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

 

Hygeia. Goddess of Health. Antioch. Roman. Worcester Art Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Hygeia. Goddess of Health. Antioch. Worcester Art Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of an

Ancient Roman Statue of

Hygieia

Goddess of Health & Hygiene

1st or 2nd Century A.D.

Excavated at Antioch

Collection of the

Worcester Art Museum

by Travis Simpkins

Hygeia

For more info, please visit:

worcesterart.org

Hygeia. Goddess of Health. Antioch. Worcester Art Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Emanuel Swedenborg. Theologian, Scientist, Philosopher and Mystic. by Travis Simpkins

Emanuel Swedenborg. Theologian, Scientist, Philosopher and Mystic. by Travis Simpkins 

Portrait Sketch of

Emanuel Swedenborg

(1688 - 1772)

Christian Theologian, Scientist

Philosopher and Mystic

Author of Heaven and Hell (1758)

Inspiration and namesake of the

Rite of Swedenborg

Swedenborgian Rite of Freemasonry

and the

Swedenborg Foundation

by Travis Simpkins

Emanuel Swedenborg

For more info, please visit:

swedenborg.com

Emanuel Swedenborg. Theologian, Scientist, Philosopher and Mystic. by Travis Simpkins 

 

Isis. Ancient Egyptian Goddess. Mythology. Occult. Magick. Sketch by Travis Simpkins

Isis. Ancient Egyptian Goddess. 1550-1292 BC. 18th Dynasty. Sketch by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of an

Ancient Egyptian

Figure of

Isis

Wife/Sister of Osiris
Mother of Horus

Goddess, helped the dead 
in entering the afterlife
Divine Mother of the Pharaoh (Horus)
Her maternal aid was 
invoked in healing spells. 
She was also prominent in
royal rituals, temple rites,
funerary practices and magical texts

18th Dynasty, 1550 - 1292 B.C.

by Travis Simpkins

The Osiris Myth

Egyptian Mythology

 For more information, please visit:

www.ancient.eu/isis

Isis. Ancient Egyptian Goddess. 1550-1292 BC. 18th Dynasty. Sketch by Travis Simpkins

William Walker Atkinson. Occultist. The Kybalion. New Thought Movement. by Travis Simpkins

William Walker Atkinson. Occultist. The Kybalion. New Thought Movement. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

William Walker Atkinson

(1862 - 1932)

Attorney, Publisher, Occultist

Pioneer of the

New Thought Movement

likely author of The Kybalion (by Three Initiates)

wrote under the pseudonyms

Theron Q. Dumont, Yogi Ramacharaka

Swami Bhakta Vishita, Swami Panchadasi

by Travis Simpkins

William Walker Atkinson

For more info, please visit:

wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walker_Atkinson

William Walker Atkinson. Occultist. The Kybalion. New Thought Movement. by Travis Simpkins

 

Osiris. Ancient Egyptian God. Mythology. Book of the Dead. Sketch by Travis Simpkins

Osiris. Ancient Egyptian God. 26th Dynasty. 664-610 BC. Sketch by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of an

Ancient Egyptian

Head of

Osiris

Lord of the Underworld

God of fertility, alcohol, agriculture

the afterlife, the dead, resurrection

life and vegetation

26th Dynasty, 664 - 610 B.C.

by Travis Simpkins

The Osiris Myth

Egyptian Mythology

 For more information, please visit:

ancient.eu/osiris

Osiris. Ancient Egyptian God. 26th Dynasty. 664-610 BC. Sketch 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. by Travis Simpkins

For more info, please visit:

sherlockian-sherlock.com/travis-simpkins-interview

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