Moina (or Mina) Mathers was born Mina Bergson on February 28, 1865, and died July 25, 1928. She was the wife of
MacGregor Mathers, one of the founding members of the
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and probably contributed the bulk of the Order's study material and methods by channeling via the
Ouija Board. After the death of her husband in 1918, she continued to be active in the order, establishing a temple called
Alpha et Omega.