Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. Actor of Film and Radio. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. by Travis Simpkins

Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. Actor of Film and Radio. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Basil Rathbone

Philip St. John Basil Rathbone MC

( 1892 - 1967 )

as Sherlock Holmes

Shakespearean Stage Actor

and Actor in more than 70 Films

He played Sherlock Holmes in

14 Hollywood Films and in

a Radio Series between 1939 - 1947

by Travis Simpkins

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

For more info, please visit:

sherlock-holmes.org.uk

Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. Actor. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Hound of the Baskervilles. by Travis Simpkins

 

William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes. Stage Actor. Silent Film. Gillette Castle. by Travis Simpkins

William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes. Stage Actor. Silent Film. Gillette Castle. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

William Gillette

( 1853 - 1937 )

Actor, Stage Manager and Playwright

Best Remembered for portraying

Sherlock Holmes

on stage 1,300 times over 30 years

and in one 1916 Silent Film

Owner/Designer of Gillette Castle

Hadlyme, Connecticut

by Travis Simpkins

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

 

Gillette Castle. Home of William Gillette. Sherlock Holmes. Hadlyme, Connecticut

For more info, please visit:

sherlock-holmes.org.uk

William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes. Stage Actor. Silent Film. Gillette Castle. by Travis Simpkins

 

Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. by Travis Simpkins

Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Jeremy Brett

as 

Sherlock Holmes

The Great Detective

created by

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

by Travis Simpkins

Jeremy Brett is considered one of the best actors to play Sherlock Holmes. He starred in the long-running Granada Television series, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, which aired from 1984-1994.

Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes

A Scandal in Bohemia - Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes

For more info, please visit:

sherlock-holmes.org.uk

Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. by Travis Simpkins

 

Dr Watson. Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. by Travis Simpkins

Dr. Watson. Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of

Dr. Watson

John H. Watson

Character in the Sherlock Holmes stories of

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

by Travis Simpkins

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlockian. Art by Travis Simpkins

For more info, please visit:

sherlock-holmes.org.uk/ 

Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Dr. Watson. by Travis Simpkins

Sherlock Holmes in Deep Meditation. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. by Travis Simpkins

Sherlock Holmes in Deep Meditation. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. by Travis Simpkins

Illustration of

Sherlock Holmes 

in Deep Meditation

 based on a similar work published in

The Adventure of the Lion's Mane

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

1926

by Travis Simpkins

 

 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

For more info, please visit:

arthurconandoyle.com 

and

classic-literature.co.uk/lions-mane-sherlock-holmes

Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Dr Watson. by Travis Simpkins

Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlockian Art by Travis Simpkins

Socrates. Philosopher. Ancient Greece. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. by Travis Simpkins

Socrates. Philosopher. Ancient Greek. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of a

Portrait Head of Socrates

Roman, Imperial Period

170 - 195 A.D.

Collection of the 

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

by Travis Simpkins

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

For more info, please visit:

www.mfa.org

Socrates. Philosopher. Ancient Greece. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. by Travis Simpkins

Polyphemus. Cyclops. The Odyssey. Ancient Greece. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. by Travis Simpkins

Polyphemus. Cyclops. The Odyssey. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. by Travis Simpkins 

Sketch of an

Ancient Greek

Head of Polyphemus

Cyclops

150 BC

Greek or Roman

Hellenistic or Imperial Period

Collection of the

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

by Travis Simpkins

The Odyssey

For more info, please visit:

www.mfa.org

Odysseus and Polyphemus. Ancient Greece. Gardner Museum. MFA, Boston. by Travis Simpkins

Bram Stoker. Author. Dracula. Vampire. Gothic Horror. Occult. Freemason. by Travis Simpkins

Bram Stoker. Author. Dracula. Vampire. Gothic Horror. Occult. Freemason. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Bram Stoker

Abraham Stoker

(1847 - 1912)

Irish Writer, Occultist and Theatre Manager

Author of Dracula (1897)

Freemason

Member of 

Buckingham and Chandos Lodge No. 1150

United Grand Lodge of England

Rumored Member of

The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

and Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (SRIA)

by Travis Simpkins

Bram Stoker

Dracula film posters. Nosferatu. Bela Lugosi. Christopher Lee. Bram Stoker

For more info, please visit:

bramstoker.org

Bram Stoker. Author. Dracula. Vampire. Gothic Horror. Occult. Freemason. by Travis Simpkins

Homer. The Iliad. The Odyssey. Ancient Greece. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. by Travis Simpkins

Homer. The Iliad. The Odyssey. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of 

Homer

Roman, Republican or Imperial Period

1st Century B.C. - 1st Century A.D.

Collection of the 

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

by Travis Simpkins

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

For more info, please visit:

www.mfa.org

Homer. Ancient Rome. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. by Travis Simpkins

Dante Alighieri. Poet and Philosopher. The Divine Comedy. by Travis Simpkins

Dante Alighieri. Poet and Philosopher. The Divine Comedy. Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Dante Alighieri

(1265 - 1321)

Italian Poet, Writer and Philosopher

Author of The Divine Comedy

Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso

by Travis Simpkins

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri. Poet and Philosopher. The Divine Comedy

For more info, please visit:

poetryfoundation.org/dante-alighieri

Dante Alighieri. The Divine Comedy. Map of Hell. Sandro Botticelli. by Travis Simpkins

Zeus. King of the Gods. Ancient Greece. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. by Travis Simpkins

Head of Zeus. Ancient Greece. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of an
Ancient Greek

Head of Zeus

Late Classic Period

350 - 340 B.C. 

Collection of the 

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

by Travis Simpkins

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

For more info, please visit:

www.mfa.org

Head of Zeus. Ancient Greece. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. by Travis Simpkins

H.P. Lovecraft. Author of Horror and Fantasy. Cthulhu Mythos. Necronomicon. by Travis Simpkins

H.P. Lovecraft. Author of Horror and Fantasy. Cthulhu Mythos. Necronomicon. Cosmicism. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

H.P. Lovecraft

Howard Phillips Lovecraft

(1890 - 1937)

Writer of Weird, Science, Fantasy and Horror Fiction

Creator of the Cthulhu Mythos

the Necronomicon (Book of the Dead)

and the Cosmicism Literary Philosophy

by Travis Simpkins

H.P. Lovecraft

H.P. Lovecraft, the Necronomicon and Cthulhu

For more info, please visit:

hplovecraft.com

H.P. Lovecraft. Author of Horror and Fantasy. Cthulhu Mythos. Necronomicon. Cosmicism. by Travis Simpkins

 

Leila Waddell. Violinist and Occultist. Scarlet Woman. Magick. Thelema. by Travis Simpkins

Leila Waddell. Violinist. Occultist. Scarlet Woman. Aleister Crowley. Magick. Thelema. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Leila Waddell

Laylah

Leila Ida Bathurst Waddell

(1880 - 1932)

Violinist and Occultist 

Influential Figure in Magick and Thelema

Scarlet Woman of Aleister Crowley

Immortalized in the Book of Lies

Performer/Muse of the Rites of Eleusis

by Travis Simpkins

Leila Waddell

The Rites of Eleusis. Aleister Crowley and Leila Waddell. Occult. Magic. Thelema

For more info, please visit:

astrumargenteum.org/leila-waddell

Leila Waddell. Scarlet Woman. Aleister Crowley. Rites of Eleusis. Magick. Thelema. by Travis Simpkins

 

Allan Bennett. Buddhist Monk and Occultist. Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. by Travis Simpkins

Allan Bennett. Bhikkhu Ananda Metteyya. Buddhist. Occultist. Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Allan Bennett

Charles Henry Allan Bennett

Ananda Metteyya

(1872 - 1923)

Buddhist monk of the Theravada tradition

Occultist and Ceremonial Magician

Member of the

Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

Influential Teacher of Aleister Crowley

by Travis Simpkins

Allan Bennett. Bhikkhu Ananda Metteyya. Buddhist Monk. Council of the Buddhasasana Samagama

For more info, please visit:

tricycle.org/magazine/allan-bennett

Allan Bennett. Bhikkhu Ananda Metteyya. Buddhist. Occultist. Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. by Travis Simpkins

 

Ancient Egyptian Head of a Priest. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. by Travis Simpkins

Ancient Egyptian Priest. The Boston Green Head. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of an

Ancient Egyptian

Head of a Priest

The Boston Green Head

380 - 332 BC

Excavated at Saqqara, 1850's

Collection of the

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

by Travis Simpkins

MFA, Boston: Funerary Spells- An Ancient Egyptian Coffin

For more info, please visit:

www.mfa.org

Head of a Priest. Ancient Egypt. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. by Travis Simpkins 

Dion Fortune. Author and Occultist. Society of the Inner Light. Ceremonial Magick. by Travis Simpkins

Dion Fortune. Violet Mary Firth. Author and Occultist. Society of the Inner Light. Ceremonial Magick. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Dion Fortune

Violet Mary Firth

(1890 - 1946)

Novelist and  Occultist

Psychic Medium and Ceremonial Magician

Author of The Sea Priestess, Moon Magic

The Mystical Qabalah, Psychic Self-Defense and others

Founder of the

(Community/Fraternity)

Society of the Inner Light

by Travis Simpkins

Dion Fortune - Biography

For more info, please visit:

innerlight.org.uk

Dion Fortune. Author and Occultist. The Sea Priestess. Society of the Inner Light. Ceremonial Magick. by Travis Simpkins

 

William Butler Yeats. Poet and Occultist. Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. by Travis Simpkins

William Butler Yeats. Poet and Occultist. Magick. Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

William Butler Yeats

(1865 - 1939)

Irish Poet, Dramatist and Writer

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature

Theosophist, Occultist and Ceremonial Magician

Member of the

Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

His Magical Name was "Demon est Deus inversus"

by Travis Simpkins

The Battle of Blythe Road - Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

W.B. Yeats vs. Aleister Crowley

Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

For more info, please visit:

poetryfoundation.org/william-butler-yeats

William Butler Yeats. Poet and Occultist. Magick. Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. by Travis Simpkins

 

Jeanne Robert Foster. Poet, Model, Actress and Occultist. Scarlet Woman. by Travis Simpkins

Jeanne Robert Foster. Poet, Model, Actress and Occultist. Scarlet Woman. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Jeanne Robert Foster

(1879 - 1970)

Poet of the Adirondacks

Journalist, Actress and Fashion Model

Theosophist and Occultist

Scarlet Woman of Aleister Crowley

Her Magical Name was "Hilarion"

by Travis Simpkins

Jeanne Robert Foster and John Butler Yeats

For more info, please visit:

union.edu/jeanne-robert-foster-papers

Jeanne Robert Foster. Poet, Model, Actress and Occultist. Scarlet Woman. by Travis Simpkins