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Cecil Williamson
Cecil Williamson (18 September 1909 – 9 December 1999) was a British screenwriter, editor and film director and influential English Neopagan Warlock. He was the founder of both the Witchcraft Research Center which was a part of MI6's war against Nazi Germany,[citation needed] and the Museum of Witchcraft. He was a friend of both Gerald Gardner, who was the founder of Wicca, and also of the notorious occultist Aleister Crowley.
Williamson was born in Paignton, Devon, England. His father was a senior officer in the Royal Navy and was posted abroad. He claimed he first encountered witchcraft in 1916, when, on a visit to North Bovey, also in Devon, to visit his uncle, a local vicar, he supposedly saw a woman being publicly beaten and accused of being a witch. Williamson claimed he tried to defend the woman, and in doing so befriended her.
In 1921, whilst at the boarding school Malvern College, Williamson was bullied, but he claimed got help from a woman who lived on the school grounds, who was also a witch. She showed him how to cast a spell on the bully, who soon after broke his leg in a skiing accident and stopped bullying Cecil.
During Summer holidays, Williamson often went to visit Dinard in France with his grandmother and her friend Mona Mackenzie. Mackenzie was a spirit medium, and she taught Williamson about divination.
After studying in college, Williamson travelled to Rhodesia (modern Zimbabwe) to grow tobacco, where his servant, Zandonda, taught him about African magic.
In 1930, Williamson returned to Britain and moved to London, where he began working as a production assistant at several film studios. As a hobby, he continued to investigate the occult, beginning to collect objects and became an acquaintance of Margaret Murray, Montague Summers and Aleister Crowley.
In 1933, he married Gwen Wilcox, a make-up artist, and niece of film director Herbert Wilcox.
In 1938, MI6 hired Williamson to investigate the Nazis' occult interests, and in doing so he formed the Witchcraft Research Center.[citation needed] An April 1944 news report, while not mentioning the Witchcraft Research Center nor Williamson, reflects their area of expertise in claiming Goebbels was going to 'harness fortune telling, astrology, and necromancy to his propaganda machine'.
Cecil Williamson
Cecil Williamson (18 September 1909 – 9 December 1999) was a British screenwriter, editor and film director and influential English Neopagan Warlock. He was the founder of both the Witchcraft Research Center which was a part of MI6's war against Nazi Germany,[citation needed] and the Museum of Witchcraft. He was a friend of both Gerald Gardner, who was the founder of Wicca, and also of the notorious occultist Aleister Crowley.
Williamson was born in Paignton, Devon, England. His father was a senior officer in the Royal Navy and was posted abroad. He claimed he first encountered witchcraft in 1916, when, on a visit to North Bovey, also in Devon, to visit his uncle, a local vicar, he supposedly saw a woman being publicly beaten and accused of being a witch. Williamson claimed he tried to defend the woman, and in doing so befriended her.
In 1921, whilst at the boarding school Malvern College, Williamson was bullied, but he claimed got help from a woman who lived on the school grounds, who was also a witch. She showed him how to cast a spell on the bully, who soon after broke his leg in a skiing accident and stopped bullying Cecil.
During Summer holidays, Williamson often went to visit Dinard in France with his grandmother and her friend Mona Mackenzie. Mackenzie was a spirit medium, and she taught Williamson about divination.
After studying in college, Williamson travelled to Rhodesia (modern Zimbabwe) to grow tobacco, where his servant, Zandonda, taught him about African magic.
In 1930, Williamson returned to Britain and moved to London, where he began working as a production assistant at several film studios. As a hobby, he continued to investigate the occult, beginning to collect objects and became an acquaintance of Margaret Murray, Montague Summers and Aleister Crowley.
In 1933, he married Gwen Wilcox, a make-up artist, and niece of film director Herbert Wilcox.
In 1938, MI6 hired Williamson to investigate the Nazis' occult interests, and in doing so he formed the Witchcraft Research Center.[citation needed] An April 1944 news report, while not mentioning the Witchcraft Research Center nor Williamson, reflects their area of expertise in claiming Goebbels was going to 'harness fortune telling, astrology, and necromancy to his propaganda machine'.