Moriarty was a Freemason who also practiced esoteric and ceremonial magic in the vein of the Theosophy movement, which (oversimplified) is a blend of eastern and western mysticism. Clutched in her perfectly manicured hand was a sheaf of incomprehensible letters from an unidentified stranger. I think she did establish contact with another world”, he said, during his own investigation into the case. Her mother died when she was just a year old, at which time her father sent her to live with her maternal grandfather, a prosperous tea importer.

Neither of which could account for mysterious deep scratches on Netta’s body and on the bottoms of her feet. This is an admittedly daunting task as there are precious few vestiges of her life to examine and seeking them inspires even more questions. However, later that day, her room was found empty, her bed unslept in, and her possessions neatly in place.Born at the cosy end of the Victorian era, growing up in Edwardian times, only to have it all come crashing down in the most brutal way when they were young adults. Just three miles long and one mile wide with a population of 120, Iona attracts over 130,000 visitors a year. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. Despite having made no arrangements for accommodation, she brought with her numerous trunks and enough furniture to fill a cottage.

When he learned later of Netta’s death, he could only explain his feelings as a premonition or telepathy. Given the manner in which Netta was found it is probably safe to assume she was attempting some kind of ritual, possibly a kind of astral projection as hypothesised by Dion Fortune. In this episode we'll talk about her life, theories around her death, and how the people of Iona took Netta in as one of their own. Fortune would be expelled by Mathers in 1926, but by then she had already formed her own group, The Fraternity of the Inner Light. Netta was naked, apart from a black cloak (which was said to symbolise somebody fairly high up in the echelons of the Alpha Et Omega Temple).The island is very small, with only a few residents who all know each other, and no one was found to be a suspect, leaving everyone wondering who could have done such a thing.

MacRae found Netta in her room, packing her numerous suitcases in a "frenzied state", telling her she had to get off the island straight away. She was described as being of a cheerful, happy disposition, but prone to embarking on mad whims, such as announcing to her housekeeper that she was going to fast for 40 days (she sensibly stopped after a fortnight). cemeteries found in Isle of Iona, Argyll and Bute, Scotland will be saved to your photo volunteer list. These days we would think of Netta as a New Ageist, a hippy heavily into alternative healing and white magic. He disputes the whole Mrs McRae character, and says that there is no evidence such a person ever existed.A further examination of the body did not provide any more answers and the coroner was not able to ascertain just how or when she had died, finally settling on the explanation that she must have died of a combination of exhaustion, heart failure, and hypothermia considering the frigid temperatures and the fact that she had not been dressed for the cold. A contemporary news source claims there were letters of “strange character” found in her room that were turned over to the authorities, though their contents were never revealed. Someone like Netta would find symbolism in just about anything, and her belief in fate/destiny/karma would have been acutely strong. Marie Emily Fornario or Netta as she was known, must have made an odd sight as she disembarked from the ferry dressed in her strange ‘Arts and Crafts’ clothes and swathed in a long black cloak. One wacky theory I found was that people are claiming Moina attacked Netta from beyond the grave by way of telepathic attacks.

Dotted throughout the British Isles, these enchanted hills are often the remnants of Iron Age Celtic structures covered by vegetation over time. It shamelessly borrows from those classic stories that have gone before, to make a new play that is immersed in madness, murder, magic and decay, that has at its heart, a truly memorable character. IN CONCLUSION: On going over a lot of this my gut feeling is that maybe Netta built up demons in her own mind. Beautiful and extraordinary, he is unable to resist Netta or the equally intriguing Mrs Blacklock, and as Netta's health and sanity appear to deteriorate Tyler is drawn into a world of magic, revenge and terrible secrets that lead to love, tragedy and ultimate redemption. In November of 1929, the naked body of a young woman was discovered on the windswept Scottish isle of Iona.Sometimes there is a perfect storm of weirdness brewing, and it all leads the case to be held up high as a truly bizarre anomaly. Mrs Cameron tried to calm her, explaining there would be no ferry until the morning but Netta would not be placated until the family helped her pack up all of her belongings ready to leave at the first opportunity. The true history of the island is lost in the dark mists of time but tales of dragons, selkies, faeries, saints and miracles draw the visitors. That's Spooky on Instagram: "In this week’s episode we discuss the mysterious death of Netta Fornario and Valentino’s cursed ring.