A Star of The Occult Underground The website Occult Underground includes a biography of occultist Dion Fortune as well as several links for Fortune’s books including Psychic Self Defense, The Machinery of the Mind, and The Mystical Qabalah… Enjoy! (From Occult Underground) “Dion Fortune (December 6, 1890 – 1946), born Violet Mary Firth, was a British occultist and author who was born at Bryn-y-Bia in Llandudno, Wales. Her pseudonym was inspired by her family motto “Deo, non fortuna” (which translates as “God, not fate”). She reported visions of Atlantis at age four and the developing of psychic abilities during her twentieth year. She attended courses in psychology and psychoanalysis at…