Golden Dawn
In 1984 I found a small collective of Golden Dawn lodges that were just forming an order, and is now headed by Chic Cicero. I was initiated into the LA group under Chris Monastra, but moved to Albuquerque and worked with the temple there, before returning to LA. After receiving my 5=6 in 1988, I raised objections to a rule change and found myself expelled.
But, over a decade later reconciled with Chic and his good folks, shortly after founding the Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn. We’ve been busy…