Thane Walker (sometimes “Thane of Hawaii”) was a spiritual/mystical teacher most known for founding The Prosperos, an organization active from the mid-20th century that combined occult, psychological, and spiritual themes. The Prosperos+2Bathtub Bulletin+2

Here are key details about him:

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Who he claimed to be / his background

• He was born (around 1890) in Nodaway County, Missouri. Bathtub Bulletin+2Bathtub Bulletin+2
• He styled himself as one of America’s first psychologists. Bathtub Bulletin+1
• Claimed he was imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, in connection with an article he allegedly wrote titled “I Saw Hitler Make Black Magic.” Bathtub Bulletin+1
• Served as a Marine Corps officer and entertained American troops in Japan during the post-WWII occupation. Bathtub Bulletin+1

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His teachings / The Prosperos

• He founded The Prosperos in 1956 along with Phez Kahlil. The Prosperos+2Bathtub Bulletin+2
• The group’s aim was to offer spiritual education focused on expanding consciousness, awakening from what he saw as misleading everyday sensory experience and constrained personality. Bathtub Bulletin+1
• Influences in his teachings included: G. I. Gurdjieff, Freudian and Jungian psychology, occult and astrological traditions. Bathtub Bulletin+2The Prosperos+2
• His methods involved stories, rituals, disorienting experiences, a practice called the “Oral Tradition” or “Fire in the Mouth,” and other seminars and study lessons. The Prosperos+1

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Other facts / uncertainties

• His approximate death date is 1989. Bathtub Bulletin+1
• Membership for The Prosperos was reported to be about 3,000 by the end of the 1980s. Bathtub Bulletin+1
• Some of his claimed experiences (e.g. being in a Nazi camp) are disputed or come from his own narrative; external corroboration seems limited. Bathtub Bulletin