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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]]. The area surrounding the dam has officially been renamed "Hahamongna," a Tongva phrase meaning "Flowing Waters, Fruitful Valley," although this is not the original Tongva name for the site.
'''[[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.


In the 1930s, possibly at the behest of [[Aleister Crowley]], who believed the Devil's Gate Dam was one of the seven portals to [[Hell]], physicist and [[occultist]] [[Jack Parsons]] began practicing [[ritual magic]] at the site. His early rituals were intended to invoke the nature god Pan, but he also performed experimental ritual evocations with [[L. Ron Hubbard]].
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.


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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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