Any Modern Day Equivilents?, regardie, bardon, crowley Options

Who are the modern day equivilents of these famous and great magicians? (regardie, bardon, crowley ...ect)
I wasn't looking for astrologers particularly, like liz greene, but was hoping that there would be some that are
still alive that I just don't know of? thanks (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused012.gif)

I hold Stephen Skinner in high regard for his magickal scholarship and books.
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The vast majority of Occult literature out there is aimed at persons who have never been involved in a magical group and/or absolute beginners, which seems to match the market demand. I think a lot of the older stuff embraces a level of greater complexity than is generally offered by many of the modern authors.

Stephen Skinner is an excellent researcher writer. I agree that many books now are for the beginner which is sad because I have to look for complexity and nuance in magick scholarship, which often is far too dry and hard to use in practice. That said the Magic in History Series is very good. Thomas Cleary did some of the best translations of Hindu Buddhist, Taoist, sikh writings around. Owen Davies, has a few books about western magick that while it is scholarship it is applicable to personal practice with out much extra work.

I'm not has familiar with the western mystery cults and CM as I should be, so I leave that to others.

Of the people who practice what they write on, I like Eva Wong as she is a skilled reliable author of manuals for eastern magic and occult science. Martin Coleman "Communing With the Spirits" is highly respected, I can’t speak about the rest of his works, though. Jenny Blain is a respected practitioner of traditional Norse magick- and the only one I have found that is a practicing shaman. Robin Artisson is my favorite author witchcraft and very respected by people who practice hedgewitchery or so I’m told. The author who goes by the name Seth has a following but I don't think he has published anything comparable to Anton LaVey's work.

I know your not looking for astrologers but concerning the art, Robert Pelletier has some of the best books on the topic.

This post has been edited by fatherjhon: Aug 16 2010, 04:44 PM