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The Battle of Blythe Road was a key event in the collapse of the Golden Dawn. Considered a crucial but quiet turning point of history by magic researchers, it occurred in April 1900, at 36 Blythe Road, Hammersmith, London, the site of the cabal's most important ceremonial ground and armory.

The instigator was Aleister Crowley, who was trying to avert his future daughter's death, caused by a phenomena which the Golden Dawn's activities were contributing to. After attacking Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers for a sample of his blood and using it to forge a document with his orders, Aleister stormed 36 Blythe Road and occupied the building, as well as taking several key items from the armory.

This sparked a war between the Mathers and Westcott factions of the Golden Dawn, one which Aleister exploited in order to destroy the cabal and curse its members, dooming them to die or live a life of failure.

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