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New religious movements

Aleister Crowley
English occultist (1875–1947)
Alice Bailey
British- American esoteric, theosophist and writer (1880-1949)
Annie Besant
British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator
Anton LaVey
American writer and Satanist (1930–1997)
Charles Fillmore (Unity Church)
American mystic
David Koresh
American religious cult leader (1959–1993)
David Miscavige
Leader of the Church of Scientology
Doreen Valiente
English writer
Edgar Cayce
A 20th-century purported clairevoyent, psychic healer, prophet of Universal Consciousness
George Gurdjieff
Spiritual teacher, Armenian philosopher, composer and writer
Gerald Gardner
British Wiccan leader
Helena Blavatsky
Russian mystic and writer (1831–1891)
Jim Jones
American cult leader and mass murderer (1931–1978)
Joseph Kibweteere
Ugandan religious leader
L. Ron Hubbard
American writer and Scientology founder (1911–1986)
Leonard Howell
Jamaican Rastafari preacher
Li Hongzhi
Chinese religious leader and dissident
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Indian guru
Marie Laveau
American Voodoo practitioner (1801–1881)
Marshall Applewhite
American cult leader
Meher Baba
Indian mystic
Phineas Parkhurst Quimby
American writer
Raël
Founder and leader of the Raëlian Movement
Rajneesh
Indian godman, mystic and founder of the Rajneesh movement
Shoko Asahara
Founder of Aum Shinrikyo (1955–2018)
Stephen McNallen
American spiritual leader (born 1948)
Sun Myung Moon
Korean religious leader (1920–2012)
Yahweh ben Yahweh
Nation of Yahweh Founder