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Occultists
List of notable occultists and mystics.
This is a list of notable people, whether contemporary, historical or legendary, who are or were involved in any of the following practices and traditions:
Since this is a subject which has attracted hoaxes, folklore, and tall tales, the inclusion of historical persons is limited based on considerations of accepted historical fact - a restriction which obviously does not apply to fictional or mythological figures.
For a list of sleight of hand artists and practitioners of stage magic, see: List of magicians.
Famous magicians:
Some historical or legendary magicians, wizards, witches, or people who have been claimed to be so, are:
Classical mythology:
Ancient world:
- Apollonius of Tyana, wizard
- Apuleius, author of a magical novel
- Gyges of Lydia, king said to possess magical artifacts
- Heraclitus, philosopher important in occultism
- Hermes Trismegistus/Thoth
- Iamblichus, neo-platonist philosopher, espoused theurgy
- Iannes and Mambres, magicians at Pharaoh's court mentioned in the New Testament
- Julian, practiced occult theurgy
- Plato, philosopher important in occultism
- Plotinus, neo-platonist philosopher important in occultism
- Pythagoras, philosopher important in occultism
- Simon Magus, magician mentioned in New Testament
- Vergil, subjected to magical legends
- The Witch of Endor, Biblical witch
Mediæval Europe:
Renaissance:
- Abramelin the Mage, alleged author of a grimoire
- Francesco Giuseppe Borri , alchemist
- Sir Thomas Browne, hermetic author
- Arthur Dee, hermetic author
- Athanasius Kircher, Jesuit priest, wrote on magical subjects
- Benevenuto Cellini, sculptor whose diary relates experience summoning spirits
- Christina of Sweden, abdicated Queen who dabbled in alchemy
- Giordano Bruno, occult philosopher
- Edward Kelley, medium who assisted John Dee
- Faust, made a pact with the Devil
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, occult philosopher, astrologer
- Henry Percy, "Wizard Earl"
- Johannes Reuchlin, German cabalist magician, summoned angels
- Johann Weyer (aka Johannes Wierus), German physician, occultist and demonologist.
- Dr John Dee, seer, astrologer, and occult philosopher
- Nostradamus, soothsayer, seer, astrologer
- Olaus Borrichius, alchemist
- Paracelsus, medical pioneer and occult philosopher
- Robert Fludd, occult philosopher and astrologer
- Sir Walter Raleigh, practiced alchemy
- Rudolph II, Holy Roman Emperor, employed alchemists
- Johannes Trithemius, cryptographer and magical writer
Enlightenment and early modern period:
- Adam Weishaupt, founder of the Illuminati
- Antoine Court de Gebelin, connected tarot and esotericism
- Martines de Pasqually , theurgist founder of the Ordre des Chevliers Maçons Elus Coëns de l'Univers
- Louis Claude de Saint Martin , founder of martinism, writer known as the Unknown Philosopher
- "La Voisin", French sorceress
- Count of St Germain, alchemist
- Etteila , fortune-teller
- Françoise Athenaïs Rochechouart, marquise de Montespan, another royal mistress
- Giuseppe Balsamo, "Count Alessandro di Cagliostro," occult charlatan
- Sir Isaac Newton, physicist and alchemist
- Isobel Gowdie, self-confessed witch
- Margaret Matson, New Sweden (colony) witch
- Matthew Hopkins, commissioned English witch-finder
Nineteenth century:
- Algernon Blackwood, member of the *Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
- Allan Kardec, founder of Spiritism
- Arthur Machen, member of the *Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
- Marie-Anne Le Normand , fortune-teller favoured by Joséphine de Beauharnais
- Alexis-Vincent-Charles Berbiguier de Terre-Neuve du Thym, French demonologist
- Arthur Edward Waite, occult author and Golden Dawn member
- Edgar Cayce
- Eliphas Lévi, occult author
- Evangeline Adams, astrologer to the famous
- Francis Barrett, wrote a book on magic
- Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, founder of Theosophy
- John George Hohman, American wizard
- Marie Laveau, American voodoo practitioner
- Papus, pseudonym for Gérard Encausse , occult author
- Pekka Ervast Finnish Theosophist
- Stanislas de Guaita , occult author
- Samuel L. MacGregor Mathers, Golden Dawn founder
- William Blake, poet of the occult
- Dr. William Wynn Westcott, cofounder of the *Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
Twentieth century:
- Margot Adler, witch and NPR reporter
- Kenneth Anger, disciple of Crowley
- Fairuza Balk, actress and owner of witchcraft store
- Franz Bardon, occult author, magician
- Christian Bernard, Imperator of AMORC
- Ior Bock, Finnish cult leader
- Isaac Bonewits, occult author
- Aisling Bronach, editor of Traditions Magazine
- Livingstone Bramble, world champion boxer, suspected of practicing witchcraft before fights
- Raymond Buckland, Wiccan author
- Zsuzsanna Budapest, feminist witch
- William S. Burroughs, member of the Illuminates of Thanateros
- W. E. Butler, occultist and esoteric author
- William Butler Yeats, poet, Golden Dawn member, astrologer
- Peter Carroll, occult author, co-founder of the Illuminates of Thanateros
- Constant Chevillon, the head of FUDOFSI
- Andrew D. Chumbley , occult author and artist. Magister of the Cultus Sabbatai
- Andrew Collins , author and noted Psychic Quester
- Aleister Crowley, occult author, poet, magician, astrologer
- Maya Deren, filmmaker
- Ramsey Dukes, occult author
- Gerina Dunwich, witch and occult author
- Julius Evola
- Dion Fortune, occult author
- Henri Gamache , authority on the Evil Eye
- Gerald Gardner, founder of Wicca
- Kenneth Grant, Occult author and Outer Head of the Typhonian OTO
- Robert Graves, poet and mythographer
- Rene Guenon
- Jaq D. Hawkins, occult author
- Max Heindel, occultist and mystic Christian, founder of The Rosicrucian Fellowship
- Phil Hine, occult author
- Frater Adsum Iterum (Auxilior Arti) , occult author, magician, a principal of Companions of the Glyph
- Alejandro Jodorowsky, filmmaker, comic book writer
- Robert Johnson, allegedly sold soul to Devil for musical talent
- Albert S. Kivinen , Finnish occultist
- Gareth Knight, occult author
- Timothy Leary, member of the Illuminates of Thanateros
- Dave Lee , occult author
- Sybil Leek , witch and occult author
- Ralph Maxwell Lewis, Imperator of AMORC
- Harvey Spencer Lewis, founder of AMORC
- Jack Parsons, occultist
- Israel Regardie, occult Author, magician, pupil of Crowley
- Virginia Kent Roberts , occult author
- Paolo Sammut , occultist and ghost hunter
- Ray Sherwin, occult author, co-founder of the Illuminates of Thanateros
- Pamela Colman Smith, Golden Dawn member, artist, did tarot deck
- Austin Osman Spare, occult artist
- Starhawk, witch and occult author
- Rudolf Steiner, founder of anthroposophy
- Gary L. Stewart, founder of Confraternity of the Rose Cross, past Imperator of AMORC, Knight Commander of the OMCE
- Valentin Tomberg, Christian mystic and mage
- Julian Vayne, occult author
- John L. Westbrook, former politician
- Joshua Wetzel, occult author
Magical movements, societies, and organisations:
Rosicrucian Movements:
Other Mystical Movements:
Fictional wizards, magicians, and witches:
See also
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