january english ceremonial prominent advocate religion poet novelist writer founded organisation later renamed wife grant born essex grant developed interest asian religion teenage years months serving india british_army amid second world war returned britain personal secretary ceremonial founded instructed grant practices initiating order died grant seen heir apparent britain appointed american head founding london based new isis lodge grant added teachings bringing extraterrestrial themes influences work expelled grant continued operate lodge regardless grant befriended artist ensuing years helped spare artwork series publications 1950s came increasingly interested exploring teachings hindu guru publishing range articles topic particularly interested hindu incorporating ideas practices sex magic death grant proclaimed title disputed took control known operating home began publishing subject proceeded author number novels books poetry publications devoted work spare grant writings teachings proved significant influence currents including chaos magic attracted academic interest study western particularly biography early life grant born essex son welsh clergyman early teenage years grant read widely subject western asian religions including work prominent use personal magical symbol inspired visionary dream experienced spelled variously aged midst second world war grant volunteered join british_army later commenting hoped posted find spiritual guru study posted abroad ejected army aged unspecified medical condition grant fascinated work having read number books eager meet grant unsuccessfully wrote publishers asking address publisher moved address meaning received letter requested proprietor atlantis introduce refused privately remarking grant mentally unstable grant later stated opinion refused didn wish evil introducing young man later suggested desired organisation order hidden masters didn want disciple grant wrote letters new address publishers asking pass letters resulted meeting autumn meetings exchange letters grant agreed work secretary personal assistant living relative poverty unable pay grant services money instead paying magical instruction march grant moved lodge cottage grounds sussex boarding house living continued living months dealing old man needs turn allowed read extensive library subjects performed ceremonial magic workings high initiate magical group saw grant potential leader writing diary value grant die usa trained man care argued grant trying convince relocate london occasion shouted bore world known grant family disliked working wage pressured resign june leaving wrote grant father stating sorry kenneth felt grant giving real future member related opinion treated severely contact grant grant later claiming learned particularly later writings reference order continued correspond grant met died december grant attended funeral brighton accompanied new wife new isis lodge spare grant introduced artist having learned modelling tutor studied alongside spare purchased spare artworks gave kenneth present fifth birthday subsequently introduced husband spare time spare fallen poverty living obscurity flat making money artist art tutor largely financially supported friend referred son animosity apparent spare preferred having known years longer placing grant desired closer relationship began signing letters spare son claimed spare told grants white lies boost ego grant published work represented brief appreciation spare work included catalogue artist exhibition held temple bar london grant continued studying work year death acknowledged member successor head successfully applied charter operate degrees run lodge granted march mean lodge chartered body england time grant believed meant head britain grant contact english based california founded knowing smith man practical knowledge degree work smith eager help wrote length experiences founding lodge uneasy grant magical seal reasons correspondence soon grant began restructuring system grading structure order attempt failed grant increasingly drawn founding running new isis lodge lodge operational april grant issued manifesto announcing discovery extraterrestrial set current lodge based manifesto grant claimed new energy earth planet identified goddess appears chapter holy text book law deemed grant identified single planet july issued note expulsion grant ignored letter expulsion continuing operate new isis lodge claim powers inner plane learning grant expulsion smith feared split factions following death grant lodge continued operate according grant group consisted thirty members met seventh friday lodge premises basement store street near baker street central london period worked lodge claimed received important texts sources book spider grant immersed study follower hindu guru interested work hindu teacher lord credited encouraging helping create volume lord biography authored articles hindu topics indian journals like bombay based divine articles collected single anthology published feet guru grant believed sex magic teachings needed principles indian religion relying heavily ideas spare death grant began focus writing career grant privately published series short articles magic published installments limited print run volumes included original artworks produced reflecting increasing collaboration husband wife reflected grant subsequent publications eventually assembled released hidden lore privately published small book poems black black poems 1950s 1960s spare authored number novels published growing fame grant edited confessions publication literary coming years edited range writings resulting release diary drug magical philosophical commentaries book law release publications described instrumental revival interest point grant began describing order claiming deserved title direct succession displayed inspiration innovation lacked document naming grant successor subsequently exposed hoax created member early 1970s established organisation produced official announcement adopting degree system grant removed rituals initiation designed allow member enter higher degree instead personally promoted degrees according believed personal spiritual development published book grant series magical revival discussed events history western encouraging future interest subject followed sequel published hidden god examined sex magical practices followed shadow brought trilogy end discussion left hand path magic making reference spare work year grant published images collection late friend images based years research volume sell stock rare collector item later years grant begun work book years agreed copies published minute project cancelled authored new introductions releases spare works publication release book pleasure grant began second trilogy discussed personal magical ideas outlining magical explore dark dense realm variously called universe tunnels set conceived dark grant connections realm deities horror fiction book proved controversial divided opinion sequel appeared outside circles time introduced grant thoughts relevance symbolism prove final grant volume published merge blond publishing rights works reverted following year book appear years outside circles time grant began relationship publisher linked books central london begun develop line titles leadership published grant remembering volume containing memoirs alongside diary entries photographs letters reissued number grant earlier books published sixth volume fountain grant provided anecdotes working new isis lodge focused describing accidents fatalities believed caused magic seventh volume followed discussing grant ideas older traditions world reference work spare ends text work grant claimed received supernatural source closed publishing division grant transferred publishing rights books companies decided bring published work spare published grant novel light narrative involved character named asserted work quasi autobiographical specified parts based life fictional published book written grant wife titled encounters included years worth diary entries letters photographs pertaining relationship artist following year volume published explaining grant ideas realm known claimed explored book containing published final volume ninth arch published offered interpretations work spare text work grant claimed given supernatural source book spider year grant published volumes fictional stories dance doll dance told story vampire sex group child tales contained short stories grant died january period illness survived wife legacy highlighting grant character historian noted grant certainly unique history british close dealings spare influential western 20th century comic book author thought hard living individual shape contemporary western thinking regard magic grant thinking gone historian western expressed view grant original prolific english author post modern genre based tradition described hindu western sexual magic membership grant groups remained small represented significant influence groups currents included chaos magic discussed grant work book dark lord asserted grant importance attempting create global character introducing ideas religions non fiction fiction poetry
Kenneth Grant