This windowless room, painted with mystical symbols and originally used for meditation, is part of Whare Ra ('House of the Sun'), a New Zealand temple for the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Whare Ra was built in 1915 in Havelock North, Hawke's Bay, to house the leader of the group, Robert Felkin, and his family. Felkin belonged to the Stella Matutina branch of the order, which combined a number of ancient magical traditions. Whare Ra closed in 1978 and in the 2000s the building was a private home.
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Photograph by Peter Hallett
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