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>where did they start?
United States in 1922

>who started them?
Alice and Foster Bailey

>what do they do?
"To encourage the study of comparative religion, philosophy, science and art; to encourage every line of thought tending to the broadening of human sympathies and interests, and the expansion of ethical religious and educational literature; to assist or to engage in activities for the relief of suffering and for human betterment; and, in general, to further worthy efforts for humanitarian and educational ends."

>what do they really do?
Invert the last answer: "To encourage division in comparative religion, philosophy, science and art; to encourage every line of thought tending to the weakening of human sympathies and interests, and the expansion of unethical religious and educational literature; to assist or to engage in activities for the cause of suffering and for human detriment; and, in general, to further the decay of humanitarian and educational ends."

>they are the publisher of nearly every occult book you have seen posted about
Anon did not know of them prior