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Jorge Luis Borges
Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator (1899–1986)
Marcel Proust
French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)
Arthur Conan Doyle
British writer and physician (1859–1930)
Erwin Schrödinger
Austrian physicist (1887–1961)
Hermann Hesse
Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)
Aldous Huxley
English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
Alfred North Whitehead
English mathematician and philosopher (1861–1947)
Philip K. Dick
American science fiction author (1928–1982)
Alexander Scriabin
Russian composer and pianist (1872–1915)
Aleister Crowley
English occultist (1875–1947)
Arthur Koestler
Hungarian-British author and journalist (1905–1983)
Baba Vanga
Bulgarian psychic (1911-1996)
George Gurdjieff
philosopher, mystic, and writer (c. 1866–1877 – 1949)
Richard Matheson
American fiction writer (1926–2013)
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Chilean-French filmmaker and comics writer
Adunis
Syrian poet, writer and translator (born 1930)
Alan Watts
British American author and lecturer (1915–1973)
Deepak Chopra
Deepak Chopra is an American author, New Age guru, and alternative medicine advocate. A prominent figure in the New Age movement, his books and videos have made him one of the best-known and wealthiest figures in alternative medicine. In the 1990s, Chopra, a physician by education, became a popular proponent of a pseudoscientific approach to well-being that includes yoga, meditation, and nutrition, among other New Age therapies.
Robert Anton Wilson
American author, futurist, and agnostic mystic (1932-2007)
Savitri Devi
Greek-French writer (1905-1982)
Terence McKenna
American ethnobotanist and mystic (1946–2000)
Arthur Machen
Welsh author and mystic (1863–1947)
Ken Wilber
American writer and public speaker
Colin Wilson
British writer and philosopher (1931–2013)
Alice Bailey
British-American esoteric, theosophist and writer (1880-1949)
Manly P. Hall
Canadian writer and mystic (1901–1990)
A. E. Waite
British occultist mystic, poet and writer (1857–1942)
Samael Aun Weor
Colombian writer (1917–1977)
Heinrich Zimmer
German Indologist and linguist (1890–1943)
Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov
Bulgarian philosopher (1900–1986)
Martinus Thomsen
Danish mystic (1890-1981)
Paul Brunton
British philosopher (1898-1981)
Walter Russell
American artist (1871-1963)
Barry Long
Australian spiritual teacher and writer (1926–2003)
Bahiyyih Khánum
daughter of Bahá'u'lláh, founder of the Bahá'í Faith, and Ásíyih Khánum (1846–1932)
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Australian artist (1917–1979)
Phan Xich Long
Self-proclaimed religious leader and Emperor of Vietnam
Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
Sri Lankan Sufi leader
Nikolai Obukhov
Russian composer (1892–1954)
Marco Pallis
Buddhist scholar and mystic (1895–1989)
Llorenç Vidal Vidal
Spanish poet
Hajj Nematollah
Iranian Kurdish scholar
Porfiry Ivanov
Russian mystic
Bonnie Nettles
American nurse
Garrett Fort
American dramatist
Maria de Naglowska
Russian occultist
Leah Hirsig
Swiss-American occultist
Gerald Heard
British writer and academic (1889–1971)
Charles Arthur Musès
American mathematician, cyberneticist, editor (1919–2000)
Ilona Harima
Finnish artist (1911–1986)
Jean Klein
French spiritual teacher (1912-1998)
John Michell
British writer (1933–2009)
Richard Rose
American mystic (1917–2005)
Amma Sri Karunamayi
Amma Sri Karunamayi (born 24 October 1958) is a Hindu spiritual leader. Sri Karunamayi travels internationally promoting global peace and meditation.
Eric Gutkind
German philosopher (1877–1965)
John Niemeyer Findlay
South African Philosopher (1903–1987)
Dada Bhagwan
spiritual leader from Gujarat, India (1908-1988)
Itzhak Bentov
Israeli American engineer and inventor