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Establishment of the Isis-Urania Temple

When: 1888
Where: London
Part of: Founding of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

The Isis-Urania Temple, the first temple of the Golden Dawn, was founded in London in 1888 by the three founders.

Westcott, Mathers, and Woodman, three high-degree Freemasons, founded Temple No. 3 of Isis-Urania in London in 1888. This event marks the formal establishment of the order in Great Britain, following the decoding of the manuscripts and the alleged correspondence with Anna Sprengel.

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Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-27

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