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Death on Iona: The Mysterious Death of Norah Fornario and the Search for Netta

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Ruth’s troubles unfold. Her husband is dead, and is not missed as much as might be expected. Her son Duncan is, throughout the first half, just off-stage. His unhappy fate is revealed later. By the end, the full story of the mysterious death of the title has been told, but not explained. The Great Mull Air Mystery - The death of Peter Gibbs on the Isle of Mull in Scotland (Member only) Occasionally, it is stated, Miss Fonario went off into trances and would remain in that condition for several hours. Her death was apparently due to exposure. Blue lights were seen near the body of Marie (Netta) Fornario and they are still seen near her grave today

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Greer, Mary K. Women of the Golden Dawn: Rebels and Priestesses. Rochester, Vt.: Inner Traditions, 1995. Marie Norah Emily Edith Fornario, known as “Netta”, was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1897, the daughter of Norah Edith Ling and Guiseppe Nicola Raimundo Fornario, an English mother and Italian doctor father. After her mother died in 1898, she was placed in the care of well-to-do tea dealer Thomas Pratt Ling, her maternal grandfather, and lived with him and his family at Leigham Holme, Leigham Court Road, Streatham. Prior to that, she lived in Italy. In 2005, whilst living in Huddersfield, I had a rather strange phone call from a man who told me he lived in Great Horton, Bradford. This man went on to say how valuable the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram was and also mentioned a ritual involving a nine pointed star and the Rose Cross. The man then went on to talk about Aleister Crowley. He insisted that Aleister Crowley had indeed come to Bradford and that Mr Crowley himself had done ritual workings in a building on North Parade in Bradford.

There are plenty more places where people have discussed Fornario’s death online: Reddit (of course), and Fortean Times (did you ever doubt it?). Netta was an heiress, having lost close family members at a young age. She had inherited a substantial sum, the equivalent of over a million pounds in today’s money. As such she was able to buy a house in Mortlake Road, Kew, London, and presumably didn’t have to bother overly much about having a paid job. But in the late summer of 1929, at the age of 31, she suddenly decided to decamp to Iona, apparently taking enough luggage with her to furnish a small house, which suggested she planned to be gone for quite some time. Iona has long been associated with spirituality. St Columba set up a religious retreat there many centuries ago. Folklore and legends abound on Iona, and it is easy to see why Netta would have been drawn to the place. She departed for Iona in either August or September 1929 taking with her a large amount of luggage, which apparently included furniture enough for a small house. Upon arrival she took up lodgings with a Mrs MacRae in Traymore. On 4th July 1922, her naturalization certificate A9304 was issued, as per document HO 144/1765/431695 at the National Archives. Here, her name was listed as Marie Norah Emily Edith Fornario.

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Some skeptics believe that Netta’s death wasn’t related to spirits and can be explained medically. Medical experts have theorized that it’s very possible that Netta had ketoacidosis, a sometimes deadly condition in which there is a massive build-up of acid in your bloodstream.A number of letters, said to be of a strange character, have been taken possession of by the police, who, it is also stated, have passed them on to the Procurator-Fiscal for his consideration. There is also Chapter 17 of Classic Scottish Murder Stories online, which brings together yet more strands. e.g. “ Richard Wilson quotes from the Glasgow Bulletin a report which describes the body as lying in a sleeping posture on the right side, the head resting on the right hand. A knife was found a few feet away. There were a few scratches on the feet […]. Otherwise, there were no marks on the body. Self-assured, Moina proved to be a gifted magician and performed well in ceremonial rites, especially when she incarnated the presence of the High Priestess of Anari in the Isis Rites, composed partially by Mathers. The doctor who examined the body could not narrow down the time of death. Therefore, he pronounced that she could have died at any time from the 17th to the 19th when her body was found. He apparently also had trouble determining a cause of death. So he covered all the bases and settled on either “exposure to the elements” or “heart failure.” Neither of which could account for mysterious deep scratches on Netta’s body and on the bottoms of her feet. Was she running from something?

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