The Neu-Salems-Gesellschaft (German for: New Salems Society) is a
neo-revelationist group named after the publishing house ''Neu-Salems-Verlag'', located in
Bietigheim-Bissingen,
Germany. Without much organization or membership it was a name for the followers of
Jakob Lorber
Jakob Lorber (22 July 1800 – 23 August 1864) was a Christian mystic and visionary from the Duchy of Styria, who promoted liberal Universalism. He referred to himself as "God's scribe". He wrote that on 15 March 1840 he began hearing an " inne ...
and readers of the books from this publisher. The society existed from 1921 until 1937 when it was prohibited by the
National Socialists. After
World War II the society congregated again as ''Lorber-Gesellschaft'' (German for: Lorber Society).
The ''Neu-Salems-Gesellschaft'' saw itself as nondenominational and international part of the "world community of the religions of love", spiritually related to the
Quakers,
The Salvation Army (mainly because of the active love),
New Thought movement
The New Thought movement (also Higher Thought) is a spiritual movement that coalesced in the United States in the early 19th century. New Thought was seen by its adherents as succeeding "ancient thought", accumulated wisdom and philosophy from ...
, the
Baháʼí Faith, the
Bhakti
''Bhakti'' ( sa, भक्ति) literally means "attachment, participation, fondness for, homage, faith, love, devotion, worship, purity".See Monier-Williams, ''Sanskrit Dictionary'', 1899. It was originally used in Hinduism, referring to d ...
movement of Hinduism, as well as
Daoyuan and
Oomoto. Main elements of the society were inner freedom and independence connected with deep religiosity, as well as the belief in the divine authorship of the new revelation of Jakob Lorber. The society saw itself as
Christian
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...
, whose foundation is the
Bible, which is understood, interpreted and completed through new revelations.
["Das Gnadenlicht Neu Salems" from Walter Lutz, Das Wort 8/1926, page 166 // "An A. N. in B.", Das Wort 8/1927, page 196]
References
External links
Lorber archive
Christian new religious movements
Revelation
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