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Leaders and legends of the spiritual world- from prophets, priests, and gurus, to rogues, villains, and monsters. Images of people who shaped religion and spirituality over the centuries.
Aleister Crowley
Magus, prophet of the new Aeon, and egotist. Pictures spanning his childhood, marriage, more.
Lao Tzu
Author of the I Ching, or Book of Changes, and founder of Taoism.
Edward Kelly
Infamous scryer, alchemist, and sometime criminal.
Ras Tafari
Ras Tafari Markonnen, aka Haile Selassie, cewntral figure of the Rastafarian faith.
Zoroaster
Prophet of Ahura Mazda, and founder of the first monotheistic religion.
Henry Cornelius Agrippa
Henry(or Heinrich)Cornelius Agrippa, famed mage and author of the Three Books of Occult Philosophy.
Comte de St. Germain
Artist, reknowned spiritual teacher, and reputed immortal.
Count Cagliostro
Founder of Egyptian Rite Masonry.
Dr. John Dee
Astrologer to Queen Elizabeth, mathemetician, Necromancer, and the original 007.
Vlad Tepes Dracula
A real life monster.
Mary Magdalen
Teac her, disciple, and reputed wife of Jesus. (Five galleries)
Dr. Johann Faustus
Made an infamous pact with devil.
Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji
Prophet and spiritual leader of the Sikh religion.
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