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Agrippa, Heinrich Cornelius
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486–1535) was an important occult philosopher whose seminal work, Occult Philosophy, had a profound impact on the ...
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Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley (1875–1947) was an English magician and occultist. Aleister Crowley was adept at dealing with spirits, including powerful Demons ...
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ANTOINE FABRE D’OLIVET
ANTOINE FABRE D'OLIVET , WRITER , PHILOLOGIST , AND OCCULTIST (1767-1825) D'Olivet started his literary career as a writer publishing ...
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ATKINSON, WILLIAM WALKER
American occultist, author, and secret society member. One of the leading figures in the occult scene in turn of the ...
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BAILEY, ALICE
Anglo-American occultist and secret society founder, 1880–1949. Born in Manchester, the daughter of an engineer, Bailey was a devout Christian ...
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BALLARD, GUY
American writer and occultist. Ballard (1878–1939) was born and raised in Kansas, and worked as a mining engineer all over ...
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BARDON, FRANZ
Franz Bardon (1909–1958) was a Czech occultist, Hermetic Adept, and magician whose work has influenced magical methods and practices. Franz Bardon ...
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Barrett, Francis
Francis Barrett (19th c.) was an English magician and occultist. Little is known about Francis Barrett beyond his authorship of ...
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Bennett, Allan
Allan Bennett, (1872–1923) was an English occultist and a principal member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.  Allan ...
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Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831–1891) Author, occultist, psychic, and cofounder of the Theosophical Society. Known as Madame Blavatsky or HPB, she ...
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Brodie-Innes, J. W.
Brodie-Innes, J. W. (1848–1923) Scottish occultist, lawyer, and author, noted for his involvement in the Hermetic Order of the Golden ...
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Cagliostro, Count Alessandro
Count Alessandro Cagliostro (1743–1795) was an Italian occultist and alchemist, reputed to be one of the most celebrated magicians of ...
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Case, Paul Foster
Paul Foster Case (1884–1954) was an American occultist and founder of the Builders of the Adytum. Paul Foster Case was ...
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David-Neel, Alexandra
David-Neel, Alexandra (1868–1969) French explorer, occultist, and Tibetan scholar. Alexandra David-Neel led an exotic life and was the first Western ...
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EVOLA, JULIUS
Italian philosopher, writer, occultist, and Fascist. Born Giulio Cesare Andrea Evola, into an aristocratic Sicilian family, Evola (1898–1974) rebelled against ...
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Farr, Florence Beatrice
Florence Beatrice Farr (1860–1917) was an English actress, occultist, and an important member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden ...
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Fortune, Dion
Dion Fortune (1891 -1946) The magical name of Violet Mary Firth, British occultist and author whose books continue to have ...
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Gray, William G.
William G.Gray (1913–1995) was an English Ritual magician, occultist, and founder of the Sangreal Sodality. William G. Gray was born ...
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HITLER, ADOLF
Austrian politician and occultist, 1889–1945. Born in the small border town of Braunau-am-Inn, Hitler was a moody and difficult child ...
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Levi, Eliphas
Eliphas Levi (1810–1875) French occultist who was a leader of the occult revival of the 19th century. Eliphas Levi has ...
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MADOLE, JAMES H.
American occultist and fascist, 1927–79. The forefather of American fascist occultism, James Hartung Madole was born in New York City ...
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Mathers, Moina
Moina Mathers (1865–1928) was an occultist, artist, wife of Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, and influential member of the Hermetic Order ...
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Mathers, Samuel Liddell MacGregor
Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (1854–1918) was an English occultist, author, and founding chief of the Hermetic Order of the Golden ...
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Mesmer, Franz Anton
Franz Anton Mesmer (1734–1815) was an Austrian physician and Freemason whose method of “magnetic healing” was based on alchemical principles ...
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Neuberg, Victor
Victor Neuberg (1883–1940) Initiate of Aleister Crowley. Victor Neuberg, a poet and an editor, broke ground with Crowley in Crowley’s ...
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Papus (Gerard Encausse)
Papus (Gerard Encausse) (1865–1916) Physician, occultist, and author, known for his work on the Tarot and the Kabbalah and his ...
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PIKE, ALBERT
American soldier, author, occultist and Freemason, 1809–91. Born in Massachusetts to a working-class family, Pike showed intellectual promise from an ...
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RANDOLPH, PASCHAL BEVERLY
American occultist, spiritualist, physician, politician, author, and founder of secret societies, 1825–75. A leading figure in nineteenth-century American occultism, Randolph ...
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SCHWALLER DE LUBICZ, RENÉ AOR
French esoteric and secret society member, 1887–1961. One of the most influential figures in twentieth-century occultism, René Schwaller was born ...
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STANISLAS DE GUAITA
STANISLAS DE GUAITA , POET AND OCCULTIST (1861-1897) Cofouder with Joséphin Péladan of the ''Ordre Kabbalistique de la Rose-Croix', he ...
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Waite, Arthur Edward
Arthur Edward Waite (1857–1942) Author, mystic, magician, alchemist, and occultist/Arthur Edward Waite is probably best remembered as the cocreator of ...
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Westcott, William Wynn
William Wynn Westcott (1848–1925) was an English occultist and founder of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.  William Wynn ...
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Williamson, Cecil Hugh
Williamson, Cecil Hugh (1909–1999) English researcher, occultist, and magical Adept. Cecil Williamson knew Aleister Crowley and Gerald B. Gardner and ...
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Woodman, William Robert
William Robert Woodman (1828–1891) was an English occultist and a founder of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. William ...
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YARKER, JOHN
English occultist and Freemason, 1833–1913. Born in the Westmoreland village of Swindale, he moved with his parents to Lancashire in ...