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List of occultists

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Occultism is one form of mysticism.[a] This list comprises and encompasses people, both contemporary and historical, who are or were professionally or otherwise notably involved in occult practices, including alchemists, astrologers, some Kabbalists,[b] magicians, psychics, sorcerers, and practitioners some forms of divination, especially Tarot. People who were or are merely believers of occult practices should not be included unless they played a leading or otherwise significant part in the practice of occultism.

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Antiquity

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People professionally or notably involved in occultism prior to the Middle Ages

Hermes Trismegistus

Middle Ages

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People professionally or notably involved in occultism during the Middle Ages (circa 500–1500)

Saint Albertus Magnus, a fresco by Tommaso da Modena (1352), Chapter hall of convent of St. Nicholas, Treviso, Italy

16th century

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People professionally or notably involved in occultism during the 16th century

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, author of Three Books of Occult Philosophy

17th century

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People professionally or notably involved in occultism during the 17th century

Elias Ashmole by John Riley

18th century

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People professionally or notably involved in occultism during the Age of Enlightenment (18th century)

Ulrica Arfvidsson

19th century

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People professionally or notably involved in occultism during the 19th century

Portrait of Mlle Lenormand from The court of Napoleon
The Fox sisters; from left to right: Margaret, Kate and Leah
Cora L. V. Scott

20th century

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People professionally or notably involved in occultism during the 20th century

21st century

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People professionally or notably involved in occultism during the 21st century;

  • Thomas Karlsson (born 1972), Swedish occultist and esoteric author
  • Stephen Skinner (born 1948), Australian author, editor, publisher and lecturer
  • Catherine Yronwode (born 1947), American writer, graphic designer, and practitioner of folk magic

See also

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References

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Notes

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  1. ^ While all occultists are mystics, not all mystics are occultists.
  2. ^ Specifically practitioners of Hermetic and Practical Kabbalah
  3. ^ The idea that Jesus was a magician was first voiced by the philosopher and critic Celsus (The True Word, c. 200 CE) as we know from the rebuttal written by the Christian scholar Origen: "It was by magic that he was able to do the miracles" (Contra Celsum 1.6). Betz (1994) observes that "from early on even Jesus of Nazareth was implicated in that he was said to be mad or a magician possessed by Satan", and R. Joseph Hoffmann writes in his translation of Celsus (1987) that it is well attested that "the early Christian mission was advanced by the use of magic."

Citations

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  1. ^ Donaldson, Sir James. Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Hippolytus, Bishop of Rome, v. 1 (1868). Princeton University. p. 197.
  2. ^ Wilhelm, Cooper B. (17 December 2016). "Meet Saint Cyprian, Patron Saint of Dark Magic | Dirge Magazine". Dirge Magazine. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Acts 13_8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith". Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  4. ^ Yates, Frances (27 August 2003). The Occult Philosophy in the Elizabethan Age. Routledge. p. 19. ISBN 9781134524419.
  5. ^ Partridge, Christopher (5 December 2014). The Occult World. Routledge. p. 64. ISBN 9781317596752.
  6. ^ Wedeck, Harry E. (2009). Dictionary of the Occult. p. 70.
  7. ^ Rendsburg, Gary A. "Moses the Magician". In Levy, T. E.; et al. (eds.). Israel’s Exodus in Transdisciplinary Perspective. Quantitative Methods in the Humanities and Social Sciences. pp. 243–258. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-04768-3_18 – via Rutgers.edu.
  8. ^ "The Book of the Moon - Magic. The Occult, Astrology, Alchemy, Prophecy, Fortune Telling, Spells and Superstition". Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Cox, Simon; Foster, Mark (2007). An A to Z of the Occult. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 9781845961572.
  10. ^ Mead, G. R. S. "Simon Magus". gnosis.org. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Who Was Simon Magus (Acts 8:9-24)?". www.cgg.org. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  12. ^ Xiong, Victor. Historical Dictionary of Medieval China. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 488.
  13. ^ Johnston, Devin (2002). Precipitations: Contemporary American Poetry as Occult Practice. Wesleyan University Press. p. 13.
  14. ^ Russo, Arlene. Vampire Nation. Llewellyn Worldwide. p. 210.
  15. ^ Wedeck, Harry. Dictionary of the Occult. Wildside Press LLC. p. 89.
  16. ^ The Occult World. Routledge. 2014. p. 55.
  17. ^ The occult. Houghton Mifflin. 1991. p. 132.
  18. ^ Lansing, Richard. The Dante Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 770.
  19. ^ Gunn, Joshua (2005). Modern Occult Rhetoric: Mass Media and the Drama of Secrecy in the Twentieth Century. University of Alabama Press. pp. 12, 267.
  20. ^ Walter Martin; Jill Martin Rische; Van Gorden Kurt (2008). The Kingdom of the Occult. p. 242.
  21. ^ Wolfe, Jessica. Humanism, Machinery, and Renaissance Literature. Cambridge University Press. p. 18.
  22. ^ Harkness, Deborah (1999). John Dee's Conversations with Angels: Cabala, Alchemy, and the End of Nature. Cambridge University Press. p. 111.
  23. ^ "Newton's manuscripts provide evidence that he gave considerable thought to alchemy as emblematic of a purely scientific explanation of nature and was in fact deeply involved in conceiving alchemy as spiritual." F. Calian, "Some Modern Controversies on the Historiography of Alchemy" in Annual of Medieval Studies at CEU (2010), 186.
  24. ^ Guiley, Rosemary. The Encyclopedia of Magic and Alchemy. Infobase publishing. p. 52.
  25. ^ "MAGUS INCOGNITO_ Was Swedenborg responsible for the 'Occult Revival'". swedenborgstudy.com.
  26. ^ Binford, Harry. "Occultism and Occult Training - Theosophical Society in America". www.theosophical.org. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  27. ^ "Theosophy : Occult Chemistry by Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater". www.anandgholap.net. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  28. ^ "The Unavoidable Facts about C.W. Leadbeater". Blavatsky Theosophy Group UK. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  29. ^ "Alice Bailey—Contemplative, Mystic, and Occultist". www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  30. ^ "Thelema – US Grand Lodge". oto-usa.org. 16 February 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  31. ^ Robinson, Matte (2015). The Astral H.D.:Occult and Religious Sources and Contexts for H.D.’s Poetry and Prose. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781501335839.
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  33. ^ The Occult Roots of Nazism: Secret Aryan Cults and Their Influence on Nazi Ideology. NYU Press. 1993. p. 155.
  34. ^ Manvell, Roger; Fraenkel, Heinrich (1971). Hess: A Biography. London: Granada. p. 94. ISBN 0-261-63246-9.
  35. ^ "The Occult - Shows". Coast to Coast AM. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  36. ^ Thompson, Cath (2018). All This and a Book. Hadean Press Limited. ISBN 978-1-907881-78-7.
  37. ^ Hanegraaff, Wouter J.; Faivre, Antoine; Broek, Roelof van den; Brach, Jean-Pierre (2005). Dictionary of Gnosis and Western Esotericism (Online ed.). Leiden: Brill. ISBN 9789004141872. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
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  39. ^ Readdy (2018), pp. ii–iii, 156–304.
  40. ^ Introvigne, Massimo (2016). "The Origins of Contemporary Satanism, 1952–1980". Satanism: A Social History. Aries Book Series: Texts and Studies in Western Esotericism. Vol. 21. Leiden: Brill Publishers. pp. 358–364. doi:10.1163/9789004244962_012. ISBN 978-90-04-28828-7. OCLC 1030572947.
  41. ^ Johannes, Harnischfeger. "State Decline and the Return of Occult Powers: The Case of Prophet Eddy in Nigeria". Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft. 1. ISSN 1940-5111.
  42. ^ Ekenna, Geoffrey (11 December 2000). "Nigeria: Death of a "Miracle" Man". Newswatch (Lagos). Retrieved 25 March 2017.
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  44. ^ Starr (2003), p. 250.
  45. ^ Pendle, George (2006). Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons. Orlando, FL: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 203–4. ISBN 978-0-15-603179-0.
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  47. ^ "Dr. Francis Israel Regardie". Goldendawnpedia.com. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  48. ^ Starr (2003), p. 77.
  49. ^ Readdy (2018), pp. 157–300.
  50. ^ Starr (2003), pp. 12–17.
  51. ^ Staudenmaier, Peter (10 January 2009). "Institute for Social Ecology Anthroposophy and Ecofascism - Institute for Social Ecology". Social-ecology.org. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  52. ^ Gerald Suster: Hitler & the Age of Horus PDF file
  53. ^ "Interview with Mellie Uyldert". Astrologie.ws. 27 November 1999. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  54. ^ Doreen Valiente Foundation (4 January 1922). "The Official Doreen Valiente Website - Doreen Valiente - Biography". Doreen Valiente. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  55. ^ "Tahuti Lodge O.T.O., serving the New York City Metropolitan Area". Tahutilodge.org. Tahuti Lodge, Ordo Templi Orientis. 2009. Archived from the original on 23 November 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
  56. ^ Wasserman, James (2012). In the Center of the Fire: A Memoir of the Occult 1966-1989. Lake Worth, FL: Ibis Press. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-89254-201-7.
  57. ^ "On the Left Hand Path: An Interview with Occultist Don Webb - disinformation". disinformation. 1 November 2013. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  58. ^ "Don Webb". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  59. ^ "About Sam Webster". Patheos. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  60. ^ Wicker, Christine. Not In Kansas Anymore: A Curious Tale of How Magic Is Transforming America , pp. 207-236. HarperSanFrancisco, 2005. ISBN 0-06-072678-4
  61. ^ "Esoteric Medicine and Practical Magic, a book by Samael Aun Weor". gnosticteachings.org. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
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  63. ^ Wolfe, Jane (2008). Jane Wolfe: The Cefalu Diaries 1920 - 1923. Temple of the Silver Star. ISBN 978-0997668636.
  64. ^ Knowles, Chris (2007). Our Gods Wear Spandex: The Secret History of Comic Book Heroes. Weiser. p. 97.

Works cited

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  • Betz, Hans Dieter (1994). "The Birth of Christianity as a Hellenistic Religion: Three Theories of Origin". The Journal of Religion. 74: 1–25.
  • Celsus (1987). On the True Doctrine: A Discourse Against the Christians. Translated by R. Joseph Hoffmann. p. 53 n3.
  • Grant, Kenneth (1980). Outside the Circles of Time. Muller. ISBN 978-0584104684.
  • Kaczynski, Richard (2024). Friendship in Doubt: Aleister Crowley, J. F. C. Fuller, Victor B. Neuburg, and British Agnosticism. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-769400-8.
  • Readdy, K. (2018). One Truth and One Spirit: Aleister Crowley's Spiritual Legacy. Ibis Press. ISBN 978-0892541843.
  • Starr, Martin P. (2003). The Unknown God: W. T. Smith and the Thelemites. Bollingbrook, Illinois: Teitan Press. ISBN 978-0-933429-07-9.
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