Siegfried Adolf Kummer (born 24 September 1899 in

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, died 1977 in

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) was a

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and Germanic revivalist. He is also most well known for his revivalism and use of the

Armanen runes Armanen runes (or ''Armanen Futharkh'') are 18 pseudo-runes, inspired by the historic Younger Futhark runes, invented by Austrian mysticist and Germanic revivalist Guido von List during a state of temporary blindness in 1902, and described in hi ...

row. He, along with

Friedrich Bernhard Marby Friedrich Bernhard Marby (10 May 1882 – 3 December 1966) was a German rune occultist and Germanic revivalist. He is best known for his revivalism and use of the Armanen runes. Marby was imprisoned during the Third Reich, which may have been ...

, were imprisoned during the

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for being unauthorised occultists.

Biography

Little is known of his life or of his fate in the wake of the events of the

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. Kummer, along with

, were criticized by name in a report made to Heinrich Himmler by his chief esoteric runologist

Karl Maria Wiligut Karl Maria Wiligut (alias Weisthor, Jarl Widar, Lobesam; 10 December 1866 – 3 January 1946) was an Austrian occultist and SS-Brigadeführer. Early life Wiligut was baptised a Roman Catholic in Vienna. At the age of 14, he joined the ''Kadetten ...

. Goodrick-Clarke states that they were ''"censured by Wiligut in his capacity as Himmler's counsellor on magical and religious subjects for bringing the holy Aryan heritage into disrepute and riducule and this criticism may have led to Marby's harsh treatment in the Third Reich."'' But what his fate was is unknown. At least one report has him fleeing Nazi Germany in exile to South America. In 1927, Kummer founded a "runic school" called ''Runa'', associated with the summer school Bielatal Bärenstein of

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and

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. The runic exercises, comparable to the "runic gymnastics" of Marby, runic dancing and runic songs were taught. Kummer held that :"As a we now can receive various waves by means of a radio device, so the German by means of runic exercises and dances can regulate the influx of invisible ethereal cosmic waves. Those who dismiss this as impossible will never be able to detect thought waves, because they are in disharmony with the cosmic All, and are impeded by racially foreign blood.""Wie man nun im Radioapperat verschiedene Wellen aufnehmen kann, so kann der Germane durch Runenübungen und Tänze ebenfalls den Zustrom von unsichtbaren, feinstofflichen Allwellen regulieren. Wer dies für unmöglich hält, wird nie Gedankenwellen aufnehmen können, denn er schwingt mit dem kosmischen All in Disharmonie, ist durch fremdrassiges Blut belastet."

Written works

*''Heilige Runenmacht'' (1932) *''Runen-Magie''(1933) *''Runen – Raunen'': Eine Sammlg eingesandter Berichte nach d. Runenkunden *''Walhall ''

References

External links

The Life of KummerWorks by and about Siegfried Adolf Kummer
in the

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