
Dion Fortune
Dion Fortune was a British occultist, ceremonial magician, and writer. She was a co-founder of the Fraternity of the Inner Light, an occult organisation that promoted philosophies which she claimed had been taught to her by spiritual entities known as the Ascended Masters. A prolific writer, she produced a large number of articles and books on her occult ideas and also authored seven novels, several of which expound occult themes.
Background
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- Q996492
- Educated at
- University of LondonStudley College
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"The driving forces of the universe, the framework upon which it is built up in all its parts, belong to another phase of manifestation than our physical plane, having other dimensions than the three t…"
"The true nature of the gods is that of magical images shaped out of the astral plane by mankind's thought, and influenced by the mind."
"To say that a thing is imaginary is not to dispose of it in the realm of mind, for the imagination, or the image making faculty, is a very important part of our mental functioning. An image formed by …"
"All gods are one God, and all goddesses are one Goddess, and there is one Initiator."
"Psychotherapy may begin with the primitive, but it must end with the divine, for both are integral factors in the human mind."
"The spirit of religious persecution is not the special failing of any particular faith, but springs eternal in the human breast."
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1890
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Birth1946
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