Episode 172: Under the Influence (ad-free) (Patreon)

Many people need something to believe, and someone to follow. But out of all the examples throughout history of bad leaders, few are as bizarre and unexplainable as one man from a century ago.

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Further Reading

1. Oliphant, John. Brother XII: The Strange Odyssey of a 20th-Century Prophet, (Halifax: Twelfth House Press, 2006).
2. Berry, David. “Brother XII (Edward Arthur Wilson)”. In The Canadian Encyclopedia, 2/28/2020. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/brother-xii-edward-arthur-wilson.
3. Davis, Spenser. “What Happened to this Cult Leader’s Lost Treasure?” Atlas Obscura, 12/1/2016. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-happened-to-this-cult-leaders-lost-treasure.
4. Discovery Channel. “Secrets of Brother XII”. Expedition Unknown, Season 5, Episode 9, 2018.
5. Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas. The Western Esoteric Traditions: A Historical Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008).
6. Grass, Tim. The Lord’s Work: A History of the Catholic Apostolic Church. Eugene: Pickwick, 2017.
7. Historica Canada (13 March 2015). “The Canadians: Brother XII.” YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5MG6xUQlCQ&feature=emb_title.
8. Machen, Arthur. The Angels of Mons: The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War. 1915. Project Gutenberg, 11/14/2004. http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/14044/pg14044-images.html.
9. McKelvie, B.A. “Man from Carthage, MO., Helped Reincarnated B.C. Egyptian God”. The Vancouver Sunday Province, 11/4/1928.
10. McKelvie, B.A. “Osiris and Isis Met on Train Between Seattle and Chicago”. The Vancouver Daily Province. 10/31/1928, page 1, 19.  https://www.newspapers.com/image/500402741/?terms=Brother%2BXII%2C%2BBrother%2B12.
11. McKelvie, B.A. “Weird Occultism Exemplified at Amazing Colony at Cedar-by-the-Sea.” The Vancouver Sunday Province. 10/28/1928, page 1, 34.  https://www.newspapers.com/image/500402458/?terms=Brother%2BXII%2C%2BBrother%2B12.
12. “Missing Man May Be Dead”. The Vancouver Sun,  11/23/1928. https://www.newspapers.com/image/490648541/?terms=aquarian.
13. O’Hagan, Howard. “The Weird and Savage Cult of Brother 12.” Maclean’s. 4/23/1960. https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1960/4/23/the-weird-and-savage-cult-of-brother-12.
14. “Two Collapse in Courtroom”. The Vancouver Daily Province. 12/7/28, page 2.  https://www.newspapers.com/image/499299198/?terms=aquarian.
15. “The Earliest and Weirdest LA Cult Stories: 1700s to 1940s,” Curbed Los angeles, October 2014, https://la.curbed.com/2014/10/24/10033872/the-earliest-and-weirdest-la-cult-stories-1700s-to-1940s.
16. “Angels Made Them Do It: A Brief History Of The Blackburn Cult,” Gizmodo, June 2015, https://gizmodo.com/angels-made-them-do-it-a-brief-history-of-the-blackbur-1711445327.