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Simply believing in magical systems does not generally qualify one to be considered an occultist. Most occultists are also authors, either of magical [[grimoire]]s or other esoteric or [[metaphysics|metaphysical]] texts. Some occultists focus on one type of occult art, [[Tarot]] cards, for example. | Simply believing in magical systems does not generally qualify one to be considered an occultist. Most occultists are also authors, either of magical [[grimoire]]s or other esoteric or [[metaphysics|metaphysical]] texts. Some occultists focus on one type of occult art, [[Tarot]] cards, for example. | ||
== | ==Famous occultists== | ||
This | This list comprises and encompasses people, both contemporary and historical, who are or were professionally or otherwise notably involved in occult practices. | ||
===Historical=== | |||
* [[Johannes Trithemius]] (1462 - 1516) German Benedictine abbot and founder of cryptography. | |||
* [[Johann Weyer]] (1515 - 1588) Dutch physician, demonologist, and follower of [[Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa]]. | |||
* [[John Dee]] (1527 - 1609) English mathematician, and court astronomer to Queen Elizabeth I. | |||
* [[John Heydon]] (1629 – 1667) English Neoplatonist occult philosopher, [[Rosicrucian]], astrologer and attorney. | |||
* [[Francis Barrett]] (1770/1780 - 1802) English occultist and author. | |||
===Early modern=== | |||
* [[Jacques Collin de Plancy]] (1793 - 1881) French occultist, demonologist and writer. | |||
* [[Eliphas Lévi]] (1810 - 1875) French author and ceremonial magician. | |||
* [[Samuel L. MacGregor Mathers]] (1854 - 1918) founder of the [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]]. | |||
* [[A.E. Waite]] (1857 - 1942) author, member of [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]], creator of the [[Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot]]. | |||
* [[Papus]] (1865 - 1916) pseudonym for Gérard Encausse, occult author. | |||
* [[Aleister Crowley]] (1875 - 1947) English occultist and ceremonial [[magician]], founder of the [[Thelema]] religion. | |||
* [[Pamela Colman Smith]] (1878 - 1951) British [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn|Golden Dawn]] member, artist who designed the [[Rider-Waite Tarot|Waite-Smith tarot deck]]. | |||
* [[Dion Fortune]] (1890 - 1946) considered one of Great Britain's most famous occultists. | |||
===Contemporary=== | |||
* [[Frederick Santee]] (1906 - 1980) American child prodigy, medical doctor, and founder of the [[Coven of the Catta]]. | |||
* [[Israel Regardie]] (1907 - 1985) author, [[magician]], and pupil of Aleister Crowley. | |||
* [[Sybil Leek]] (1917 - 1982) British [[witch]], astrologer, and author. | |||
* [[Anton LaVey]] (1930 - 1997) American author and founder of the [[LaVeyan Satanism|Church of Satan]]. | |||
* [[Damien Echols]] (b.1974) American author and ceremonial magician. | |||
* [[Travis McHenry]] (b.1980) American author, [[Tarot]] creator, and [[ritual magic]] practitioner. | |||
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