Social Victorians/People/Tranchell-Hayes

Also Known As

• Mrs. Tranchell-Hayes
• Maiya Tranchell-Hayes
• Mrs. Maiya Curtis-Webb (née?)
• Golden Dawn motto: Ex Fide Fortis (E.F.F.) (Alastor) — "Strength out of faith"

Demographics

• Nationality:

Family

Relations

• Any relation to Edmund Duncan Tranchell-Hayes?

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies

• J. W. Brodie-Innes, who mentored her in magic and spirituality
• Dion Fortune, whom Tranchell-Hayes taught, who is said to have based the character of Vivian le Fay Morgan in The Sea-Priestess (1938) and Moon Magic (1956) on her.
• Aleister Crowley
• Moina Mathers

Organizations

• Alpha et Omega, not part of the original GD but a later incarnation under Brodie-Innes
• Stella Matutina?

Timeline

1932 (?), when Israel Regardie published his book on the Golden Dawn, "many initiates felt that their ceremonial power was lost thereby, and some members, such as Maiya Tranchell-Hayes, simply gave up the Ghost and buried their robes in despair" (Trobe 18).

1966, it was Maiya Tranchell-Hayes' robes that washed ashore, having fallen from their hiding place on a cliff in England.

Questions and Notes

1. Too late? Knew Moina Mathers, but after MacGregor Mathers died and Moina returned to London. Annie Horniman was a member of this group as well?

Bibliography

• Alastor
• Trobe, Kala. The Witch's Guide to Life. Llewellyn.