OCCULTIST

Éliphas Lévi

1810 - 1875

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Éliphas Lévi Zahed, born Alphonse Louis Constant (8 February 1810 – 31 May 1875), was a French esotericist, poet, and writer. Initially pursuing an ecclesiastical career in the Catholic Church, he abandoned the priesthood in his mid-twenties and became a ceremonial magician. At the age of 40, he began professing knowledge of the occult. He wrote over 20 books on magic, Kabbalah, alchemical studies, and occultism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Éliphas Lévi is the 9th most popular occultist (up from 11th in 2019), the 349th most popular biography from France (up from 692nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Occultist.

Éliphas Lévi is most famous for his book, Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie, which is a study of the Kabbalah.

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Among OCCULTISTS

Among occultists, Éliphas Lévi ranks 9 out of 41. Before him are Aleister Crowley, Baba Vanga, John Dee, Anton LaVey, Helena Blavatsky, and Count of St. Germain. After him are Alessandro Cagliostro, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Allan Kardec, Edgar Cayce, Joachim of Fiore, and A. E. Waite.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Éliphas Lévi ranks 6. Before him are Frédéric Chopin, Pope Leo XIII, Robert Schumann, Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, and P. T. Barnum. After him are Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, Theodor Schwann, Howard Staunton, Alfred de Musset, Alexandre Colonna-Walewski, and Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet. Among people deceased in 1875, Éliphas Lévi ranks 6. Before him are Hans Christian Andersen, Georges Bizet, Ferdinand I of Austria, Jean-François Millet, and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. After him are Andrew Johnson, John Edward Gray, Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, Charles Lyell, Isaac Singer, and Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander.

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In France

Among people born in France, Éliphas Lévi ranks 349 out of 6,770. Before him are Adolphe Thiers (1797), Désirée Clary (1777), Constantine II (316), Chrétien de Troyes (1135), Sophie Germain (1776), and Olivier Messiaen (1908). After him are Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1275), J. M. G. Le Clézio (1940), William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825), Elisabeth of Valois (1545), Georges de La Tour (1593), and Philip the Bold (1342).

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Among OCCULTISTS In France

Among occultists born in France, Éliphas Lévi ranks 2. Before him are Nostradamus (1503). After him are Allan Kardec (1804), Louis Claude de Saint-Martin (1743), Stanislas de Guaita (1861), and Joséphin Péladan (1858).

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