Dion Fortune

This was her adopted spiritual name – she as christened Violet Mary Firth. Her father was a solicitor and her mother’s father ran a hydropathic therapy centre in Limpley Stoke near Bath - in her her teenage years her family moved to live in Limple Stoke and at about sixteen the family moved to London. Her family were followers of Christian Science and Violet was well grounded in their beliefs.

During the war she joined the women's land army and after the war studied psychology and trained as a lay analyst. From this base she broadened understanding of all aspects of the esoteric and the occult.

This lead her to start to visit Glastonbury, first as an occasional visitor - later she came to live in the town, buying a house opposite Charles Well. She wrote many books including ‘Avalon of the Heart’ and became a well-known figure in Glastonbury.

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