Social Victorians/Golden Dawn/Osiris Temple

Osiris Temple, in Weston-super-Mare

Logistics

• Of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
• In Weston-super-Mare, a seaside resort in Somerset
• Chartered in 1888

Leaders

• Benjamin Cox

Members' Initiation Dates

Information about the number and gender of members each year between 1888 and 1896 is from Howe (49). There were 10 people initiated into the Osiris Temple, all before 1891.

1888 (8 new members, 8 men and 0 women)

1. Benjamin Cox, March 1888
2. Sidney Jones, March 1888
3. Francis Blackmore, April 1888
4. William Millard, April 1888
5. Edward Nunn, April 1888
6. Alexander Bailey, October 1888
7. Frank Coleman, October 1888

1889 (Howe says 10 members, but 2 new members, both men?)

1. Thomas Cogle, April 1889
2. John Rubie, 16 August 1889

1891 (2 new members, both men)

1. Charles Butler, June 1891
2. Edwin Norton, June 1891

Timeline

1888 September 27, the Equinox Ceremony was "held at the Three Queens Hotel" in Weston-super-Mare (Howe 53).

Bibliography

• Howe