The White Eagle Lodge Religious Movement

  • Creation Date

    Ivan and Grace Cooke founded the White Eagle Lodge on this day in England.
  • Beginners Correspondence Court

    Joan Hodgson developed a beginners’ correspondence course in 1941. They also wrote a series of articles for the early Lodge journal Angelus that were published as Wisdom in the Stars.
  • Wisdom in the Stars

    Joan also wrote about astrology for the then Lodge magazine ANGELUS, and a series of articles she wrote there about the esoteric significance of the twelve signs of the zodiac was compiled as a book and published in 1943 under the title it still has today: WISDOM IN THE STARS.
  • Charity

    The White Eagle became recognized as a Charity in 1953 by the British Government
  • England Headquarters Temple

    New Lands in Hampshire, England: opened in 1972
  • White Temple Opening

    The White Eagle Mother Lodge is located at New Lands, in Liss, Hampshire, where the beautiful White Temple, used for worship, meditation and healing, was opened in 1974.
  • School Integration

    In 1976 the Lodge expanded Joan's work into a school.
  • Grace Cooke Teaching Retirement

    Until this year, founder Grace Cooke was the head teacher of the school.
  • Grace Cooke Death

    In the year 1979 Grace Cooke the founder and considered "mother" died.
  • Australian Headquarters Temple

    Maleny in Queensland: opened in 1991
  • US Headquarters Temple

    Headquarters opened in Texas.
  • Joan Hodgson Death

    Joan Hodgson was active until her death in the year 1995.