Uncovering the "Lost Land": The Archaeology of Conspiracism and New Age Spirituality in Southern British Columbia

Summary

This is a poster submission presented at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

The Aquarian Foundation was a large conspiritual organization from 1927 to 1933, whose primary settlements were constructed across three islands off the south coast of British Columbia, Canada. Led by a man known as Brother XII, the self-described purpose of the organization was to transition humanity into the sixth sub-race of the fifth Root Race as described by Theosophical occultist Helena Blavatsky. For one year, from November 1927 to October 1928, the Aquarian Foundation published a monthly magazine called The Chalice, which shared significant insight into the strong antisemitic and anti-Roman Catholic conspiracy theories they embraced alongside their New Age spirituality. On this poster I will highlight examples of how I am using articles published in The Chalice to better inform my understanding of the archaeological landscape of Brother XII and the Aquarian Foundation.

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• Society for Historical Archaeology 2023   •
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Contact(s): Nicole Haddow