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May 16, 1920: Paul Foster Case was initiated into the Second Order of Alpha et Omega (successor organization to the Golden Dawn).
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2022-05-16

May 1, 1902: A.E. Waite received the Royal Arch degree, exalted in Metropolitan Chapter No. 1507 in London.
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2022-05-01

April 17, 1900: Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Temple of Isis-Urania (Golden Dawn headquarters).
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2022-04-17

April 10, 1902: A.E. Waite was admitted to the grade of Zelator in the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (S.R.I.A.).
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2022-04-10

April 2, 1920: Aleister Crowley began renting the old Villa Santa Barbara for his Abbey of Thelema in Cefalu, Sicily.
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2022-04-02

March 29, 1900: S.L. MacGregor Mathers was expelled from the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
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2022-03-29

March 22, 1926: Paul Foster Case was initiated an Entered Apprentice in Fairport Lodge No. 476 in Fairport, New York.
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2022-03-22

March 20, 1944: "The Book of Thoth," Aleister Crowley's definitive work on the Tarot, was published.
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2022-03-20

March 14, 1861: Eliphas Levi was initiated in the Lodge Rose du Parfait Silence, Grand Orient of France.
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2022-03-14

February 24, 1900: Aleister Crowley began preparations for the Abramelin working at Boleskine House. His first attempt proved unsuccessful.
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2022-02-25

Happy Birthday to S.L. MacGregor Mathers, possibly born on this day in 1854. (January 8 or 11, 1854)
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2022-01-09

December 21, 1923: Aleister Crowley's final initiation into the ultimate grade of the A:.A:. (Ipsissimus) began on the winter solstice.
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2021-12-22