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Born in 1976, Alberto Brandi (Ph.D.) has had a deep interest in Western Esotericism for the past 15 years.
During the academic year 2001-2002 he received his M.A. in History of Renaissance Philosophy from Naples' University "L'Orientale", Dept. of Philosophy and Politics, with a thesis about F.A. Yates' interpretation of Science and Magic. In February 2007 he was awarded his Ph.D. by the same department; the subject of his thesis was Rosicrucianism, namely the philosophical and historical roots of the Manifestos. A. Brandi currently cooperates with the chair of History of Philosophy and he is member of the Research Groups "Hermes Latinus", lead by Professor Paolo Lucentini and "Centro Studi Culture del Mediterraneo", lead by Professor Maria Donzelli. Both Research Groups belong to Naples' University "L'Orientale".

His current studies are focused on the heretic ways to the divine, which have come to be designated with the term "Left Hand Path". He has investigated its possible roots in Qabalah and, comparatively, Tantrism, also researching how traditional magical concepts are interpreted in today's magical organizations.

At the moment he's studying European witchcraft to investigate its relationship to concepts such as initiation and spiritual evolution and he is likewise interested in the contributes of learned magic as well as popular magic to Western Esotericism.

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