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Вайолет Мэри Ферт (родилась 6 декабря 1890 году, умерла 8 января 1946 года от острого миелолейкоза) - выдающаяся британская оккультистка и писательница, прославившаяся под именем «Дион Форчун».

В 1919 году она вступила в одну из лож «Альфа и Омега», образовавшихся после раскола Герметического ордена Золотой Зари, но через три года вышла из ее рядов и основала собственную организацию — Братство (позднее — Общество) Внутреннего Света. Дион Форчун — автор множества книг, в том числе художественных произведений на оккультные темы («Демон-любовник», «Крылатый бык», «Козлоногий бог», «Тайны доктора Тавернера», «Жрица моря», «Лунная магия» и др.). В числе ее важнейших теоретических работ по оккультизму — «Мистическая каббала», «Космическая доктрина» и «Психическая самозащита». Дион Форчун была лично знакома с Алистером Кроули, уважительно отзывалась о нем в печати и рекомендовала его книги ученикам, достигшим определенного уровня подготовки. Известно, что Кроули послал ей экземпляр своей «Книги Тота» с дарственной надписью «Жрице Селены».

Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox person Dion Fortune born Violet Mary Firth (6 December 1890 – 8 January 1946), was a prominent British occultist, author, psychologist, teacher, artist, and mystic.<ref>Richardson, Alan; "The Magical Life of Dion Fortune", Aquarian Press, 1987, ISBN 1-85538-051-X, p 26.</ref> Schooled in Western Esotericism, she was influential in the modern revival of the magical arts. She was also a prolific writer of the supernatural and the occult in both novels and non-fiction works. As a psychologist, she approached magic and hermetic concepts from the perspectives of Jung and Freud.

Known to those in her inner circle as DF, her pseudonym was inspired by her family motto "Deo, non-fortuna" (Latin for "by God, not fate"), originally the ancient motto of the Barons and Earls Digby.<ref>Knight, Gareth; Dion Fortune and the Inner Light, Thoth, 2000, ISBN 1-870450-45-0, p 2.</ref> Fortune died in 1946 from leukemia in Middlesex, London, at the age of 55.

Early life

She was born in Bryn-y-Bia in Llandudno, Wales, and grew up in a household where Christian Science was rigorously practiced.<ref name="DruryDoM">Шаблон:Cite book</ref> She reported visions of Atlantis at age four<ref>Knight, Gareth; Dion Fortune and the Inner Light, Thoth Publications, 2000, ISBN 1-870450-45-0, pp 14–15.</ref> and developing psychic abilities at age 20. <ref>Chapman, Janine; Quest for Dion Fortune, Samuel Weiser, 1993, ISBN 0-87728-775-9, p 3-5.</ref>

She joined the Theosophical Society<ref name="DruryDoM"/> and attended courses in psychology and psychoanalysis at the University of London,<ref>Chapman, Janine; "Quest for Dion Fortune", Samuel Weiser, 1993, ISBN 0-87728-775-9, p 5.</ref> and became a lay psychotherapist at the Medico-Psychological Clinic in Brunswick Square.<ref>Knight, Gareth; Dion Fortune and the Inner Light, Thoth Publications, 2000, ISBN 1-870450-45-0, p29 and Richardson, Alan The Magical Life of Dion Fortune, p 54. N.B. Janine Chapman however in her book, Quest for Dion Fortune (p 6), says that Fortune worked at the Tavistock clinic, citing Christine Hartley as her source.</ref>

Her first magical mentor was the Irish occultist and Freemason Theodore Moriarty.<ref>Richardson, Alan; The Magical Life of Dion Fortune, Aquarian Press, 1991, ch.4. ISBN 1-85538-051-X and Knight, Gareth; "Dion Fortune and the Inner Light", Thoth Publications, 2000, ISBN 1-870450-45-0, ch.5.</ref> In 1919 she was initiated into the London Temple of the Alpha et Omega<ref>Richardson, Alan, The Magical Life of Dion Fortune, Aquarian Press, 1991, p111. ISBN 1-85538-051-X and Knight, Gareth; Dion Fortune and the Inner Light, Thoth Publications, 2000, ISBN 1-870450-45-0, ch.7.</ref> before transferring to the Stella Matutina order.<ref>Richardson, Alan; The Magical Life of Dion Fortune, Aquarian Press, 1991, p114. ISBN 1-85538-051-X</ref>

Lectures

Fortune fell out with Moina Mathers, head of the Alpha et Omega, and claimed she was coming under magical attack.<ref name="DruryDoM"/><ref>King, 1989, page 144</ref> In 1922, with Moina's consent, Dion Fortune left the Alpha et Omega and with her husband, Penry Evans<ref name="DruryDoM"/> formed the Fraternity of the Inner Light as an offshoot of the Alpha et Omega.<ref>Richardson, Alan, "The Magical Life of Dion Fortune", Aquarian Press, 1991, ISBN 1-85538-051-X, p117,</ref><ref>Knight, Gareth; "Dion Fortune and the Inner Light", Thoth Publications, 2000, ISBN 1-870450-45-0, pp 138–139.</ref> This brought new members to the Alpha et Omega.<ref>King, 1989, page 143</ref> Fortune's group was later renamed "The Society of the Inner Light". This society was to be the focus of her work for the rest of her life.

Books and other writings

From 1919<ref name="DruryDoM"/> she began writing a number of novels and short stories that explored various aspects of magic and mysticism, including The Demon Lover, The Winged Bull, The Goat-Foot God, and The Secrets of Dr. Taverner. This latter is a collection of short stories based on her experiences with Theodore Moriarty. Two of her novels, The Sea Priestess and Moon Magic, became influential within the Goddess Movement and Wicca, especially upon Doreen Valiente.<ref name="sacred-texts.com">Шаблон:Cite web</ref>

Of her works on magical subjects, the best remembered of her books are; The Cosmic Doctrine,<ref>Richardson, Alan, The Magical Life of Dion Fortune, Aquarian Press, 1991, p63, ISBN 1-85538-051-X and Fielding, Charles and Collins, Carr; The Story of Dion Fortune, Thoth Books, 1998, ISBN 1-870450-33-7, p151.</ref> a summation of her basic teachings on mysticism, Psychic Self-Defense,<ref>Charles and Collins, Carr, The Story of Dion Fortune, Thoth Books, 1998, ISBN 1-870450-33-7, p150,</ref> a manual on how to protect oneself from psychic attacks and the seminal book of knowledge known as the The Mystical Qabalah,<ref>Fielding, Charles and Collins, Carr; "The Story of Dion Fortune", Thoth Books, 1998, ISBN 1-870450-33-7, p151 and Richardson, Alan, "The Magical Life of Dion Fortune", Aquarian Press, 1991, p137, ISBN 1-85538-051-X</ref> an introduction to Hermetic Qabalah which was first published in England in 1935, and is regarded as one of the best books on magic ever written.<ref name="DruryDoM"/>

According to authors Charles and Collins Carr, her writings have the virtue of lucidity<ref>Charles and Collins, Carr; "The Story of Dion Fortune", Thoth Books, 1998, ISBN 1-870450-33-7,p150.</ref> and avoid the deliberate obscurity that characterized many of her forerunners and contemporaries in explaining the ancient "Wisdom Teachings".<ref>Fortune, Dion; The Mystical Qabalah, Aquarian Press, 1987, ISBN 0-85030-335-4, p 1. and Fielding, Charles and Collins, Carr; "The Story of Dion Fortune", Thoth Books, 1998, ISBN 1-870450-33-7, p152.</ref>

According to author Diana Paxson, in a letter to Random House regarding her sister-in-law Marion Zimmer Bradley she credits Dion Fortune's Avalon of the Heart and novels as the inspiration for The Mists of Avalon. In the Letter[1] she says "In particular, Mists of Avalon was a story of a woman's spiritual quest. The spirituality of Avalon derives from the British Mystery tradition, especially as it was interpreted by the occult writer Dion Fortune, whose character, Miss LeFay Morgan, is both a progenitor and descendant of Morgaine. In addition, Marion drew upon Dion Fortune's non-fiction book, Avalon of the Heart. For a time, Dion Fortune lived in Glastonbury, in a cottage at the base of the Tor, in the Chalice Orchard, Glastonbury, home of the legendary Glastonbury Tor is still a sacred center of pilgrimage for many".

Dion Fortune's early 20th century occult and supernatural non-fiction writings also influenced other fantasy fiction authors of novels, comic books, graphic novels and video games.

The work that is considered her masterpiece by occultists and occult sympathizers is The Mystical Qabalah, first published in England in 1935.<ref name="sacred-texts.com"/><ref>Richardson, Alan, "The Magical Life of Dion Fortune", Aquarian Press, 1991, ISBN 1-85538-051-X, p137</ref><ref>Regardie, Israel, (ed), 777 and other Qabalistic Writings of Aleister Crowley, introduction.</ref>

Fortune's occult experiences during WWII are written about in the Magical Battle of Britain, which was an effort by British occultists to instruct their followers in meditation through newsletters during World War II. There is also an interesting article published in the Sept 2010 issue of Fortean Times magazine that covers the occult activities employed by both sides during WWII.Fortean Times Sept 2010<ref>Carr; "The Story of Dion Fortune", Thoth Books, 1998, ISBN 1-870450-33-7, p106-109 and Knight, Gareth</ref> <ref>Fortune, Dion; The Magical Battle of Britain, Sun Chalice Books, 1993, ISBN 1-928754-21-X</ref><ref>Шаблон:Cite web</ref>

Tomb of Dion Fortune

Dion Fortune maintained a residence and teaching center in Glastonbury at the base of the Glastonbury Tor. While there she claimed to make trance contact with the Esoteric Order known as the Secret Chiefs. Between 1941-42 the information she purportedly channeled became known as The Arthurian Formula which formed a cornerstone of the inner work of the Society of the Inner Light. A book on the subject edited by Gareth Knight was released in 2006.

Her Society of the Inner Light continues to function, and has also given rise to other orders, including The London Group, until recently headed by Alan Adams (aka Charles Fielding),<ref>Lamond, F. (2005) Fifty Years of Wicca. pp. 48–50.</ref><ref>Шаблон:Cite web</ref><ref>Knight, Gareth; "Dion Fortune and the Inner Light", Thoth Publications, 2000, ISBN 1-870450-45-0.</ref> and Servants of the Light, headed by Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki.<ref name="DruryDoM"/>

Her work has had a direct influence on bringing back awareness of the Sacred Feminine and the return of the Goddess in popular culture.

Bibliography

The Machinery of the Mind, 1922 [Violet M. Firth]
The Esoteric Philosophy of Love and Marriage, 1924
The Psychology of the Servant Problem, 1925
The Secrets of Dr. Taverner, 1926
The Demon Lover, 1927
Esoteric Orders and Their Work, 1928
The Mystical Qabalah, 1935
The Winged Bull, 1935
The Goat-Foot God, 1936
The Sea Priestess, 1938
The Cosmic Doctrine, 1949
Moon Magic, (unfinished in her lifetime, and published posthumously in 1956)
Applied Magic, 1962
Psychic Self-Defense, 1971
Glastonbury: Avalon of the Heart, 1986
The Circuit of Force (with Gareth Knight)
The Training and Work of an Initiate (with Gareth Knight)
An Introduction to Ritual Magic (with Gareth Knight), 1997
What Is Occultism?, 2001
Mystical Meditations on the Christian Collects, 2006
Practical Occultism (with Gareth Knight)

References

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External links

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Dion Fortune AKA Violet Firth AKA Violet Mary Firth Evans "Deo, non fortuna" (Latin"by God, not fate") Wales / England 1890 - 1946 Teachers: Dr. Theodore Moriarty AKA Dr. Taverner; who was influenced by G.I. Gurdjieff; Mayia Curtis-Webb AKA Mrs. Tranchell-Hayes, head of the Alpha et Omega Temple in London; Moina Mathers; J.W. Brodie-Innes Alpha et Omega Temple in in Weston-super-Mare ; Arthur O'Mulligan, taught her The Green Ray Way;Paracelsus ; Eliphas Levi; Papus; William Wynn Westcott; Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers; William Robert Woodman; William Alexander Ayton; Robert Wentworth Little; Florence Farr ; Dr. Robert Felkin ; H.P. Blavatsky; Annie Besant; A.E. Waite; Students: Charles Fielding AKA Alan Adams; Chas Clifton; Carr Collins; Colonel Charles Seymour; Christine Campbell Thompson AKA Christine Hartley ; Thomas Penry Evans AKA Merlin, her husband; Gareth Knight AKA Dr. Basil Wilby; Hans Nintzel; Charles Thomas Loveday AKA Nibs; Miss Lonsdale AKA Lummy; Miss Lathbury AKA Dragon; Elsie Reeves; Gwen Stafford-Allen; Bernard Bromage; W. E. Butler AKA Walter Ernest Butler; Dr Francis Israel Regardie; William G. Gray; Arthur Chichester; Margaret Lumley Brown; W.K. Creasy; Kathleen Raine; Peter Valentine Timlett; Dolores Ashcroft Nowicki; Doreen Valiente; Chuck Furnace; Anne Bancroft; J. H. Brennan (Herbie); Kerr Cuhulain AKA Detective Constable Charles Ennis ; Friends and Enemies: Aleister Crowley, the Beast 666 ; Frederick Bligh Bond; Amy Campbell; Edward Langford Garstin, of Alpha et Omega; Author: Non-fiction: Mystical Qabalah ; The Training & Work of an Initiate; Aspects of Occultism; Applied Magic; Cosmic Doctrine; The Magical Battle of Britain; Esoteric Orders And Their Work; Practical Occultism in Daily Life; Psychic Self Defense; Sane Occultism; Through the Gates of Death; NOVELS: The Sea Priestess; Moon Magic; Secrets of Doctor Taverner (based on Dr. Theodore Moriarty; The Goat Foot God; The Demon Lover; Biographies: Priestess: The Life and Magic of Dion Fortune by Alan Richardson, 1987; The Story of Dion Fortune "as told to" Charles Fielding and Carr Collins, 1985 Organizations: the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn had split, 1st attended Mathers's London Temple of the Alpha et Omega,then Stella Matutina; Community of the Inner Light; Servants of the Light; Fraternity of the Inner Light ; The Society of the Inner Light, Christian Mystic Lodge of the Theosophical Society; Guild of the Master Jesus, a separate Magical Christian Mediation group; Watchers of Avalon; The Hermetic Order of the Temple of Starlight; Co-Masonry ; Comments: Magician ; Qabalist; Rosicrucian; Ceremonial Magick, astral travel, group work from a distance. Followed 3 ways: Hermetic Path, the Mystic Path and the Green Ray Path of elemental and nature contacts; beware the Red Ray energies when WORKing Green Path; Resources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion_Fortune; http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Dion+Fortune; http://www.innerlight.org.uk/dion/DionFort.html; http://www.angelfire.com/az/garethknight/aboutdf.html/; http://www.innerlight.org.uk/; Priestess: the Life and Magic of Dion Fortune By Alan Richardson; The Story of Dion Fortune by Charles Fielding and Carr Collins

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 В 1919 году она вступила в одну из лож «Альфа и Омега», образовавшихся после раскола [[Герметический орден Золотой Зари|Герметического ордена Золотой Зари]], но через три года вышла из ее рядов и основала собственную организацию — Братство (позднее — Общество) Внутреннего Света. Дион Форчун — автор множества книг, в том числе художественных произведений на оккультные темы («Демон-любовник», «Крылатый бык», «Козлоногий бог», «Тайны доктора Тавернера», «Жрица моря», «Лунная магия» и др.). В числе ее важнейших теоретических работ по оккультизму — «Мистическая каббала», «Космическая доктрина» и «Психическая самозащита». Дион Форчун была лично знакома с [[Алистер Кроули|Алистером Кроули]], уважительно отзывалась о нем в печати и рекомендовала его книги ученикам, достигшим определенного уровня подготовки. Известно, что Кроули послал ей экземпляр своей «[[Книга Тота|Книги Тота]]» с дарственной надписью «Жрице Селены».
+{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2012}}
+{{Infobox person
+| name            = Dion Fortune
+| birth_date      = Violet Mary Firth <br>6 December 1890
+| birth_place     = [[Llandudno]], Wales
+| death_date      = 8 January 1946 (aged 55)
+| death_place     = [[Middlesex|Middlesex, London]]
+| occupation      = [[Occultist]], author
+| spouse          =
+| parents         =
+| children        =
+}}
+'''Dion Fortune''' born '''Violet Mary Firth''' (6 December 1890 – 8 January 1946), was a prominent British [[occultist]], author, psychologist, teacher, artist, and mystic.<ref>Richardson, Alan; "The Magical Life of Dion Fortune", Aquarian Press, 1987, ISBN 1-85538-051-X, p 26.</ref> Schooled in [[Western Esotericism]], she  was influential in the modern revival of the magical arts. She was also a prolific writer of the supernatural and the occult in both novels and non-fiction works. As a psychologist, she approached magic and [[hermeticism|hermetic]] concepts from the perspectives of Jung and Freud.
+Known to those in her inner circle as '''DF''', her pseudonym was inspired by her [[Motto|family motto]] "Deo, non-fortuna" ([[Latin language|Latin]] for "by God, not fate"), originally the ancient motto of the [[Baron Digby|Barons and Earls Digby]].<ref>Knight, Gareth; ''Dion Fortune and the Inner Light'', Thoth, 2000, ISBN 1-870450-45-0, p 2.</ref>  Fortune died in 1946 from [[leukemia]] in [[Middlesex|Middlesex, London]], at the age of 55.
+==Early life==
+She was born in Bryn-y-Bia in [[Llandudno]], Wales, and grew up in a household where [[Christian Science]] was rigorously practiced.<ref name="DruryDoM">{{cite book |last=Drury |first=Nevill |title=Dictionary of Mysticism and the Esoteric Traditions |year=1992 |location=Bridport, Dorset |publisher=Prism Unity |isbn=1-85327-075-X}}</ref> She reported [[Vision (religion)|visions]] of [[Atlantis]] at age four<ref>Knight, Gareth; ''Dion Fortune and the Inner Light'', Thoth Publications, 2000, ISBN 1-870450-45-0, pp 14–15.</ref> and developing psychic abilities at age 20. <ref>Chapman, Janine; ''Quest for Dion Fortune'', [[Red Wheel Weiser Conari|Samuel Weiser]], 1993, ISBN 0-87728-775-9, p 3-5.</ref>
+She joined the [[Theosophical Society]]<ref name="DruryDoM"/> and attended courses in [[psychology]] and [[psychoanalysis]] at the [[University of London]],<ref>Chapman, Janine; "Quest for Dion Fortune", Samuel Weiser, 1993, ISBN 0-87728-775-9, p 5.</ref> and became a lay psychotherapist at the Medico-Psychological Clinic in Brunswick Square.<ref>Knight, Gareth; ''Dion Fortune and the Inner Light'', Thoth Publications, 2000, ISBN 1-870450-45-0, p29 and Richardson, Alan ''The Magical Life of Dion Fortune'', p 54. N.B. Janine Chapman however in her book, ''Quest for Dion Fortune'' (p 6), says that Fortune worked at the Tavistock clinic, citing Christine Hartley as her source.</ref>
+Her first magical mentor was the Irish occultist and [[Freemason]] [[Theodore Moriarty]].<ref>Richardson, Alan; ''The Magical Life of Dion Fortune'', Aquarian Press, 1991, ch.4. ISBN 1-85538-051-X and Knight, Gareth; "Dion Fortune and the Inner Light", Thoth Publications, 2000, ISBN 1-870450-45-0, ch.5.</ref> In 1919 she was initiated into the London Temple of the [[Alpha et Omega]]<ref>Richardson, Alan, ''The Magical Life of Dion Fortune'', Aquarian Press, 1991, p111. ISBN 1-85538-051-X and Knight, Gareth; ''Dion Fortune and the Inner Light'', Thoth Publications, 2000, ISBN 1-870450-45-0, ch.7.</ref> before transferring to the [[Stella Matutina]] order.<ref>Richardson, Alan; ''The Magical Life of Dion Fortune'', Aquarian Press, 1991, p114. ISBN 1-85538-051-X</ref>
+==Lectures==
+Fortune fell out with [[Moina Mathers]], head of the [[Alpha et Omega]], and claimed she was coming under magical attack.<ref name="DruryDoM"/><ref>King, 1989, page 144</ref> In 1922, with Moina's consent, Dion Fortune left the [[Alpha et Omega]] and with her husband, Penry Evans<ref name="DruryDoM"/> formed the [[Fraternity of the Inner Light]] as an offshoot of the [[Alpha et Omega]].<ref>Richardson, Alan, "The Magical Life of Dion Fortune", Aquarian Press, 1991, ISBN 1-85538-051-X, p117,</ref><ref>Knight, Gareth; "Dion Fortune and the Inner Light", Thoth Publications, 2000, ISBN 1-870450-45-0, pp 138–139.</ref> This brought new members to the Alpha et Omega.<ref>King, 1989, page 143</ref> Fortune's group was later renamed "The Society of the Inner Light". This society was to be the focus of her work for the rest of her life.
+==Books and other writings==
+From 1919<ref name="DruryDoM"/> she began writing a number of novels and [[short story|short stories]] that explored various aspects of magic and [[mysticism]], including ''The Demon Lover'', ''The Winged Bull'', ''The Goat-Foot God'', and ''The Secrets of Dr. Taverner''. This latter is a collection of short stories based on her experiences with Theodore Moriarty. Two of her novels, ''The Sea Priestess'' and ''Moon Magic'', became influential within the [[Goddess Movement]] and [[Wicca]], especially upon [[Doreen Valiente]].<ref name="sacred-texts.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/bos/bos474.htm |title=Internet Book of Shadows: Dion Fortune & Gardnerian Wicca (C.S. Clifton in W.o.W.) |publisher=Sacred-texts.com |date= |accessdate=2012-09-30}}</ref>
+Of her works on magical subjects, the best remembered of her books are; ''The Cosmic Doctrine'',<ref>Richardson, Alan, ''The Magical Life of Dion Fortune'', Aquarian Press, 1991, p63, ISBN 1-85538-051-X and Fielding, Charles and Collins, Carr; ''The Story of Dion Fortune'', Thoth Books, 1998, ISBN 1-870450-33-7, p151.</ref> a summation of her basic teachings on mysticism, ''Psychic Self-Defense'',<ref>Charles and Collins, Carr, ''The Story of Dion Fortune'', Thoth Books, 1998, ISBN 1-870450-33-7, p150,</ref> a manual on how to protect oneself from psychic attacks and the seminal book of knowledge known as the ''The Mystical Qabalah'',<ref>Fielding, Charles and Collins, Carr; "The Story of Dion Fortune", Thoth Books, 1998, ISBN 1-870450-33-7, p151 and Richardson, Alan, "The Magical Life of Dion Fortune", Aquarian Press, 1991, p137, ISBN 1-85538-051-X</ref> an introduction to [[Hermetic Qabalah]] which was first published in England in 1935, and is regarded as one of the best books on magic ever written.<ref name="DruryDoM"/>
+According to authors Charles and Collins Carr, her writings have the virtue of lucidity<ref>Charles and Collins, Carr; "The Story of Dion Fortune", Thoth Books, 1998, ISBN 1-870450-33-7,p150.</ref> and avoid the deliberate obscurity that characterized many of her forerunners and contemporaries in explaining the ancient "Wisdom Teachings".<ref>Fortune, Dion; ''The Mystical Qabalah'', Aquarian Press, 1987, ISBN 0-85030-335-4, p 1. and Fielding, Charles and Collins, Carr; "The Story of Dion Fortune", Thoth Books, 1998, ISBN 1-870450-33-7, p152.</ref>
+According to author [[Diana Paxson]], in a letter to [http://www.randomhouse.com/book/17254/the-mists-of-avalon-by-marion-zimmer-bradley#authorq&amp;a Random House] regarding her sister-in-law [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]] she credits Dion Fortune's Avalon of the Heart and novels as the inspiration for ''[[The Mists of Avalon]]''. In the '''Letter'''[http://www.randomhouse.com/book/17254/the-mists-of-avalon-by-marion-zimmer-bradley#authorq&amp;a] she says "In particular, Mists of Avalon was a story of a woman's spiritual quest. The spirituality of Avalon derives from the British Mystery tradition, especially as it was interpreted by the occult writer Dion Fortune, whose character, Miss LeFay Morgan, is both a progenitor and descendant of Morgaine. In addition, Marion drew upon Dion Fortune's non-fiction book, ''Avalon of the Heart''. For a time, Dion Fortune lived in Glastonbury, in a cottage at the base of the Tor, in the Chalice Orchard, Glastonbury, home of the legendary Glastonbury Tor is still a sacred center of pilgrimage for many".
+Dion Fortune's early 20th century occult and supernatural non-fiction writings also influenced other fantasy fiction authors of novels, comic books, graphic novels and video games.
+The work that is considered her masterpiece by occultists and occult sympathizers is ''The Mystical Qabalah'', first published in England in 1935.<ref name="sacred-texts.com"/><ref>Richardson, Alan, "The Magical Life of Dion Fortune", Aquarian Press, 1991, ISBN 1-85538-051-X, p137</ref><ref>Regardie, Israel, (ed), ''777 and other Qabalistic Writings of Aleister Crowley'', introduction.</ref>
+Fortune's occult experiences during WWII are written about in the ''Magical Battle of Britain,'' which was an effort by British occultists to instruct their followers in meditation through newsletters during [[World War II]]. There is also an interesting article published in the Sept 2010 issue of Fortean Times magazine that covers the occult activities employed by both sides during WWII.[http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/4435/the_magical_battle_of_britain.html Fortean Times Sept 2010]<ref>Carr; "The Story of Dion Fortune", Thoth Books, 1998, ISBN 1-870450-33-7, p106-109 and Knight, Gareth</ref> <ref>Fortune, Dion; ''The Magical Battle of Britain'', Sun Chalice Books, 1993, ISBN 1-928754-21-X</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Evans|first=Dave|title=The Magical Battle of Britain. Fighting Hitler's Nazis with occult ritual|url=http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/4435/the_magical_battle_of_britain.html|publisher=Fortean Times|accessdate=17 June 2013|coauthors=David Sutton|date=September 2010}}</ref>
+[[File:Tomb of Dion Fortune 2.jpg|thumb|Tomb of Dion Fortune]]
+<!-- Unsourced image removed: [[File:Dion_Fortune_Later_Years.gif|thumb|right|200px|Dion Fortune in later years]] -->
+Dion Fortune maintained a residence and teaching center in [[Glastonbury]] at the base of the [[Glastonbury Tor]]. While there she claimed to make trance contact with the Esoteric Order known as the [[Secret Chiefs]]. Between 1941-42 the information she purportedly [[channeling (mediumistic)|channeled]] became known as [http://www.amazon.com/The-Arthurian-Formula-Dion-Fortune/dp/1870450906 The Arthurian Formula] which formed a cornerstone of the inner work of the [[Society of the Inner Light]]. A book on the subject edited by [[Gareth Knight]] was released in 2006.
+Her Society of the Inner Light continues to function, and has also given rise to other orders, including The London Group, until recently headed by Alan Adams (aka Charles Fielding),<ref>[[Frederic Lamond (Wiccan)|Lamond, F.]] (2005) ''Fifty Years of Wicca''. pp. 48–50.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ramsdigital.com/hans.html |title=R.A.M.S. Digital Library – Hans Ninztel |publisher=Ramsdigital.com |date= |accessdate=2012-09-30}}</ref><ref>Knight, Gareth; "Dion Fortune and the Inner Light", Thoth Publications, 2000, ISBN 1-870450-45-0.</ref> and [[Servants of the Light]], headed by [[Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki]].<ref name="DruryDoM"/>
+Her work has had a direct influence on bringing back awareness of the [[Sacred Feminine]] and the return of the [[Goddess]] in popular culture.
+==Bibliography==
+*''The Machinery of the Mind'', 1922 [Violet M. Firth]
+*''The Esoteric Philosophy of Love and Marriage'', 1924
+*''The Psychology of the Servant Problem'', 1925
+*''The Secrets of Dr. Taverner'', 1926
+*''The Demon Lover'', 1927
+*''Esoteric Orders and Their Work'', 1928
+*''The Mystical Qabalah'', 1935
+*''The Winged Bull'', 1935
+*''The Goat-Foot God'', 1936
+*''The Sea Priestess'', 1938
+*''The Cosmic Doctrine'', 1949
+*''Moon Magic'', (unfinished in her lifetime, and published posthumously in 1956)
+*''Applied Magic'', 1962
+*''Psychic Self-Defense'', 1971
+*''Glastonbury: Avalon of the Heart'', 1986
+*''The Circuit of Force'' (with [[Gareth Knight]])
+*''The Training and Work of an Initiate'' (with Gareth Knight)
+*''An Introduction to Ritual Magic'' (with Gareth Knight), 1997
+*''What Is Occultism?'', 2001
+*''Mystical Meditations on the Christian Collects'', 2006
+*''Practical Occultism'' (with Gareth Knight)
+==References==
+{{Reflist|2}}
+==External links==
+{{wikiquote}}
+*[http://www.innerlight.org.uk/dion/DionFort.html Short biography at the Inner Light site]
+*[http://www.themystica.org/mystica/articles/f/fortune_dion.html the MYSTICA.ORG]
+*[http://www.sacred-texts.com/bos/bos474.htm The Novels of Dion Fortune and the Development of Gardnerian Witchcraft]
+*[http://www.mysteriouspeople.com/Dion_Fortune.htm Dion Fortune – In the Golden Dawn Tradition]
+*{{dmoz|Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Esoteric_and_Occult/Personalities/Fortune,_Dion}}
+*[http://www.arcanelibrary.com/2012/06/occult-weekly-dion-fortune/ Occult Weekly article about Dion Fortune]
+*[http://www.angelfire.com/az/garethknight/books.html The Arthurian Formula]
+{{Authority control|VIAF=24601458}}
+{{Persondata<!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] -->
+|NAME=Fortune, Dion
+|ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Violet Mary Firth, Violet Mary Firth Evans
+|SHORT DESCRIPTION=British Occultist and Author
+|DATE OF BIRTH=1890-12-06
+|PLACE OF BIRTH=[[Llandudno]], Wales
+|DATE OF DEATH= 8 January 1946
+|PLACE OF DEATH= [[Middlesex|Middlesex, London]]
+}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Fortune, Dion}}
+[[Category:1890 births]]
+[[Category:1946 deaths]]
+[[Category:People from Llandudno]]
+[[Category:Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]]
+[[Category:Hermetic Qabalists]]
+[[Category:Welsh occult writers]]
+[[Category:Society of the Inner Light]]
+[[Category:Deaths from leukemia]]
+[[Category:British occult writers]]
+[[Category:British occultists|Writers]]
+* 8 *
 Dion Fortune AKA Violet Firth AKA Violet Mary Firth Evans "Deo, non fortuna" (Latin"by God, not fate")