Lon Milo DuQuette

When one thinks of magick, wizards, spirits and all the trappings of the occult, one doesn't usually imagine a figure like Lon Milo DuQuette. The white-haired Southern California native looks more like a retired surfer than one of the world's leading experts on esoteric religious traditions, as well as one of its most prolific authors.

Born in California, raised in Nebraska, DuQuette has had a life journey few would believe possible and even fewer would attempt. The 64-year-old author and lecturer has gone from being a sixties flower child and recording artist to a world-renowned adept of the ancient art and science known as “magick.” DuQuette hasn't just ventured to where angels and demons fear to tread, he lives there.

“Since I was a baby in a crib, I’ve always been curious about the nature of my own being,” he says. “I was born with a hip disease that kept me inactive for much of my childhood. Not a lot of time to play, but lots of quiet time to think and contemplate things. That’s probably why I became a mystic.”

DuQuette is the author of numerous books on magick, divination, and other forms of esoteric studies and practices. Among his most famous works are The Chicken Qabalah of Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford; Understanding Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot; Angels, Demons & God of the New Millennium; The Key to Solomon’s Key; Enochian Vision Magick; Accidental Christ – The Story of Jesus (As Told by His Uncle) and his autobiographical My Life with the Spirits.

In sharp contrast to both contemporary and classic authors of books on esoteric subjects, DuQuette's style is easy-to-read, easy to understand, and peppered with humor. He's credited with de-mystifying a subject that is mysterious by definition. In the process, has come to be called “the Mark Twain of the Occult,” a title no one is likely to challenge during his lifetime.

Lon is also an internationally recognized Tarot Grandmaster and the author of his own deck: The Tarot of Ceremonial Magick and a singer-songwriter/recording artist with two recent CDs of his original material on the Ninety-Three Records label