7 World-Famous Celebrities Who Were Deeply Into the Occult (8 Photos)

Creative and unconventional minds have always been drawn to the mystical. Fortunately, exploring the esoteric no longer carries the threat of burning at the stake, allowing people to speak candidly about their occult interests. Because of this openness, we now know quite a few contemporary stars who summon spirits, journey into the depths of the subconscious, or commune with the dead. Here are seven famous figures who have never hidden their peculiar fascination with the other side.





Grimes and Her Conversations with Spirits

Canadian singer Grimes—Elon Musk's former partner and the mother of his children—doesn't summon the devil or practice voodoo. Even so, she makes no secret of her belief in spirits and frequently tells reporters that she turns to them for guidance. To write music, she has been known to lock herself in a studio for two to three days without food or water, entering a deprivation-induced trance to forge a bond with otherworldly entities.



Grimes claims that spirits speak to the world through her songs, with her serving merely as a vessel between realms. Whether that holds any truth isn't for us to decide, but her Twitter feed has certainly been packed with mystical art and photos of occult book covers.

Lana Del Rey's Hex

Singer Lana Del Rey believes in the power of witchcraft and harbors no love for Donald Trump. So when the billionaire assumed the US presidency in 2017, she decided to place a hex on him. She tipped off her Twitter followers with a cryptic post specifying the precise dates of key lunar phases.





A few of Lana's fans managed to decipher the message, prompting her to confirm in an interview that she had indeed tried to cast a binding spell against Trump. Del Rey explained that she believes thought and intention can transmit powerful vibrations capable of affecting someone from afar. Whether Trump ever felt the hex take effect remains unknown, but his time in office was undeniably turbulent.

Christopher Lee's Occult Lore

Whispers long followed legendary actor Christopher Lee regarding his alleged participation in occult rituals. Nobody ever caught him in the act, nor could anyone confirm the rumors that the veteran star owned an enormous private library dedicated to witchcraft and mysticism. Lee himself flatly denied ever practicing magic, once even delivering a stern warning to fans tempted to dabble in the dark arts.

I have met people who claimed to be involved with black magic. I warn all of you: never, never, never. You will lose not only your mind, but your soul.



Lee spoke about the occult with such commanding authority that it only fueled public suspicion that he knew far more than he let on. And fair enough—you don't simply cast an ordinary man off the street as both Dracula and Saruman.

William S. Burroughs and His Feared Curses

Author William S. Burroughs was never particularly fond of humanity, and whenever someone truly got under his skin, he had no qualms about putting a hex on them. Exactly how he cast his spells remains a mystery, but the Beat icon regularly boasted in interviews and casual chats about directing dark intent toward his enemies.



Burroughs reportedly cursed Truman Capote after growing fed up with his loose tongue, willing the writer to never write another sentence. Believe it or not, the curse seemed to stick: Capote never completed another major work. To make matters worse, his substance abuse spiraled dramatically out of control, and he passed away just a year later.

David Bowie and the Antichrist

It is no secret that rock icon David Bowie battled severe substance abuse for years. Perhaps it was his heavy drug use that plunged him headfirst into black magic and demonology. He attended occult gatherings, attempted to summon demons himself, and even drew pentagrams on his forehead. Paranoia eventually consumed him, convincing Bowie that a coven of witches was plotting to steal his semen to conceive the Antichrist.



Eventually, the haze lifted, and Bowie resolved to sever all ties with the dark arts and cleanse the negativity poisoning his life. He discarded his esoteric paraphernalia and even hired a white witch to lift the lingering curse from his home and rid his body of demonic forces.

Jimmy Page and the Aleister Crowley Obsession

The legendary Led Zeppelin guitarist had been captivated by occultist Aleister Crowley since his youth. To walk in his idol's footsteps, Page amassed a massive home library of grimoires alongside an array of ritual paraphernalia. When he discovered that Crowley's former Scottish estate, Boleskine House, was up for sale, he spared no expense and bought the property outright.



Page took special delight in unnerving his guests with the eerie lore surrounding the estate, which had supposedly been erected on the ashes of a medieval church that burned down with the entire congregation trapped inside. Whether the veteran rocker still buys into all this today is hard to say, but his interviews make it clear that his fascination with magic never truly faded.

Björk and Iceland's Hidden Folk

Cult Icelandic singer Björk grew up in an extraordinarily unconventional household. Her parents were staunch believers in elves, gnomes, and trolls, encouraging their daughter to connect with them from an early age. Björk once shared with reporters that her mother took her to commune with elves from infancy until she was 18, leaving her completely convinced that these secretive, mystical beings are no mere fairy tale.



The singer still believes in magic and views the world through a uniquely eccentric lens. According to Björk, she destroys the world every night and rebuilds it anew each morning—a supernatural gift she credits to Pluto holding the dominant place in her astrological birth chart.