Home›Occultists, Magicians & Esotericists›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups historical figures by the religious tradition they belonged to or helped shape, connecting a person to the belief system that claims them. Wikipedia describes a tradition as "a system of beliefs or behaviors (folk custom) passed down within a group of people or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past." Browsing this way lets a visitor read every founder, reformer or teacher from one tradition together, rather than finding them scattered by century.FactsTraditionConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedHistorical Figures 1TraditionFilter Results9 entriesEraAll1455 to 1522 (1)1462 to 1516 (1)1527 to 1609 (1)1574 to 1637 (1)1575 to 1624 (1)1586 to 1654 (1)1688 to 1772 (1)1727 to 1774 (1)1743 to 1803 (1)1825 to 1875 (1)1831 to 1891 (1)1845 to 1924 (1)1847 to 1933 (1)1848 to 1919 (1)1848 to 1925 (1)1854 to 1934 (1)1862 to 1932 (1)1871 to 1961 (1)1875 to 1947 (1)1880 to 1949 (1)1909 to 1958 (1)1914 to 1952 (1)1924 to 2011 (1)1939 to 2011 (1)1939 to 2022 (1)Place of ActivityAllAustria (1)California (1)Czechia (1)Egypt (1)England (1)France (1)Germany (1)Illinois (1)India (2)Italy (1)London (2)Los Angeles (1)New York City (1)Opava (1)Pasadena (1)Perth (1)San Diego (1)Sicily (1)Stockholm (1)Strasbourg (1)Stuttgart (1)Texas (1)United Kingdom (2)United States (3)GenderAllFemale (3)Male (9)HistoricityAllComposite figure: more than one person or tradition behind the name (1)Historically attested (9)Legendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical record (1)Veneration StatusAllHistorically Significant but Not Venerated (9)Officially Recognized or Venerated (2)Popularly or Locally Venerated (1)Manner Of DeathAllDied by suicide (1)Died of natural causes (5)Disputed (2)NationalityAllAustria (1)Czech Republic (1)France (1)Germany (1)Russia (1)Sweden (1)United Kingdom (4)United States (5)In GroupAllNew Age, Esoteric and Theosophical Founders (1)Revered InAllChristianity (2)Heathenry (1)Hinduism (1)New Thought (1)Thelema (1)Theosophy (1)Test ResultAllDebunked (1)Adherents Today MaximumAll4722 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll4722 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (1)Independent Survey (3)National Census (1)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (4)Era of Decline End YearAll600 (1)Era of Decline Start YearAll300 (1)Era of Modern Revival End YearAll1471 (1)1976 (1)Era of Modern Revival Start YearAll1463 (1)1972 (1)Establishment StatusAllVaries by Province (2)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCustomary Norm (2)Membership Figure As OfAll1927-01-01 (1)1972-01-01 (1)2000-01-01 (1)2004-01-01 (1)2010-01-01 (3)2011-12-19 (1)2012-12-18 (1)2019-01-01 (1)2020-01-01 (2)2021-01-01 (1)2024-01-01 (1)2026-08-14 (1)Origin Period End YearAll500 BCE (1)50 (1)300 (1)1848 (1)1891 (1)1895 (1)1904 (1)1976 (1)1980 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1500 BCE (1)1 (1)30 (1)1848 (1)1875 (1)1880 (1)1904 (1)1970 (1)1972 (1)Position on SexualityAllThe body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (1)Practice StatusAllLiving, and in active revival (1)Living, and practised in varied local forms (3)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (2)Status TodayAllHistorical; not practised continuously (1)Living tradition, practised today (8)Revived or reconstructed in the modern era (2)TheologyAllEmanationist: reality proceeds from an ineffable One (2)Monistic: one ultimate reality behind all appearance (3)Monotheistic: one God (2)Panentheistic: the divine both within the world and beyond it (2)Polytheistic: many gods (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareChristianityTradition8 entriesHeathenryTradition2 entriesHermeticismTradition3 entriesHinduismTradition1 entryNew AgeTradition2 entriesNew ThoughtTradition3 entriesSpiritualismTradition1 entryThelemaTradition3 entriesTheosophyTradition5 entriesConnectionsAssociated WithHermes, Deities Well-attested This source names Hermes directly: "current runs continuously from Hermes Trismegistus and the Renaissance magi through the Golden Dawn to the New Age systems of the twentieth century."Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Sources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Category: Historical FiguresDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.