Franz Hartmann (22 November 1838,

Donauwörth Donauwörth (; ) is a town and the capital of the Donau-Ries district in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is said to have been founded by two fishermen where the rivers Danube (Donau) and Wörnitz meet. The city is part of the scenic route called "R ...

– 7 August 1912,

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) was a German medical doctor,

theosophist Theosophy is a religious movement established in the United States in the late 19th century. Founded primarily by the Russian Helena Blavatsky and based largely on her writings, it draws heavily from both older European philosophies such as Neo ...

occultist The occult () is a category of esoteric or supernatural beliefs and practices which generally fall outside the scope of organized religion and science, encompassing phenomena involving a 'hidden' or 'secret' agency, such as magic and mystic ...

, geomancer,

astrologer Astrology is a range of Divination, divinatory practices, recognized as pseudoscientific since the 18th century, that propose that information about human affairs and terrestrial events may be discerned by studying the apparent positions ...

, and author.

Biography

Hartmann was an associate of

Helena Blavatsky Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (; – 8 May 1891), often known as Madame Blavatsky, was a Russian-born Mysticism, mystic and writer who emigrated to the United States where she co-founded the Theosophical Society in 1875. She gained an internat ...

and was Chairman of the Board of Control of the Theosophical Society Adyar.Baier, Karl. (2018). ''Yoga within Viennese Occultism: Carl Kellner and Co''. In Karl Baier, Philipp André Maas, Karin Preisendanz. ''Yoga in Transformation: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives''. Vienna University Press. pp. 395-396. He collaborated with the mystic Carl Kellner. He published the journals ''Lotusblüthen'' (1893-1900) and ''Neue Lotusblüten'' (1908-1913). He wrote articles on

yoga Yoga (UK: , US: ; 'yoga' ; ) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines that originated with its own philosophy in ancient India, aimed at controlling body and mind to attain various salvation goals, as pra ...

and popularized the subject within Germany. He has been described as "one of the most important theosophical writers of his time". His works include several books on esoteric studies and biographies of

Jakob Böhme Jakob Böhme (; ; 24 April 1575 – 17 November 1624) was a German philosopher, Christian mysticism, Christian mystic, and Lutheran Protestant Theology, theologian. He was considered an original thinker by many of his contemporaries within the L ...

and

Paracelsus Paracelsus (; ; 1493 – 24 September 1541), born Theophrastus von Hohenheim (full name Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), was a Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance. H ...

. He translated the ''

Bhagavad Gita The Bhagavad Gita (; ), often referred to as the Gita (), is a Hindu texts, Hindu scripture, dated to the second or first century BCE, which forms part of the Hindu epic, epic poem Mahabharata. The Gita is a synthesis of various strands of Ind ...

'' into German and was the editor of the journal '' Lotusblüten''. He was at one time a co-worker of

at Adyar. In 1896 he founded a German

Theosophical Society The Theosophical Society is the organizational body of Theosophy, an esoteric new religious movement. It was founded in New York City, U.S.A. in 1875. Among its founders were Helena Blavatsky, a Russian mystic and the principal thinker of the ...

. He also joined and supported the far-right esotericist Guido-von-List-Society (''Guido-von-List-Gesellschaft'') which was a

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which promoted Wotanism, a proposed revival of the religion of the ancient German race, and which included an inner set of openly racist Ariosophical teachings that Guido-Von-List termed

Armanism Ariosophy and Armanism are esoteric ideological systems that were largely developed by Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels and Guido von List, respectively, in Austria between 1890 and 1930. The term 'Ariosophy', which translates to ''wisdom of the Aryan ...

. According to

Theodor Reuss Albert Karl Theodor Reuss (; June 28, 1855 – October 28, 1923), also known by his neo-Gnostic bishop title of Carolus Albertus Theodorus Peregrinus, was a German tantra, tantric occultist, freemason, journalist, singer and head of Ordo Templ ...

he was one of the original founders of the magical order that would later be known as

Ordo Templi Orientis Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.; ) is an occult secret society and hermetic magical organization founded at the beginning of the 20th century. The origins of O.T.O. can be traced back to the German-speaking occultists Carl Kellner, Theodor Reuss, ...

, along with Reuss, Carl Kellner and others.

Works

*''Magic: White and Black'' (London, 1886) *''Life and the Doctrines of Philippus Theophrastus Bombast of Hohenheim Known as

'' (1887) *''Geomancy'' (London 1889) *''The Talking Image of Urur'' (New York, 1890) *''The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme'' (1891) *'' Occult Science in Medicine'' (1893), United Kingdom: Theosophical Publishing Society *
Among the Gnomes: An Occult Tale of Adventure in the Untersburg
' (1895), London: T. Fisher Unwin *''The Life of Jehoshua, the Prophet of Nazareth'' *''The Principles of Astrological Geomancy'' *''Correlation of Spiritual Forces'' *''With the Adepts: An Adventure Among the

Rosicrucian Rosicrucianism () is a spirituality, spiritual and cultural movement that arose in early modern Europe in the early 17th century after the publication of several texts announcing to the world a new Western esotericism, esoteric order. Rosicruc ...

s'' *''In the Pronaos of the Temple of Wisdom Containing the History of the True and the False Rosicrucians'' *''Alchemy and Astrology'' *''Metafisica Medicina y Sanacion'' *''Philosophy and Theosophy'' *''The Four Pillars of Occult Medicine'' *''An Adventure Among the Rosicrucians: A Student of Occultism'' *''Among the Adepts: The Brotherhood of the Golden and Rosy Cross and Their Occult and Mysterious Powers'' *''To Will, to Dare and to Be Silent in Magic''

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The Life and the Doctrines of Paracelsus
(1887), by Franz Hartmann
The Life and the Doctrines of Jacob Boehme
(1891), by Franz Hartmann
Occult science in medicine
(1893), by Franz Hartmann
Among the gnomes : An occult tale of adventure in the Untersberg
(1895), by Franz Hartmann
''In The Pronaos of the Temple of Wisdom Containing the History of the True and the False Rosicrucians With an Introduction into the Mysteries of the Hermetic Philosophy''
by Franz Hartmann *''Magic, White and Black or The Science of Finite and Infinite Life Containing Practical Hints for Students of Occultism'' by Franz Hartman
Third EditionFourth EditionFourth American EditionFifth American EditionEighth American Edition''Occult Science in Medicine''
by Franz Hartmann
''Personal Christianity: A Science: The Doctrines of Jacob Boehme, The God-Taught Philosopher''
With an Introduction and Notes by Franz Hartmann
''The Life of Jehoshua, the Prophet of Nazareth: An Occult Study and a Key to the Bible, Containing the History of an Initiate''
by Franz Hartmann
''The Life of Philippus Theophrastus Bombast of Hohenheim Known by the Name of Paracelsus and The Substance of His Teachings''
by Franz Hartmann
The Principles of Astrological Geomancy, The Art of Divining by Punctuation According to Cornelius Agrippa and Others
by Franz Hartmann *''With the Adepts: An Adventure Among the Rosicrucians'' by Franz Hartman
First EditionSecond EditionContents of Lotusblüten 1893-1900Contents of Lotusblüten 1908-1914
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070320235316/http://www.theosophical.ca/Jehoshua1.htm The Life of Jehoshua, the prophet of Nazareth - full textbr>Digital edition of "Beitrag zur Litteratur über die Wirkung des Chloroforms"
by the

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