David Rankine is an author, esoteric researcher and magician who lives in Spain with his wife, artist and tattooist Rosa Laguna.

He has been making major contributions to the modern occult revival since the 1980s through lectures, workshops, presentations, articles, and books.

His esoteric expertise covers a wide range of topics, including the Western Esoteric Traditions, especially the Qabalah, the Grimoire tradition, Greco-Egyptian magic and Ceremonial Magic, as well as British Folklore and European Mythology.

His published work in recent years has been characterised by the publication of previously unavailable or inaccessible material on the grimoires and other areas of magic.

New editions of the Summa Sacra Magicae and his latest books, Clavis Intelligentiarum, and Clavis Spirituum.