This is a list of notable occult writers.
A-B
edit- Evangeline Adams (1868–1932)
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486–1535)
- Albertus Magnus (1193–1220)
- Alipili (17th century)
- Margot Anand (born 1944)
- Victor Anderson (1917–2001)
- Antero Alli (born 1952)
- Apollonius of Tyana (c. 15 – c. 100 AD)
- Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki (born 1929)
- Elias Ashmole (1617–1692)
- Freya Aswynn (born 1949)
- William Walker Atkinson (1862–1932)
- Alice Bailey (1880–1949)
- Mrs. L. Dow Balliett (1847–1929)
- Franz Bardon (1909–1958)
- Francis Barrett
- J. G. Bennett
- Philip S. Berg, aka Feivel Gruberger (1927–2013)
- Michael Bertiaux
- Annie Besant (1847–1933)
- Hakim Bey
- Paul Beyerl
- Steve Blamires
- Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831–1891)
- Kerry Bolton
- Gavin Bone
- Isaac Bonewits
- William Breeze
- Brother XII (1878–1934)
- Thomas Browne
- Giordano Bruno
- Raymond Buckland
- Zsuzsanna Budapest
- E. A. Wallis Budge
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873)
- W. E. Butler
C-D
edit- Laurie Cabot
- Margaret Cameron
- Baba Raúl Cañizares
- Philip Carr-Gomm
- Hereward Carrington
- Peter J. Carroll
- Paul Foster Case
- Carlos Castaneda
- Richard Cavendish (1930–2016)
- Edgar Cayce
- Lucille Cedercrans
- Cheiro
- Jean Chevalier
- Andrew D. Chumbley
- Chic Cicero
- Sandra Tabatha Cicero
- Lewis de Claremont
- Chas S. Clifton
- John Robert Colombo (born 1936)
- D. J. Conway
- Marie Corelli
- Mary A. Cornelius
- Aleister Crowley
- Vivianne Crowley
- Patricia Crowther
- Scott Cunningham (1956–1993)
- Phyllis Curott
- Ernesto de Martino
- Arthur Dee
- John Dee
- Peter Deunov
- Savitri Devi (1905–1982)
- Nevill Drury (1947–2013)
- Gerina Dunwich (born 1959)
- Lon Milo DuQuette (born 1948)
E-F
editG-H
edit- Yasmine Galenorn
- Ann-Marie Gallagher
- Henri Gamache
- Gerald Gardner
- Peter H. Gilmore
- Migene Gonzalez-Wippler
- Kenneth Grant
- William G. Gray
- Raven Grimassi (1951–2019)
- René Guénon (1886–1951)
- Rosemary Ellen Guiley
- George Ivanovich Gurdjieff
- Manly P. Hall
- Bruce Barrymore Halpenny
- Erik Jan Hanussen, born Hermann Steinschneider (1889–1933)
- Jesse Wolf Hardin
- Michael Harner
- Franz Hartmann
- Max Heindel
- Hermes Trismegistus
- Phil Hine
- John George Hohman
- Hans Holzer (1920–2009)
- Murry Hope
- Ellic Howe
- Paul Huson
- Christopher Hyatt (1943–2008)
I-J
editK-L
edit- Amber K
- Richard Kaczynski (born 1963)
- Allan Kardec (1804–1869)
- Jozef Karika
- Jan Kefer
- Francis X. King, aka George Francis King (1934–1994)
- Anna Kingsford (1846–1888)
- Kenny Klein
- Donald Michael Kraig (1951–2014)
- Dora van Gelder Kunz (1904–1999)
- Roger de Lafforest (1905–1998)
- Stephen Larsen
- L. W. de Laurence (1868–1936)
- Anton LaVey (1930–1997)
- Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854–1934)
- Sybil Leek (1917–1982)
- Eliphas Levi (1810–1875)
- Harvey Spencer Lewis (1883–1939)
- H. P. Lovecraft
M-N
edit- Simon Magus
- Nicholas R. Mann
- Al G. Manning (1927–2006)
- Anthony Marais
- Leo Martello (1930–2000)
- Louis Martinié
- Martinus
- Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers
- Caitlin Matthews
- John Matthews
- Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
- Patricia Monaghan
- Robert Monroe
- Mogg Morgan
- Dorothy Morrison
- Ann Moura
- Joseph Murphy
- David Myatt
- Nema Andahadna
- Vicki Noble
- Nostradamus
- Novalis
O-P
edit- Alfred Richard Orage (1873–1934)
- P. D. Ouspensky (1878–1947)
- Paracelsus (Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim) (1493–1541)
- Jack Parsons (1914–1952)
- Joséphin Péladan (1858–1918)
- Gwydion Pendderwen (1946–1982)
- Robert M. Place
- Rachel Pollack
- Arthur E. Powell (1882–1969)
- James Morgan Pryse (1859–1942)
- Ali Puli
R-S
edit- Paschal Beverly Randolph (1825–1875)
- Silver RavenWolf
- Israel Regardie (1907–1985)
- Wilhelm Reich (1897–1957)
- Theodor Reuss (1855–1923)
- Jane Roberts (1929–1984)
- Helena Roerich (1879–1955)
- D. Scott Rogo (1950–1990)
- Gabrielle Roth (1941–2012)
- Subba Row (1856–1890)
- Jozef Rulof (1898–1952)
- Torkom Saraydarian (1917–1997)
- Gershom Scholem (1897–1982)
- Gini Graham Scott
- William Seabrook (1884–1945)
- M. R. Sellars
- Sepharial (1864–1929)
- Miguel Serrano (1917–2009)
- Idries Shah (1924–1996)
- Katon Shual
- Robin Skelton (1925-1997)
- Stephen Skinner
- Lionel Snell
- Austin Osman Spare (1886–1956)
- Lewis Spence (1874–1955)
- Starhawk
- Brad Steiger (1936–2018)
- Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925)
- Robert John Stewart
- Montague Summers (1880–1948)
- Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772)
T-W
edit- Ralph Tegtmeier
- Luisah Teish
- Patricia Telesco (born 1960)
- Max Theon
- Edred Thorsson
- Johannes Trithemius (1462–1516)
- Paul Twitchell
- Mellie Uyldert
- Doreen Valiente
- Arthur Edward Waite
- Ed and Lorraine Warren (1926–2006; 1927–2019)
- James Wasserman (1948–2020)
- Don Webb
- Samael Aun Weor
- William Wynn Westcott
- Dennis Wheatley
- Henry S. Whitehead (1882–1932)
- Migene González-Wippler (1936–)
- Colin Wilson
- Peter Lamborn Wilson
- Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007)
- Oswald Wirth
Y-Z
edit- William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
- Francis Parker Yockey (1917–1960)
- Paramahansa Yogananda (1893–1952)
- Catherine Yronwode
- C. C. Zain
- The Zancigs
- Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart
- Oberon Zell-Ravenheart