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Dion Fortune (1890–1946)

Author of Mystical Qabalah

Includes the names: Violet Firth, V. M. Steele, Dion Fortune, Dion Fortune, Violet M Firth, Violet Mary Firth, Dion Fortune editor, evansvioletmaryfirth, Дион Форчун, Dion Fortune/Violet Firth ... (see complete list), Violet Firth (Dion Fortune), ARNY PEVER (ILLUSTRATOR) DION FORTUNE

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"Dion Fortune" is the nom-de-plume of Violet Mary Firth Evans

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Works by Dion Fortune

Mystical Qabalah 781 copies, 6 reviews
Psychic Self-Defense 509 copies, 8 reviews
The Sea Priestess 408 copies, 7 reviews
Moon Magic 255 copies
The Training and Work of an Initiate 193 copies
The Secrets of Dr. Taverner 187 copies, 4 reviews
The Goat Foot God 164 copies
Cosmic Doctrine 143 copies
Demon Lover 135 copies, 2 reviews
The Esoteric Philosophy of Love and Marriage 134 copies
Sane Occultism 133 copies, 2 reviews
Applied Magic 125 copies, 1 review
Avalon of the Heart 124 copies
Esoteric Orders and Their Work 123 copies, 1 review

The Winged Bull 115 copies, 3 reviews

Through the Gates of Death 110 copies, 1 review

Aspects of Occultism 109 copies, 1 review

The Magical Battle of Britain 57 copies

Dion Fortune's: Sane Occultism and Practical Occultism in Daily Life 51 copies, 1 review

Applied Magic and Aspects of Occultism 51 copies

Dion Fortune's Esoteric Orders and Their Work and the Training and Work of… 51 copies

An Introduction to Ritual Magic 38 copies

Practical Occultism in Daily Life 34 copies, 1 review

Mystical Meditations on the Collects 30 copies

The Circut of Force 30 copies

Machinery of the Mind 21 copies

The Problem of Purity 19 copies

The Arthurian Formula 16 copies

Principles of Hermetic Philosophy 15 copies

The Dion Fortune Tarot Cards: Based on the Conclusions of Dion Fortune in… 14 copies

Spiritualism and Occultism 9 copies

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Also by Dion Fortune

The Vampire Archives: The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever… (Contributor) 142 copies, 5 reviews
20th Century Magic and the Old Religion: Dion Fortune, Chistine Hartley,… (Contributor) 31 copies
Soliloquy for Pan (Contributor) 17 copies
The Magicians: Occult Stories (Contributor) 15 copies
Supernatural Sherlocks : Stories from The Golden Age of the Occult… (Contributor) 14 copies, 1 review
Aardse betovering: magische verhalen uit de wereldliteratuur (Contributor) 3 copies

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Evans, Violet Mary Firth

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Firth, Violet Mary (birth)

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Birthplace

Bryn-y-Bia in Llandudno, Wales, UK

Place of death

Middlesex, England, UK

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Llandudno, Wales

London, England

Glastonbury, England

Education

Studley Horticultural College, Warwickshire

University of London (Medico-Psychological Clinic )

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Alpha et Omega Temple of the Stella Matutina

Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

Society of the Inner Light

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Dion Fortune (1891-1946), founder of The Society of the Inner Light, was a prolific writer, pioneer psychologist, and powerful psychic. Author of the highly acclaimed Psychic Self-Defense, her novels include The Goat Foot God, The Demon Lover, and The Winged Bull.

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"Dion Fortune" is the nom-de-plume of Violet Mary Firth Evans

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