in magick
resulted in meeting Israel
Regardie in the 1970s. He introduced him to Reichian therapy.
Regardie further instructed
Alan in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden
Dawn. He is survived by
Linda Miller, his loving and faithful wife of 30 years; his son,
Michael R. Miller; his
daughter, Farrah Miller; his aunt, Dorothy Mallin; and three first
cousins: Bob Rosen, MD,
Toby Silverstein, and Michael Freidman. Services will be held at
Mount Sinai Memorial
Park, 5950 Forest Lawn Drive Los Angeles, California. Tuesday,
February 12th at 1 p.m.
In lieu of flowers donations can be made to United States
Ecclesiastical Society and
Seminary to help establish a memorial library to honor Alan
Miller and Israel Regardie and
their works, 2046 Hillhurst Ave., Suite 23, Hollywood, CA 90027
Published in the Los
Angeles Times on 2/10/2008.
You Will Be Missed........
Former students, associates, etc. please
contact us at this address.
Thank you to everyone that has sent their kind words and prayers.
We have unearthed a treasure trove of magickal artifacts that belonged
to the Doctor. So that his Library may be built, we are offering
some of these for sale.
Those who are interested in making a donation to the memorial library
may do so here.
You may also purchase some of the Alan's (aka Christopher S. Hyatt,
PhD) books and CDs at the online
store.
