Franz Bardon (1 December 1909 – 10 July 1958) was a Czech occultist and student and teacher of Hermetics. He belived, "True magic therefore is the high knowledge of the more subtle powers that have not yet been acknowledged by science up to this date because the methods of scrutiny that have been applied so far do not suffice for their grasping, understanding and utilization, although the laws of magic are analogous to all official sciences of the world".
