Rosaleen Norton, who used the name Thorn, was an Australian artist and occultist who adhered to a form of pantheistic Neopagan Witchcraft largely devoted to the Greek god Pan. Living in the bohemian Kings Cross district of Sydney, where tabloids called her the Witch of Kings Cross, she led her own coven of witches; she was inspired by the night side of magic, studying the qlippoth and forms of sex magic she had learned from the writings of Aleister Crowley. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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who used the name of "Thorn", was an Australian artist and occultist, in the latter capacity adhering to a form of pantheistic / Neopagan Witchcraft largely devoted to the Greek god Pan.
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She lived much of her later life in the bohemian area of Kings Cross, Sydney, leading her to be termed the "Witch of Kings Cross" in some of the tabloids, and from where she led her own coven of witches.
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Rosaleen Miriam Norton (2 October 1917-5 December 1979), who used the name of "Thorn", was an Australian artist and occultist, in the latter capacity adhering to a form of pantheistic / Neopagan Witchcraft largely devoted to the Greek god Pan.
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