OCCULTIST

Dion Fortune

1890 - 1946

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Dion Fortune (born Violet Mary Firth, 6 December 1890 – 6 or 8 January 1946) was a British occultist, ceremonial magician, novelist and author. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dion Fortune has received more than 550,258 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Dion Fortune is the 34th most popular occultist (down from 33rd in 2019), the 2,247th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,359th in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Occultist.

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  • 550k

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  • 52.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among OCCULTISTS

Among occultists, Dion Fortune ranks 34 out of 41. Before her are Nina Kulagina, Alice Bailey, Algernon Blackwood, Joséphin Péladan, A. E. Waite, and Elias Ashmole. After her are Otto Witte, Israel Regardie, Tituba, Manly P. Hall, Sergey Oldenburg, and William Quan Judge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Dion Fortune ranks 123. Before her are Ahmad Kasravi, Princess Dagmar of Denmark, Fritz Busch, Elizabeth Bolden, André-Louis Danjon, and Henny Porten. After her are Walter Hasenclever, Elia Abu Madi, Sigurd Hoel, André Gobert, Helge Løvland, and Erich Weinert. Among people deceased in 1946, Dion Fortune ranks 110. Before her are Ahmad Kasravi, Max von Oppenheim, Albert Sechehaye, François de La Rocque, Ioannis Rallis, and Heinrich George. After her are Ferdinand Marian, Maud Watson, Victor Loret, Léon Gaumont, Karl Groos, and Leopold Okulicki.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dion Fortune ranks 2,247 out of 8,785. Before her are B. C. Forbes (1880), Ethel Muckelt (1885), James Harrington (1611), Mick Box (1947), William Ernest Henley (1849), and Lord Leopold Mountbatten (1889). After her are Henry Irving (1838), Jojo Moyes (1969), Rio Ferdinand (1978), W. V. D. Hodge (1903), Carl Palmer (1950), and Limahl (1958).

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Among OCCULTISTS In United Kingdom

Among occultists born in United Kingdom, Dion Fortune ranks 11. Before her are Michael Scot (1175), Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (1854), Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854), Alice Bailey (1880), Algernon Blackwood (1869), and Elias Ashmole (1617). After her are Israel Regardie (1907).

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