Canadian Cult Inspires Rock Opera: Brother XII, Brother Twelve, Aquarian Foundation

SantMatRadhasoami ♦ June 18, 2024

Canadian Cult Inspires Rock Opera

This is the story about a crazy cult influenced by Theosophy during the 1920’s. Eventually cult members rebelled and “Wilson [Brother XII] and Skottowe [his partner and group “enforcer” also known as “Madame Z”] then escaped in their private tugboat, the Kheunaten, rather than appear in court to answer the charges brought by their former disciples. By 1932 they had fled to Europe, and were reported to have taken a large amount of gold with them. Wilson is reported to have died in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, on 7 November 1934, though he may have fabricated his death.” (Wikipedia entry for Brother XII)

Some individuals have recently made a ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ type rock opera based on the extant writings and history of this sect. See below for their interview on TalkGnosis and a link to the complete Brother XII rock opera at Youtube. The music is fantastic. What a great album they have produced! Further below is a collection of articles providing a colorful background about the infamous Aquarian Foundation.

Talk Gnosis @ Youtube: Brother 12: The Rock Opera w/ GW Brazier & Belinda Peres:

https://youtu.be/HEkgwzRsjM8?si=aAgSej1Q4WKWy2JJ

Brother 12 Rock Opera – Full Album:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXTVtyH5NQh5Bzcecq3WNig

Crazy Canadian Brother XII Cult – these twelvers established the Aquarian Foundation in British Columbia in 1927. Edward Arthur Wilson (25 July 1878 – 7 November 1934), better known as Brother XII, was an English mystic who, in the late 1920s, founded a spiritual community located just south of the city of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, off the west coast of British Columbia, Canada.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_XII

Brother XII (Edward Arthur Wilson):

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/brother-xii-edward-arthur-wilson

The Saga of Brother XII – Paradise is found and then lost on Vancouver Island:

https://bcanuntoldhistory.knowledge.ca/1920/the-saga-of-brother-xii

Brother-XII Canadian Cult Leaders Used Black Magic:

https://livinglibraryblog.com/brother-xii-canadian-cult-leaders-use-black-magic

What Happened To This Cult Leader’s Lost Treasure? The self-styled prophet Brother XII may have left behind $6 million in gold coins.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-happened-to-this-cult-leaders-lost-treasure

For sale: Canada’s enclave of ‘downright evil,’ the abandoned home of an apocalyptic 1920s cult:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Yellowjackets/comments/18xfg4c/ever_heard_of_brother_xii_and_the_aquarian_cult

Historic home of notorious B.C. cult listed for $2.8M: