List of 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:\n*paranormal or supernatural magic, black or white\n*witchcraft\n*sorcery\n*wizardry\n*alchemy\n*practical mysticism\n*voodoo\n*divination and fortune-telling\n*theurgy The subject is one that has attracted hoaxes, folklore, and tall tales; the inclusion of a person on this list means only that they have been associated with the practice of paranormal magic, but not necessarily that they did practice it. For a list of sleight of hand artists and practitioners of stage magic, see: List of magicians.

Table of contents

1 Famous magicians:

1.1 Classical mythology:
1.2 Ancient world:
1.3 Mediæval Europe:
1.4 Renaissance:
1.5 Enlightenment and early modern period:
1.6 Nineteenth century:
1.7 Twentieth century:

2 Magical movements, societies, and organisations:

2.8 Rosicrucian Movements:
2.9 Other Mystical Movements:

3 Fictional wizards, magicians, and witches:
4 See also

Famous magicians:

Some historical or legendary magicians, wizards, witches, or people who have been claimed to be so, are:

Classical mythology:

\n*Circe, legendary sorceress\n*Medea, legendary sorceress\n*Semiramis, semi-legendary queen and sorceress\n*Hecate, goddess of witchcraft\n*Cassandra, oracle

Ancient world:

The Witch of Endor, Biblical witch\n*Iannes and Mambres, magicians at Pharaoh's court mentioned in the New Testament\n*Solomon, Biblical king associated with legendary magic\n*Gyges of Lydia, king said to possess magical artifacts\n*Heraclitus, philosopher important in occultism\n*Pythagoras, philosopher important in occultism\n*Plato, philosopher important in occultism\n*Jesus Christ, miracle worker\n*Vergil, subjected to magical legends\n*Simon Magus, magician mentioned in New Testament\n*Apuleius, author of a magical novel\n*Apollonius of Tyana, wizard\n*Plotinus, neo-platonist philosopher important in occultism\n*Iamblichus, neo-platonist philosopher, espoused theurgy\n*Julian, practiced occult theurgy\n*Hermes Trismegistus/Thoth

Mediæval Europe:

Merlin, Arthurian wizard\n*Gilles de Rais, sorcerer and serial killer\n*Roger Bacon, philosopher accused of magic\n*Albertus Magnus, had many magical texts attributed to him\n*Joan of Arc, accused of witchcraft and heresy\n*Nicholas Flamel, alchemist\n*Pope Silvester II, alleged magician\n*Pope Honorius III, had magical texts attributed to him\n*Ramon Llull, syncretic mystic\n*Abraham Abulafia, kabalist "messiah"

Renaissance:

Paracelsus, medical pioneer and occult philosopher\n*Nostradamus, soothsayer\n*Giordano Bruno, occult philosopher\n*Faust, made a pact with the Devil\n*Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, occult philosopher\n*Athanasius Kircher, Jesuit priest, wrote on magical subjects\n*Benevenuto Cellini, sculptor whose diary relates experience summoning spirits\n*Robert Fludd, occult philosopher\n*Dr John Dee, seer and occult philosopher\n*Edward Kelley, medium who assisted John Dee\n*Elizabeth Bathory, serial killer for magical rites\n*Johannes Reuchlin, German cabalist magician, summoned angels.\n*Johann Weyer (aka Johannes Wierus), German physician, occultist and demonologist.\n*Sir Walter Raleigh, practiced alchemy\n*Henry Percy, "Wizard Earl"\n*Rudolph II, Holy Roman Emperor, employed alchemists\n*Sir Thomas Browne, hermetic author\n*Arthur Dee, hermetic author\n*Christina of Sweden, abdicated Queen who dabbled in alchemy\n*Francesco Giuseppe Borri, alchemist\n*Olaus Wormius, runologist credited by H. P. Lovecraft as translator of the Necronomicon

Enlightenment and early modern period:

Sir Isaac Newton, physicist and alchemist\n*Matthew Hopkins, commissioned English witch-finder\n*Isobel Gowdie, self-confessed witch\n*Giuseppe Balsamo, "Count Alessandro di Cagliostro," occult charlatan\n*Fran�oise d'Aubign�, marquise de Maintenon, mistress of Louis XIV, practiced magic for youth and beauty\n*Françoise Athenaïs Rochechouart, marquise de Montespan, another royal mistress\n*"La Voisin, french sorceress\n*Adam Weishaupt, founder of the Illuminati\n*Margaret Matson, New Sweden (colony) witch\n*Etteila, fortune-teller\n*Antoine Court de Gebelin, connected tarot and esotericism\n*Count of St Germain, alchemist

Nineteenth century:

Evangeline Adams, astrologer to the famous\n*Francis Barrett, wrote a book on magic\n*William Blake, poet of the occult\n*John George Hohman, American wizard\n*Eliphas L�vi, occult author\n*Papus, pseudonym for G�rard Encausse, occult author\n*Marie Laveau, American voodoo practitioner\n*Stanislas de Guaita, occult author\n*Allan Kardec, founder of Spiritism\n*Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, founder of Theosophy\n*Arthur Edward Waite, occult author and Golden Dawn member\n*Samuel L. MacGregor Mathers, Golden Dawn founder\n*Edgar Cayce\n*Pekka Ervast Finnish Theosophist

Twentieth century:

Aleister Crowley, occult author, poet, magician\n*William Butler Yeats, poet and Golden Dawn member\n*Rudolf Steiner, founder of anthroposophy\n*Austin Osman Spare, occult artist\n*Pamela Colman Smith, Golden Dawn member, artist, did tarot deck\n*Constant Chevillon, the head of FUDOFSI\n*Christian Bernard, Imperator of AMORC\n*Dion Fortune, occult author\n*Robert Graves, poet and mythographer\n*Gary L. Stewart, founder of Confraternity of the Rose Cross, past Imperator of AMORC, Knight Commander of the OMCE\n*Gerald Gardner, founder of Wicca\n*Maya Deren, filmmaker\n*Harvey Spencer Lewis, founder of AMORC\n*Henri Gamache, authority on the Evil Eye\n*Sybil Leek, witch and occult author\n*Gerina Dunwich, witch and occult author\n*Valentin Tomberg, Christian mystic and mage\n*Robert Johnson, allegedly sold soul to Devil for musical talent\n*Margot Adler, witch and NPR reporter\n*Zsuzsanna Budapest, feminist witch\n*Starhawk, witch and occult author\n*Isaac Bonewits, occult author\n*Ralph Maxwell Lewis, Imperator of AMORC\n*Rene Guenon\n*Julius Evola\n*Ior Bock, Finnish cult leader\n*Kenneth Anger, disciple of Crowley\n*Jack Parsons, occultist\n*Ramsey Dukes, occult author\n*Fairuza Balk, actress and owner of witchcraft store\n*Livingstone Bramble, world champion boxer, suspected of practicing witchcraft before fights\n*Albert S. Kivinen Finnish Occultist