Paschal Beverly Randolph

Paschal Beverly Randolph
Born(1825-10-08)October 8, 1825
Died(1875-07-29)July 29, 1875 (aged 49)
Spouse(s)Mary Jane Randolph (m. 1850; div. 1864)
Kate Corson (?–1875)

Paschal Beverly Randolph (October 8, 1825 – July 29, 1875) was an American medical doctor, occultist, spiritualist, trance medium, and writer. He is notable as perhaps the first person to introduce the principles of erotic alchemy to North America, and, according to A. E. Waite, establishing the earliest known Rosicrucian order in the United States.