Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama
Nora Emily Fornario, known as Netta, was a young woman in England who had a lifelong fascination with magic. She studied occult subjects along with like-minded friends in the 1920s. Netta was drawn to Scotland, specifically the island of Iona, which was considered to be a place where the world of spirits was closest to the world of people.
It was sacred to both pagans and Christians, and sported many fairy mounds.Netta told her maid that she was heading to Iona to perform a magical healing ritual and would stay indefinitely. On the island, she found lodging at an isolated farm with an older woman named Mrs. MacRae. With her wild dark hair, clothing inspired by the Arts and…
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