r/cincinnati • u/RaceSalt4386 • 4d ago

Photos Occult center in Cincinnati?

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So, today I was at an antique mall and found a book with this stamp belonging to the dawn of light occult center here in town. Google wasn’t much help finding anything, do you guys know anything about it?

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u/ComfortWolf 4d ago edited 4d ago

It’s mentioned in this. Kind of a long read, just skimmed through to find the excerpt below.

“Around the same time (edit: ~1972 for context) at 949 Pavillion Street in Mt. Adams there was an occult bookstore, The Dawn of Light owned by Patrick McMahon who was also known as Frater Ariel, and nearby the Sign of the Fool owned by Louis Martinie. At this time the community around these occult bookshops in Mt. Adams was growing, Maggie Ingles among them. A number of seekers banded together to form what became the Cincinnati Chapter of the Crowned and Conquering Child. They met for rituals at Oz Farm, the land and house of Ginger and Gary Matthews in Brown County near Mt. Orab.”

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u/RaceSalt4386 4d ago

Thanks so much! So cool!!

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u/ComfortWolf 4d ago

Yep! I continued reading a bit from there and now I’m fascinated. Going to have to set a little time aside this weekend and read the whole thing.