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Beginning in 1908 he was a rubber planter, first in Borneo and then in Malaya. After 1923 he held civil service posts as a government inspector in Malaya. In 1936, at the age of 52, he retired to England. He published an authoritative text, Keris and other Malay Weapons (1936), based on his field research into southeast Asian weapons and magicThe term magic is a Persian loanword into English and may refer to any of the following. Magic (paranormal) deals with the manipulation of what the practitioner believes to be genuine paranormal phenomena. Magic and religion deals with the relationship ofal practices.
Apparently on medical advice, he took up naturism on his return to England, and also pursued his interest in the occultFor other uses of this term, see occult (disambiguation). The word occult comes from Latin occultus (hidden), referring to the knowledge of the secret' or 'knowledge of the hidden' and often meaning 'knowledge of the supernatural', as opposed to 'knowledg. Through the Rosicrucian Order Crotona FellowshipThe Rosicrucian Order Crotona Fellowship was a supposedly- Rosicrucian group founded by George Alexander Sullivan in about 1924. It may have existed under the name Order of Twelve from 1911-1914 and again from 1920. The ROCF operated first from the Liverp he claims to have met a family of traditional witches. The leading local witch Dorothy ClutterbuckDorothy Clutterbuck (Jan 19 1880 Jan 12 1951) , also known as "Old Dorothy," was a well-to-do woman who lived near Christchurch, England, whom Gerald Gardner claimed had initiated him into witchcraft. Clutterbuck was born in India, the daughter of an army, he says, initiated him into the craft in 1939Events January-June January 2 End of term for Frank Finley Merriam, 28th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Culbert Levy Olson. January 24 Earthquake kills 30. 000 in Chile about 50. 000 sq mi razed January 26 Falangists take Barcelona January 26.
He published two works of fiction, A Goddess Arrives (1939) and High Magic's Aid ( 1949). These were followed by his purportedly-factual works, Witchcraft Today ( 1954) and The Meaning of Witchcraft ( 1959).