Women mystics

British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator (1847-1933)

Russian occult writer (1831-1891)

Bulgarian psychic (1911-1996)

French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, Taoist, anarchist and writer

Scots-Irish social worker, author, teacher and disciple of Swami Vivekananda

Hindu Guru (1896–1982)

German Augustinian canoness, mystic, Marian visionary, ecstatic and stigmatist (1774-1824)

Spiritual Leader, occultist and collaborator of Sri Aurobindo (1878–1973)

Táhirih (Ṭāhira) (, "The Pure One," also called Qurrat al-ʿAyn ( "Solace/Consolation of the Eyes") are both titles of Fatimah Baraghani/Umm-i Salmih (1814 or 1817 – August 16–27, 1852), an influential poet, women's rights activist and theologian of the Bábí faith in Iran. She was one of the Letters of the Living, the first group of followers of the Báb. Her life, influence and execution made her a key figure of the religion. The daughter of Muhammad Salih Baraghani, she was born into one of the most prominent families of her time. Táhirih led a radical interpretation that, though it split the

British-American esoteric, theosophist and writer (1880-1949)

Jewish diarist (1914-1943)

spiritual consort of Ramakrishna (1853–1920)

British occultist, ceremonial magician, and writer (1890-1946)

Andal (ISO 15919: Āṇṭāḷ), also known as Kothai and Nachiyar is one of the 12 Alvars, who are Tamil saints who patronised Vaishnavism during the Bhakti movement. She is the only female Alvar. She is considered to be an avatar of the earth goddess Bhumi, who is an aspect of Hindu goddess Lakshmi, the consort of the preserver god Vishnu. The Alvars are affiliated with the Sri Vaishnavism tradition of Vaishnavism. As per Hindu mythology, she was raised by Periyalvar in Srivilliputhur, where she grew up as a devotee of Krishna.

English soothsayer

Russian spiritual philosopher, occult writer, theosophist (1879—1955)

Maitreyi (fl. 8th century BCE) was an Indian philosopher who lived during the later Vedic period in ancient India. She is mentioned in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad as one of two wives of the Vedic sage Yajnavalkya. In the Hindu epic Mahabharata and the Gṛhyasūtras, however, Maitreyi is described as an Advaita philosopher who never married. In ancient Sanskrit literature, she is known as a brahmavadini (an expounder of the Veda).

American artist (1893-1998)

Sosipatra () was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher and mystic who lived in Ephesus and Pergamon in the first half of the 4th century AF. The story of her life is told in Eunapius' Lives of the Sophists.

Semi-mythical female deity in Tibetan Buddhism

elder sister of Guru Nanak

Vietnamese spiritual teacher

founder of Tenrikyo (1798–1887)

Ghosha () was an ancient Vedic period Indian philosopher and seer. From a young age, she suffered from a disfiguring skin ailment. According to legend, Ashvini Kumars cured her and restored her youthfulness, health and beauty. Consequently, she got married and had a son. She was proficient in the Vedas and had even scripted two hymns in the Rigveda. She was called as mantradrika, meaning well versed in mantras. She was also known as a Brahmavadini, a speaker or proclaimer of Brahman, and led a purposeful spiritual life.

daughter of Bahá'u'lláh, founder of the Bahá'í Faith, and Ásíyih Khánum (1846–1932)

wife of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Baha'i Faith

British anti-vivisectionist (1851–1927)

actress (1880–1957)

Founder of Oomoto (1836–1918)

Australian artist (1917–1979)

Hasidic female rabbi (1805–1888)

Hungarian spiritual teacher (1897-1994)

founder of Qingjing lineage in Quanzhen Taoism

American religious writer

Russian occultist

Bahinabai (1628–1700 AD) or Bahina or Bahini was a female Varkari saint from Maharashtra, India. She is considered a disciple of the Varkari poet-saint Tukaram. Having been born in a Brahmin family, Bahinabai was married to a widower at a young age and spent most of her childhood wandering around Maharashtra along with her family. She describes, in her autobiography Atmamanivedana, her spiritual experiences with a calf and visions of the Varkari's patron deity Vithoba and Tukaram. She reports being subjected to verbal and physical abuse by her husband, who despised her spiritual inclination bu

American nurse

American spiritualist, writer(1840-1923)

Gangaji ( ; born Merle Antoinette Roberson in Texas, 1942) is an American Neo-Advaita spiritual teacher and writer.

Swedish mystic and writer

Swedish writer (1868-1943)

Muktabai or Mukta or Muktai Vitthalpant Kulkarni was a saint in the Varkari Movement. She was born in a Deshastha Brahmin family and was the younger sister of Dnyaneshwar, the first Varkari saint. She wrote forty-one abhangs throughout her life.

President of the Self-Realization Fellowship (1914-2010)

Colombian psychic and politician

Swedish visionary

Swiss-American occultist

Polish writer and social activist (1888–1971)

Aleister Crowley's Muse (1880–1932)

English academic, author, and Principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford (1863–1924)

American cult leader

British astrologer (1917–1982)