Hildegard of Bingen

German Benedictine abbess, writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, & polymath born in 1098.

Martinus Thomsen

Danish author, philosopher, & mystic born in 1890 & known for his books The Third Testament.

Ramakrishna

Indian Hindu mystic & religious leader born in 1836.

Omraam Aivanhov

Bulgarian philosopher, pedagogue, mystic, & leading 20th-century teacher of Western Esotericism.

Angelus Silesius

German Catholic priest & physician born in 1624. Known as a mystic & religious poet.

Gemma Galgani

Italian mystic & Catholic saint born in 1878. Known for alleged stigmata, prophecies, & levitation.

Padre Pio

Italian friar, priest, stigmatist, & mystic born in 1887.

Grigori Rasputin

Russian mystic & self-proclaimed holy man who gained considerable influence in late imperial Russia.