Misplaced Pages

List of occultists

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 82.21.186.157 (talk) at 19:47, 1 March 2007 (→Twentieth century). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Revision as of 19:47, 1 March 2007 by 82.21.186.157 (talk) (→Twentieth century)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

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 subject 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 legendary 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

Mediæval Europe

Renaissance

Enlightenment and early modern period

Nineteenth century

Twentieth century

Alleged Occultists

These people may or may not have been practicing magicians, mystics, or diviners, but later stories or folklore have arisen that link them to such practices:

See also

Categories: