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Dion Fortune


Born
in Bryn-y-Bia, Llandudno, North Wales, The United Kingdom
December 06, 1890

Died
January 08, 1946

Genre
Religion & Spirituality, Literature & Fiction


Violet Mary Firth Evans (better known as Dion Fortune), was a British occultist and author. Her pseudonym was inspired by her family motto "Deo, non fortuna" (Latin for "by God, not fate").

From 1919 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 religion of Wicca, especially upon Doreen Valiente.

Of her non-fiction works on magical subjects, the best remembered of her books are; The Cosmic Doctrine, meant to be a ...more

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Average rating: 4.02 · 10,331 ratings · 760 reviews · 138 distinct works • Similar authors
The Mystical Qabalah
4.21 avg rating — 2,683 ratings — published 1957 — 148 editions
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Psychic Self-Defense
3.78 avg rating — 1,434 ratings — published 1930 — 152 editions
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The Sea Priestess
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4.09 avg rating — 998 ratings — published 1935 — 58 editions
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Moon Magic
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4.21 avg rating — 505 ratings — published 1956 — 25 editions
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The Secrets of Dr. Taverner
4.10 avg rating — 451 ratings — published 1926 — 134 editions
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The Goat-Foot God
4.05 avg rating — 362 ratings — published 1936 — 27 editions
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The Training & Work of an I...
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4.01 avg rating — 291 ratings — published 1930 — 24 editions
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Demon Lover
3.85 avg rating — 254 ratings — published 1927 — 28 editions
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The Cosmic Doctrine
3.97 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 1966 — 58 editions
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Glastonbury: Avalon of the ...
3.92 avg rating — 197 ratings — published 1934 — 20 editions
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“There is a life behind the personality that uses personalities as masks. There are times when life puts off the mask and deep answers unto deep.”
― Dion Fortune, The Goat-Foot God
tags: psychological, spiritual
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“We take spiritual initiation when we become conscious of the Divine within us, and thereby contact the Divine without us.”
― Dion Fortune, Esoteric Orders and Their Work and The Training and Work of the Initiate
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“A religion without a goddess is halfway to atheism.”
― Dion Fortune
tags: atheism, dion-fortune, goddess, religion
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