Dion Fortune - Violet Mary Firth Evans (1890 - 1946), (D.O.B December 6 1890) born Violet Mary Firth, was a British magician and author who was born at Bryn-y-Bia in Llandudno, WalesRichardson, Alan; "The Magical Life of Dion Fortune", Aquarian Press, 1987, ISBN 1-85538-051-X, p 26.. Her pseudonym was inspired by her family motto "Deo, non fortuna".

Early life

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She reported visions of Atlantis at age fourKnight, Gareth; "Dion Fortune and the Inner Light", Thoth Publications, 2000, ISBN 1-870450-45-0, pp 14-15. and the developing of psychic abilities during her twentieth yearChapman, Janine; "Quest for Dion Fortune", Samuel Weiser, 1993, ISBN 0-87728-775-9, p 3-5.. She attended courses in psychology and psychoanalysis at the University of London Chapman, Janine; "Quest for Dion Fortune", Samuel Weiser, 1993, ISBN 0-87728-775-9, p 5., and became a lay psychotherapist at the Medico-Psychological Clinic in Brunswick SquareKnight, 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..

Her first magical mentor was the Irish occultist and Freemason Theodore MoriartyRichardson, 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.. In 1919 she was initiated into the London Temple of the "Alpha and Omega" 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., a lodge of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, before transferring to the "Stella Matutina" Lodge of The Golden DawnRichardson, Alan; "The Magical Life of Dion Fortune", Aquarian Press, 1991, p114. ISBN 1-85538-051-X, then run by Moina Mathers, widow of Samuel Liddell MacGregor-Mathers.

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