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'''[[Devil's Gate Dam]]''' is a flood control dam in the Arroyo Seco in northern Pasadena between La Cañada Flintridge and Altadena. The location is the narrowest spot on the Arroyo Seco's course below Millard Canyon. [[Occultist]]s [[Jack Parsons]] and [[Aleister Crowley]] believed the site of the dam was a portal to [[Hell]].
'''[[Frederick Santee]]''' was a medical doctor, [[occultist]], and practicing [[warlock]] in rural Pennsylvania. He was the founder and leader of the [[Coven of the Catta]], a coven that practices [[Gardnerian Wicca]]. Frederick started school in fourth grade at age five and graduated from Central High School in Philadelphia (a college-level high school which granted a B.A.) at age 13.


Devil's Gate is so-named because of the natural rock feature at the site which resembles [[the Devil]]. A 1947 article in the ''Metropolitan Pasadena Star-News'' states that Devil's Gate was named in 1858 by Judge B.S. Eaton because of "its resemblance to a point of that name on Sweetwater Creek." Judge Eaton explained in a letter that he had seen the original point in 1850 when traveling along the old California trail with a team of oxen.
While studying in Berlin, Santee was initiated into a [[Wicca]]n lineage by Arnold Reinman, who was a High Priest of the Black Forest Tradition. In 1967, Santee and most of the nurses who worked in his office were initiated into the New Forest Wicca lineage by [[Sybil Leek]], creating the [[Coven of the Catta]] in the process.


Throughout the 1800s, residents of Los Angeles considered the satanic-looking outcropping at Devil's Gate to be a natural wonder and often brought out of town visitors to the site. Large public gatherings were held there and children slid down the rocks while their parents hosted picnics nearby. A steel truss bridge was eventually built across the arroyo to allow easier crossing. The first dam, a low dam designed to supply water for the Lake Vineyard Company, was completed in October 1877 by Mr. J. de Barth Shorb.
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Frederick Santee was a medical doctor, occultist, and practicing warlock in rural Pennsylvania. He was the founder and leader of the Coven of the Catta, a coven that practices Gardnerian Wicca. Frederick started school in fourth grade at age five and graduated from Central High School in Philadelphia (a college-level high school which granted a B.A.) at age 13.

While studying in Berlin, Santee was initiated into a Wiccan lineage by Arnold Reinman, who was a High Priest of the Black Forest Tradition. In 1967, Santee and most of the nurses who worked in his office were initiated into the New Forest Wicca lineage by Sybil Leek, creating the Coven of the Catta in the process.

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