The Cult of Brother XII and his Treasure (BC)

Episode 081 - in the late 1920 and early 1930's a group called the Aquarian Foundation, led by a self-professed spiritual guru who called himself Brother XII set up just south  of Nanaimo B.C. Brother XII drew wealthy followers to his cult with his promises of salvation through a coming apocalypse. As we've seen many times since the lust for power, sex and money corrupted the group, who, after scandals and cruel treatment turned on Brother XII. He and a female follower, he claimed to be his wife, absconded with some of the treasure that the group had amassed. However, many believe there are still millions of dollars worth of Brother XII's gold hidden somewhere in the area. Photo from the collection of Melody Wilson-ClaridgeSources:Wikipedia - Brother XII and De Courcy IslandThe Brother XII AffairBooks by Brother XII on AmazonBrotherXII.com  and the book Brother XII by John OliphantCBC - The Dream of Brother XIIGlobal - Brother XII's GoldAtlas Obscura entry about Brother XIITheosophy.org - About TheosophyBook - Canadian Mysteries of the UnexplainedDocumentary - The Canadians: Brother Twelve Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices