The Shroud of Turin
By Emilia Wellesley · Published May 7, 2026 · Updated May 7, 2026 A linen cloth folded in a silver casket beneath the apse of Turin Cathedral has, for nearly seven centuries, asked the same uncomfortable question of every visitor: what kind of object is this, exactly? The Shroud of Turin bears a faint, life-sized, […]
The Order of the Golden Dawn: Rituals Revealed
Direct Answer: What the Golden Dawn Was, in Plain Terms The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn was a London magical society founded in 1888 by William Wynn Westcott (1848-1925), Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (1854-1918), and William Robert Woodman (1828-1891). It practiced ritual magic structured around the Qabalistic Tree of Life, with grades initiated through […]