Traugott Konstantin Oesterreich (15 September 1880, in
Stettin (
Szczecin)28 July 1949, in
Tübingen
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) was a German religious
psychologist and
philosopher.
Oesterreich was also interested in
parapsychology
Parapsychology is the study of alleged psychic phenomena (extrasensory perception, telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis (also called telekinesis), and psychometry) and other paranormal claims, for example, those related to near ...
. He argued against the philosophy of
materialism.
He was the author of ''Die Besessenheit'' (1921), a book on
demonic possession. It was translated into English in 1966.
William Peter Blatty
William Peter Blatty (January 7, 1928 – January 12, 2017) was an American writer, director and producer. He is best known for his 1971 novel, ''The Exorcist'', and for his 1974 screenplay for the film adaptation of the same name. Blatty won ...
, author of ''
The Exorcist
''The Exorcist'' is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin and written for the screen by William Peter Blatty, based on his 1971 novel of the same name. It stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty ...
'', was influenced by the book.
"Traugott Konstantin Oesterreich"
Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology.
Publications
*''Kant und die Metaphysik'' (Kantstudien, Ergänzungsheft Nr. 2), Berlin 1906; zuvor als Dissertationsdruck: Halle 1905.
*''Die deutsche Philosophie in der zweiten Hälfte des XIX. Jahrhunderts'', Tübingen 1910.
*''Die Phänomenologie des Ich in ihren Grundproblemen'', Leipzig 1910.
*''Die religiöse Erfahrung als philosophisches Problem''. Vortrag gehalten in der Kant-Gesellschaft in Berlin am 14. April 1915, Berlin 1915.
*''Einführung in die Religionspsychologie als Grundlage für Religionsphilosophie und Religionsgeschichte'', Berlin 1917.
*''Das Weltbild der Gegenwart'', Berlin 1920; 2. Aufl. Berlin 1925.
*''Die Besessenheit'', Langensalza 1921.
*''Der Okkultismus im modernen Weltbild'', Dresden 1921.
*''Die Philosophie des Auslandes vom Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts bis auf die Gegenwart''. Überwegs Grundriss der Geschichte der Philosophie, Fünfter Teil. Berlin 1923, bearbeitet von Traugott Konstantin Oesterreich.
''Occultism and Modern Science''
(1923)
*''Die philosophische Bedeutung der mediumistischen Phänomene''. Erweiterte Fassung des auf dem Zweiten Internationalen Kongress für parapsychologische Forschung in Warschau gehaltenen Vortrags, Stuttgart 1924.
*''Grundbegriffe der Parapsychologie. Eine Philosophische Studie'', Pfullingen 1931.
*''Possession: Demoniacal and Other among Primitive Races, in Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and Modern Times'' (1966)
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1880 births
1949 deaths
Parapsychologists
Writers from Szczecin
People from the Province of Pomerania
German male writers
20th-century German philosophers
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