Eugen Grosche (11 March 1888, in

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– 5 January 1964), also known as Gregor A. Gregorius, was a German occultist and

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. He was founder and Grandmaster of the lodge Fraternitas Saturni from 1926 till 1964.

Life and work

Most of his life Gregorius lived in Berlin. He was initially a member of an Evangelical church and was a member of the Weida Conference in 1925. In the wake of the Conference he founded the Fraternitas Saturni in 1926.Stephen E. Flowers. ''Fire & Ice: The History, Structure and Rituals of Germany's Most Influential Modern Magical Order: The Brotherhood of Saturn.'' St Paul, MN: Llewellyn, 1994, p. 20. Using his own book store and publishing house, he began publishing ''Magische Briefe'' (1926-1927), ''Saturn-Gnosis'' (1928-1933), and finally, fourteen ''Lectures of the Lodge-School''. During World War II he emigrated to Switzerland in order to avoid imprisonment, but in the course of the war he was arrested for a year by the Nazi government. After

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Gregorius reformed Fraternitas Saturni. In 1954 he published ''Die magische Erweckung der Chakra'', and in 1960 the novel ''Exorial''. He died in 1964 after a heart attack.

Published works

*''Exorial'' (Selbstverlag, 1960) *''Magische Briefe'', originally published 1926-1927, republished in Richard Schikowski, 1980. *''Saturn-Gnosis'', 1928-1933. *''Pendelmagie'' (Richard Schikowski, 1980) *''Sympathiemagie'' (Richard Schikowski, 1980) *''Satanische Magie'', the title of ''Magischer Brief 7'' (1926), reprinted in: Richard Schikowski, 1983. *''Die magische Erweckung der Chakra'', 1954, (reprint Esoterischer Verlag, 2005) *''Logenschulvorträge'' (Esoterischer Verlag, 2006) *''Geheimnisse der Sexualmagie'' (Esoterischer Verlag, 2007) *''Magische Einweihung'' (Esoterischer Verlag, 2007)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grosche, Eugen 1888 births 1964 deaths Writers from Leipzig People from the Kingdom of Saxony Fraternitas Saturni German astrological writers German astrologers German occult writers German spiritual writers 20th-century mystics German male novelists 20th-century German novelists