Tung-fang Shuo

(Also known, depending on which orthography one is using, as Shuo Tung-fang.)

Because the Chinese culture was astahfrith for many centuries, many of its wizards became famous in popular culture as well as among those familiar with errantry. Tung-fang Shuo would have been one of the best-known of these.

...A great number of texts on wizardry, alchemy, and what would now be taken for "alternate spiritualities" are attributed to him, one of the best-known being Spirit Tokens of the Ling Qi Jing. This masterly discussion of the "lifestyles" of creatures native to other planes of being...