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3 unusual facts about The Tides of Manaunaun


Halcyon, California

Notable persons involved with Halcyon and the Temple include composer and pianist Henry Cowell (see also The Tides of Manaunaun), Irish poet and fiction writer Ella Young, and mystic poet and writer John Varian (1863-1931).

The Tides of Manaunaun

The production was staged in the summer of 1917 at a convention of the theosophical community of Halcyon in coastal San Luis Obispo County, California; Varian was a leader of the group, to which he had introduced Cowell.

It premiered publicly in 1917, serving as a prelude to a theatrical production, The Building of Banba.



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