Osho
Indian godman & mystic born in 1931. Founder of the Rajneesh movement & known as the “sex guru”.
Baha’u’llah
Iranian prophet-founder of the Baháʼà Faith born in 1817.
Adi Da
American spiritual teacher, cult leader, writer, & artist born in 1939. Accused of numerous abuses.
Sathya Sai Baba
Indian guru, philanthropist, & founder of the Sathya Sai Organisation, born in 1926.
Allan Kardec
French educator, translator, author of the Spiritist Codification, & founder of Spiritism, born in 1804.
Aimee Semple McPherson
Canadian Pentecostal evangelist & media celebrity born in 1890. Founder of the Foursquare Church.
Kirtanananda Swami
Gaudiya Vaishnava guru born in 1937 & co-founder of the New Vrindaban community in West Virginia.
Henry Steele Olcott
American military officer, journalist, lawyer, & co-founder of the Theosophical Society, born in 1832.
Charles Leadbeater
English theosophist, Co-Freemasonry, occult author & co-initiator of the Liberal Catholic Church born in 1854.
Papus
French physician, hypnotist, & popularizer of occultism born in 1865. Founder of the Martinist Order.