Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki 4959499 160340551 2007-09-25T21:49:08Z GlassFET 3712038 sharpen cats '''Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[occult]] author, [[psychic]], and [[esotericism|esoteric]] practitioner. An associate of [[Walter Ernest Butler]], she succeeded him as Director of Studies of the [[Servants of the Light ]]. ==Biography== Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki was born and lives in the [[Channel Island]] of [[Jersey]], off the coast of [[France]]. She spent [[World War II]] on the [[Wirral Peninsula]] in the northwest of [[England]]. She studied [[acting]] in [[London]] and also took [[opera]] training at [[Trinity College of Music]]. She also enjoyed the sport of [[fencing]] when young. During the 1960s, she and her husband Michael entered the [[Fraternity of the Inner Light]], an esoteric order founded by [[Dion Fortune]]. In 1965 she became associated with the [[Fraternity of the Inner Light]] and its founder [[Walter Ernest Butler]], and with [[Gareth Knight]] in the Helios School. In 1971 this became the Servants of the Light School. In 1976, when Butler retired, Ashcroft-Nowicki became Director of Studies of the SOL, a position she holds to this day. Perhaps her most important contribution to modern occultism has been her popularization of [[pathwork]] as a training tool for the study of the [[kabbalah]]. {{Fact|date=February 2007}} Politically, she describes herself as "a steadfast supporter of the [[Monarchy]] and the Sovereignty of Britain," with a "profound dislike of the whole idea of the [[European Economic Community]]." {{Fact|date=February 2007}} ==Published works== To date Ashcroft-Nowicki has written 17 books and designed two [[tarot]] decks, the SOL Tarot Deck with Jo Gill and Anthony Clark, and the Shakespearean Tarot with Paul Hardy. *''The Shining Paths *''The Sacred Cord Meditations *''The Servants of the Light Tarot ==External links== *[http://www.servantsofthelight.org/aboutSOL/bio-Dolores.html Official biography of Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki at the Servants of Light web site] {{DEFAULTSORT:Ashcroft-Nowicki, Delores}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:British occult writers]] [[Category:Esotericists]] [[pt:Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki]]