List of occult writers

Last updated March 11, 2025

This is a list of notable occult writers.

A

Evangeline Adams – American astrologer (1868–1932)
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa – German occult writer (1486–1535)
Albertus Magnus – German Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200–1280)
Alipili – German alchemical writer
Margot Anand – French writer, teacher, seminar leader and public speaker
Victor Anderson – American poet, co-founder of Feri Tradition
Antero Alli – Finnish astrologer (1952–2023)
Apollonius of Tyana – Greek Neopythagorean philosopher ( c. AD 15 – c. 100)
Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki – British occult writer and psychic
Elias Ashmole – English antiquarian, politician, officer of arms, astrologer and alchemist
Freya Aswynn – Dutch musician and Pagan
William Walker Atkinson – American writer and occultist

B

Alice Bailey – American esoteric, theosophist and writer (1880–1949)
Mrs. L. Dow Balliett – American writer, clubwoman (1847–1929)
Franz Bardon – Czech occult writer (1909–1958)
Francis Barrett – English occultist
John G. Bennett – British academic and writer (1897–1974)
Philip S. Berg – American rabbi and dean of the Kabbalah Centre
Michael Bertiaux – American occultist (born 1935)
Annie Besant – English writer and activist (1847–1933)
Hakim Bey – American political writer, poet, and essayist (1945–2022)
Paul Beyerl – American Wiccan priest
Steve Blamires – British historian
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky – Russian mystic and writer (1831–1891)
Kerry Bolton – New Zealand far-right political activist
Gavin Bone – British occult writer (b. 1964)
Isaac Bonewits – American Neopagan leader and writer (1949–2012)
William Breeze – American occult writer
Brother XII – British mystic (1878–1934)
Thomas Browne – English polymath and writer (1605–1682)
Giordano Bruno – Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)
Raymond Buckland – English writer on the subject of Wicca and the occult
Zsuzsanna Budapest – American feminist writer (b. 1940)
E. A. Wallis Budge – British academic (1857–1934)
Edward Bulwer-Lytton – British statesman and writer (1803–1873)
W. E. Butler – British occultist and writer (1898–1978)

C

Laurie Cabot – American high priestess, writer (born 1933)
Margaret Cameron – American writer and musician (1867–1947)
Baba Raúl Cañizares – Cuban priest
Philip Carr-Gomm – English writer (b. 1955)
Hereward Carrington – American psychic investigator and writer
Peter J. Carroll – British occultist
Paul Foster Case – American occultist (1884–1954)
Carlos Castaneda – American anthropologist (1925–1998)
Richard Cavendish – British historian and writer
Edgar Cayce – American clairvoyant (1877–1945)
Lucille Cedercrans – American mystic
Cheiro – Irish astrologer, palmist, and numerologist
Jean Chevalier – French writer, philosopher, and theologian
Andrew D. Chumbley – British occult writer
Chic Cicero – American occult writer (b. 1936)
Sandra Tabatha Cicero – American esoteric writer and lecturer
Lewis de Claremont – American occult writer
Chas S. Clifton – American writer
John Robert Colombo – Canadian writer, editor, and poet
D. J. Conway – American novelist (1939–2019)
Marie Corelli – English novelist (1855–1924)
Mary A. Cornelius – American writer and temperance reformer (1829–1918)
Aleister Crowley – English occultist (1875–1947)
Vivianne Crowley – English writer and Wiccan priestess
Patricia Crowther – British occultist and Wiccan
Scott Cunningham – American writer
Phyllis Curott – American priestess, attorney, and writer

D

Ernesto de Martino – Italian anthropologist and ethnographer (1908-1965)
Arthur Dee – English physician, 1579–1651
John Dee – English scientist and occultist (1527–1608/09)
Peter Deunov – Bulgarian philosopher and spiritual teacher
Savitri Devi – Greek fascist writer (1905–1982)
Nevill Drury – Australian editor and publisher (1947–2013)
Gerina Dunwich – American astrologer, occult historian
Lon Milo DuQuette – American writer, lecturer, musician, and occultist

E

Robert Lee "Skip" Ellison – American druid priest, ADF Archdruid from 2001 to 2010
Gerard Encausse (Papus) – French physician, hypnotist, and occultist
Julius Evola – Italian radical-right philosopher and esotericist (1898–1974)

F

Janet Farrar – British writer and Wiccan priestess
Stewart Farrar – British writer and Wiccan (1916–2000)
LaSara Firefox – American writer
Ed Fitch – American writer (1937–2024)
Dion Fortune – British occultist and writer (1890–1946)
Fulcanelli – French alchemist and esoteric writer
J.F.C. Fuller – British Army general (1878–1966)

G

Yasmine Galenorn – American novelist
Ann-Marie Gallagher – British writer
Henri Gamache – American writer
Gerald Gardner – British Wiccan leader
Peter H. Gilmore – American writer (born 1958)
Migene Gonzalez-Wippler – Puerto Rican writer
Kenneth Grant – British occult writer and ceremonial magician (1924–2011)
William G. Gray – English occult writer (1913–1992)
Raven Grimassi – American writer (1951–2019)
René Guénon – French metaphysician (1886–1951)
Rosemary Ellen Guiley – American writer
George Ivanovich Gurdjieff – Russian philosopher, mystic, and writer (c. 1866–1877 – 1949)

H

Manly P. Hall – American philosopher and writer
Bruce Barrymore Halpenny – English military historian and writer (1937–2015)
Erik Jan Hanussen – Austrian publicist and clairvoyant (1889–1933)
Jesse Wolf Hardin – American writer
Michael Harner – American anthropologist
Franz Hartmann – German occultist, geomancer and astrologer
Max Heindel – American astrologer and occultist
Hermes Trismegistus – Legendary author of the Hermetica
Phil Hine – British occult writer
John George Hohman – American occultist
Hans Holzer – American writer and parapsychologist
Murry Hope – English writer and occultist
Ellic Howe – British astrologer and writer
Paul Huson – British writer and artist (born 1942)
Christopher Hyatt – American psychologist, occultist and writer

I

Iamblichus of Chalcis – Syrian Neoplatonist philosopher (c. 245 – c. 325)
Judika Illes – American occult writer

J

Hargrave Jennings – British occultist
Charles Stansfeld Jones – Canadian writer, occultist and magician (1886–1950)
William Quan Judge – American mystic, esotericist, and occultist (1851-1896)
Carl Jung – Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1875–1961)

K

Amber K – American writer
Richard Kaczynski – American occult psychology writer
Allan Kardec – French educator, translator, and writer (1804–1869)
Jozef Karika – Slovak experimental publicist and writer (born 1978)
Jan Kefer – Czech astrologer and hermeticist
Francis X. King – British occult writer (1934–1994)
Anna Kingsford – English physician, activist, and feminist
Kenny Klein – American musician and writer (1955–2020)
Donald Michael Kraig – American occult writer
Giuliano Kremmerz – Italian alchemist (1861–1930)
Dora van Gelder Kunz – American writer (1904–1999)

L

Roger de Lafforest – French writer
Stephen Larsen – American psychologist
L. W. de Laurence – American writer and occultist
Anton LaVey – American writer, musician, and Satanist
Charles Webster Leadbeater – British Theosophist and writer (1854–1934)
Giustiniano Lebano – Italian lawyer and patriot (1832–1910)
Sybil Leek – British astrologer
Eliphas Levi – French occult writer and poet (1810–1875)
Harvey Spencer Lewis – American writer and mystic (1883–1939)
H. P. Lovecraft – American writer (1890–1937)

M

Simon Magus – Religious figure who confronted Peter
Nicholas R. Mann – British writer
Al G. Manning – American occult writer (1927–2006)
Anthony Marais – American writer, musician, and academic (born 1966)
Leo Martello – American activist and Wiccan priest (1930–2000)
Louis Martinié – American vodou practitioner
Martinus – Danish mystic (1890–1981)
Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers – British occultist (1854–1918)
Caitlin Matthews – English husband-and-wife writer duo
John Matthews – English husband-and-wife writer duo
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola – Italian Renaissance philosopher (1463–1494)
Patricia Monaghan – American writer (1946-2012)
Robert Monroe – American radio broadcaster and writer
Dorothy Morrison – American writer (b. 1955)
Ann Moura – American writer
Joseph Murphy – American writer
David Myatt – British writer and religious leader (born 1950)

N

Nema Andahadna – American occult writer (1939–2018)
Vicki Noble – American writer (b. 1947)
Nostradamus – French seer and astrologer (1503–1566)
Novalis – German poet and writer (1772–1801)

O

Alfred Richard Orage – British literary figure
P. D. Ouspensky – Russian esotericist (1878–1947)

P

Paracelsus – Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493 – 1541)
Jack Parsons – American rocket engineer (1914–1952)
Joséphin Péladan – French novelist and Rosicrucian
Gwydion Pendderwen – American musician (1946-1982)
Fernando Pessoa – Portuguese poet, writer, and philosopher (1888–1935)
Robert M. Place – American artist and writer (born 1947)
Rachel Pollack – American writer (1945–2023)
Arthur E. Powell – British theosophist (1882–1969)
James Morgan Pryse – American Theosophist (1849-1942)
Ali Puli – German alchemical writer

R

Paschal Beverly Randolph – American physician, occultist and writer (1825–1875)
Silver RavenWolf – American writer
Israel Regardie – English occultist 1907–1985)
Wilhelm Reich – American psychoanalyst (1897–1957)
Theodor Reuss – German occultist, journalist, and singer
Jane Roberts – American poet and psychic (1929–1984)
Helena Roerich – Russian philosopher (1879–1955)
D. Scott Rogo – American writer and parapsychologist (1950–1990)
Gabrielle Roth – American musician and dancer (1941–2012)
Subba Row – Indian Theosophist (1856–1890)
Jozef Rulof – Dutch psychic (1898–1952)

S

Torkom Saraydarian – American writer and musician (1917–1997)
Gershom Scholem – Israeli philosopher (1897–1982)
Gini Graham Scott – American songwriter
William Seabrook – American journalist (1884–1945)
M. R. Sellars – American novelist
Sepharial – British writer and astrologer
Miguel Serrano – Chilean diplomat, fascist, and Holocaust denier
Idries Shah – Afghan writer and Sufi teacher (1924–1996)
Robin Skelton – Canadian academic, writer, poet, and anthologist (1925 –1997)
Stephen Skinner – Australian writer, editor, publisher and lecturer
Lionel Snell – English writer, magician and publisher
Austin Osman Spare – English artist (1886–1956)
Lewis Spence – British academic (1874-1955)
Starhawk – American writer and activist (born 1951)
Brad Steiger – American writer (1936–2018)
Rudolf Steiner – Austrian esotericist (1861–1925)
Robert John Stewart – Scottish composer, writer and teacher
Montague Summers – English writer (1880–1948)
Emanuel Swedenborg – Swedish scientist, freemason and theologian (1688–1772)

T

Ralph Tegtmeier – German occult writer
Luisah Teish – American spiritual writer
Patricia Telesco – American writer, and lecturer
Max Theon – Polish Hermetic Kabbalist (1848–1927)
Edred Thorsson – American runologist, writer, and occultist
Johannes Trithemius – German Benedictine abbot and polymath (1462–1516)
Paul Twitchell – American writer and spiritual teacher

U

Mellie Uyldert – Dutch astrologer

V

Doreen Valiente – English Wiccan writer (1922–1999)

W

Arthur Edward Waite – British occultist mystic, poet and writer
Ed and Lorraine Warren – American paranormal investigators
James Wasserman – American writer (1948–2020)
Don Webb – American novelist
Samael Aun Weor – Colombian gnostic writer
William Wynn Westcott – British Freemason and occult writer (1848–1925)
Dennis Wheatley – British writer (1897–1977)
Henry S. Whitehead – American novelist
Migene González-Wippler – Puerto Rican writer
Colin Wilson – English writer (1931–2013)
Peter Lamborn Wilson – American political writer, poet, and essayist (1945–2022)
Robert Anton Wilson – American writer and futurist (1932–2007)
Oswald Wirth – Swiss artist and occult writer

Y

William Butler Yeats – Irish poet and playwright (1865–1939)
Francis Parker Yockey – American fascist writer (1917–1960)
Paramahansa Yogananda – Indian and American yogi and guru (1893–1952)
Catherine Yronwode – American comic book writer and editor

Z

C. C. Zain – American new religious movement
The Zancigs – American stage magicians and writers
Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart – American writer and Neopagan priestess (1948–2014)
Oberon Zell-Ravenheart – American writer and Neopagan leader

List of occult writers

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