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C. M. Kushins is the author of Nothing’s Bad Luck: The Lives of Warren Zevon (2019), Beast: John Bonham and the Rise of Led Zeppelin (2021), and Cooler Than Cool: The Life and Work of Elmore Leonard (2025). He has been a freelance journalist for over twenty years and his work has appeared in High Times and The Daily Beast, among others. His love of esoteric history began with both Tibetan and Zen Buddhism, as well as Western Hermeticism, which he lectured on in Berlin.

Diana Serhal is the proud co-owner of Modern Occultist Media. A published journalist and Holocaust educator for nearly a decade, Serhal has worked and taught in her native Hungary, Amsterdam, Berlin, and the United States. Her fascination with the esoteric and its history practice began in her teens, with a love of spirituality and alchemy, and, in her twenties, studied Tibetan Reiki, energy-healing, meditation and practicing different forms of manifestation in Budapest.If you are reading this, perhaps, you are one yourself.

Lovers and purveyors of all-things esoteric will find a home here—be it Wicca, Paganism, Gnosticism, New Thought, or Esoteric A.I.—all presented through original works by noted scholars and practitioners of various occult philosophies, as well as interviews with some of today’s leading esoteric authors and artists.

In accordance with the gates of the year’s equinoxes and solstices, each issue of Modern Occultist is published digitally on a quarterly basis. However, subscribers will find original content, archived issues, and announcements every day throughout the year.

And now, we are pleased to announce the arrival of MODERN OCCULTIST NEWS—your daily briefing for all of today’s esoteric trends and stories from around the occult world—including “Today in Occult History”—and a wealth of exclusive interviews, articles, essays, and much more!

Whether a scholar whose historical interests run throughout the ages of Eastern Philosophy and Western Hermeticism, a dedicated self-adept of various magic practices, or a curious seeker exploring the infinite philosophical possibilities of Artificial Intelligence—you have found your haven at Modern Occultist.


 Every day, Modern Occultist News will present "This Day in Occult History" and will dive into the birthdays, rituals, breakthroughs, and crucial moments that shaped today's many esoteric traditions. From the Hermetic revival to Witchcraft, from Crowley to cyberspace, we'll bring the best stories and latest trends to today's own modern occultists everywhere. And for more original stories and interviews featuring today's leading esoteric and occult educators and practitioners, subscribe now to the FREE all new digital quarterly—Modern Occultist magazine! 


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