We’ve had an intriguing letter from Andrew Howarth of Bradford, who wants to know about apparent links between the city and the infamous occultist Aleister Crowley.
Mr Howarth says he once heard or read that the Order of the Golden Dawn, a secret occult society which proliferated in the late Victorian period, had a chapter or branch in Bradford.
One of the most famous members of the Golden Dawn was Aleister Crowley, denounced by some as a Satanist and once branded the “wickedest man in England”.
Did, wonders Mr Howarth, Aleister Crowley ever visit the Golden Dawn temple in Bradford? And where exactly was the branch of the society based, and what is the building used for now, if it is still standing?
email: david.barnett@telegraphandargus.co.uk
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