Violet Mary Firth Evans, born Violet Mary Firth (December 6 1890 - 1946) and better known as Dion Fortune, was a British occultist and author. Her pseudonym was inspired by her family motto "Deo, non fortuna" (Latin for "God, not fate") Wikipedia
... and practical line that Dion Fortune pursued right the way through her life was a three-fold balance of those elements of the Western Esoteric Tradition that are sometimes called ... www.innerlight.org.uk/dion/DionFort.html
A bibliography of Dion Fortune's books, with the latest releases, covers, descriptions and availability. www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Dion_Fortune.htm
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Dion Fortune. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion_Fortune
A prominent occultist of her time, Fortune was an adept in ceremonial magic , and was perhaps one of the first occult authors to approach magic and hermetic concepts from the psychology of Jung and Freud. www.themystica.org/mystica/articles/f/fortune_dion.html
While a demonstrable personal connection between the modern witches and Dion Fortune cannot be proven - unless one had her entire mailing list circa 1939 in hand - I think a literary connection can be shown. www.sacred-texts.com/bos/bos474.htm
