Quotes by Dion Fortune

About Dion Fortune:

Dion Fortune was a prominent British occultist, author, psychologist, teacher, artist, and mystic. Schooled in Western Esotericism, she was influential in the modern revival of the magical arts. She was also a prolific writer of the supernatural and the occult in both novels and non-fiction works. As a psychologist, she approached magic and hermetic concepts from the perspectives of Jung and Freud.
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No enunciation of the Truth will ever be complete, no method of training will ever be suitable for all temperaments, no one can do more than mark out the little plot of infinity which he intends to cultivate, and thrust in the spade, trusting that th...

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The difference between magic and meditation methods is the difference between drugs and diet—medicines will do swiftly what diet can only effect slowly, and in critical cases there is no time to wait for the slow processes of dietetics, so it must ...

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When we speak of the Path we mean much more than a course of study. The Path is a way of life and on it the whole being must co-operate if the heights are to be won.

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Superstition has been defined as the use of a form whose significance has been forgotten.

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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.

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...spirituality alone will not take a man far in the Mysteries; he must have intellectual powers as well.

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A religion without a goddess is halfway to atheism.

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Author Bio

  • NameDion Fortune
  • DescriptionBritish occultist and author
  • AliasesViolet Mary Firth
  • BornDecember 6, 1890
  • DiedJanuary 8, 1946
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWoman Of Letters