Max Seiling (1852–1928) was a German engineer and writer.

Life and career

Born in

Mittenwald Mittenwald is a German municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria. Geography Mittenwald is located approximately 16 kilometres to the south-east of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It is situated in the Valley of the River Isar, b ...

, Max Seiling emigrated, after having studied in

München Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

, to the

Grand Duchy of Finland The Grand Duchy of Finland ( fi, Suomen suuriruhtinaskunta; sv, Storfurstendömet Finland; russian: Великое княжество Финляндское, , all of which literally translate as Grand Principality of Finland) was the predecessor ...

where he became a professor at a polytechnic school. Because of this activity, he was promoted to

Privy Councillor A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a state, typically, but not always, in the context of a monarchic government. The word "privy" means "private" or "secret"; thus, a privy council was originally a committee of the mon ...

of the Russian crown. Seiling was involved in the anthroposophist movement and was initially an enthusiastic supporter, but eventually became one of their most ardent opponents. In his later years, he became a devout

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

. His wife was Helene Seiling, who wrote a cookbook for

vegetarians Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat (red meat, poultry, seafood, insects, and the flesh of any other animal). It may also include abstaining from eating all by-products of animal slaughter. Vegetarianism may ...

. Seiling died in

Speyer Speyer (, older spelling ''Speier'', French: ''Spire,'' historical English: ''Spires''; pfl, Schbaija) is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany with approximately 50,000 inhabitants. Located on the left bank of the river Rhine, Speyer li ...

Works

* ''Mainlander: Ein Neuer Messias'' (München, 1888) * ''Meine Erfahrungen auf dem Gebiet des Spiritismu''s 1898 * ''Goethe und der Materialismus'' (Leipzig, 1904) * ''Theosophie und Christentum'' (Berlin, 1910) * ''Richard Wagner'' (Leipzig, 1911) * ''Ernst Haeckel und der „Spiritismus“, Ein Protest'' (1914) * ''Goethe als Okkultist'' (Leipzig, 1919)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Seiling, Max 1852 births 1928 deaths 19th-century German engineers 19th-century German male writers Converts to Roman Catholicism from Anthroposophy German Roman Catholics