Moina Mathers

"Moina's blue eyes seem to penetrate the very depths of my soul. I should not be surprised; after all, she is known as 'the Seeress'."

- William Robert Woodman.

Moina Mathers (1865 - 1928), born as Mina Bergson was the wife of Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers and the "Seeress" of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. She was also a member of the Assassin Order for a certain time.

Early life
Moina was born in Geneva, Switzerland. During her childhood, her family moved throughout Europe, eventually settling in London. As she was artistically talented, Moina joined the Slade School of Art at the age of fifteen, where she met and befriended Annie Horniman, an Assassin, who introduced her to the order. Moina liked the Assassins' idea of free thoughts since she never had a strong religious belief herself and became a member of the group.

In 1887, the Assassin Order asked Moina to pretend to take interest in Samuel Mathers who was about to establish his own occult secret society, knowing that he was funded by the Templars. During that time, the Templars were seeking a book somewhere in London as it was believed to contain powerful knowledge.

Eventually, Moina and Samuel married and he founded the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn along with two associates, William Robert Woodman and William Wynn Westcott. After the mysterious death of William Woodman, William Westcott and Samuel Mathers fought for control of the group. The Assassins asked Moina to end her relationship and rejoin the brotherhood, however, she refused.

As the Seeress
Moina's title of the Seeress was quite appropriate. After the assassination of William Robert Woodman, she, alongside Aleister Crowley, was the only one who was able to see him in his supernatural form. Her husband, the Imperator of the order, did therefore frequently use her in order to communicate with him.

In 1901, the Seeress conducted a sexual ritual with the corpse of Woodman, hoping that this would enable her and her husband to control the disembodied being. However, this failed.

When Samuel Mathers died unter mysterious circumstances at the age of 64, Moina took his place at the head of Alpha et Omega, a new secret order.

Trivia

 * Frater V.O.V. compared Moina's voice to the one of Maria Amiel.
 * Moina suspected that the Templars were secretly guiding her life.
 * Moina had one child.