The society is active in philosophical and moral debates of the time, as well as providing help to the poor and unemployed during the great depression. The Aeon Society urges resistance to Adolph Hitler and the Nazi Party in Germany, but few heed. Mercer travels to England to meet with the disgraced Winston Churchill. On May 6th the German Zeppelin Hindenburg bursts into flames and crashes. Twenty crew members, one member of the ground crew, and fifteen passengers including Maxwell Anderson Mercer are killed.
Sabotage is suspected, but no evidence is found.
The Aeon society takes a stand against atomic weapons, insisting that they must never be developed or used. Members of the Society are taken into protective custody by the United States Government and not released until 1945, after the atomic bombing of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Nippon. Later that year Samuel J. Hunter, secretary of the Aeon Society is accused of atomic espionage along with the Rosenbergs and several other individuals. All defendants in the atom bomb spy trial, including Hunter are sentenced to death. Christopher Martin manifests the power to control wind in the tunnels of London's subway system while helping to evacuate commuters from an underground fire.