There is an attempt across the channel and the pond to form a Golden Dawn group using a bogus Whare Ra lineage. For those unfamiliar with Whare Ra, it was the last Golden Dawn temple with a direct lineage to exist. It closed its doors in the 1970s, and while some people have high grades from that Order, they were given after the temple closed its doors. Now Nick Farrell claims that a member of his group was approached by another Italian who claimed to have lineage from the Stella Matutina (sic) and Whare Ra.  He said that this group had been formed by a “notable American occultist” who claimed to have received lineage from a long-time friend of Farrell's. The Italian was interested in the idea of fusing transmissions of Whare Ra with that of Martinism and Builders of the Adytum.  He also claimed that one of the leaders of this group (whom he named) had been initiated into the tradition by my friend and held the lineage and transmission from Whare Ra. “This was surprising as