Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Agents Facet
3. People (hierarchy name)
4. people (agents)
5. [people by occupation]
6. [people in the occult sciences]

Anotations

Scope note:

Those who study and practice ritual activities with the object of controlling or influencing human or natural events through the invocation of external and impersonal mystical forces beyond the ordinary human sphere; typical ritual activities include the manipulation of special objects and the recitation of spells. Distinct from "magicians (illusionists)", who create illusions and perform sleight-of-hand, conjuring tricks, and other types of stage magic.