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Tobias Churton (born 1960) is a British scholar of Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, Gnosticism, and other esoteric movements. He is lecturer at Exeter University, and author of Gnostic Philosophy, The Magus of Freemasonry, and Freemasonry and numerous other works on esotericism.
Churton has made several television programmes, including Gnostics, a 4-part drama-documentary series made for Channel 4 (UK) by Border TV (together with an accompanying book) which was broadcast in 1987 and repeated in 1990. Churton's studies include critique of heresiologists' perceptions on the role of women in these "unorthodox" Christian movements.
He has also written on John T. Desaguliers, Rosicrucianism.
Churton's biography of Aleister Crowley was released in 2011. Subsequently, he has published two more biographical volumes on Crowley - The Beast in Berlin and Aleister Crowley in America. He is currently writing a book about Crowley's years in India.