All of the Occult runs thru ancient Egypt. Egyptians were big on Magic, Androgyny and complete and total control of the population by Pharoah and his (occasionally her) high priests of the ancient religion. Pharoah was the ultimate dictator with total control of the army, the economy and the religion. Sorta like Queen Elizabeth the First and her father Henry VIII. Just sayin'. Occultists REALLY like that form of government.
An Obelisk actually represents a key scene from a major myth of the ancient Egyptian religion- the story where Isis makes a new penis for Osiris because Osiris' brother Set murdered him and dismembered his body. Isis made a new penis and impregnated herself with it and that's how Horus was born. That's right- Egyptian Obelisks are symbols of the Penis Of Osiris.
York House was torn down in (DATE) but the water gate where stairs went down to the Thames remains and they are visible in this contemporary photo of Cleo's Needle
APOLOGIES FOR THE MISTAKE. THE OBLLISK IS VERY CLOSE TO THE FORMER SITE OF THE BACON FAMILY RESIDENCE BUT IT'S NOT EXACTLY THERE.