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Mária Szepes
Mária Szepes (; 14 December 1908 – 3 September 2007) was a Hungarian author. She worked as a journalist and screenwriter, as well as an independent author in the field of hermetic philosophy since 1941. She would sometimes write under the pseudonyms ''Mária Papir'' or ''Mária Orsi''. Life Szepes was born ''Magdolna Scherbach'' into a Hungarian family of theater stars in Budapest. Her father, Sándor Papir, was a '' bon vivant'' and great star of Budapest's stages. Her mother was primadonna. Her parents and her brother were to her like "brothers and sisters in spirit", as well as she admitted only spiritual relationship: "Everything else is just experience, engagement, disengagement – karma." From 1916 to 1933, she appeared as a film actress (mostly under the name Magda Papir). One year after marrying Béla Szepes on 2 January 1931, she accompanied him to Berlin, where they lived until Hungary's German occupation towards war's end. In her book ''Magie der Liebe'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, second-largest city on the river Danube. The estimated population of the city in 2025 is 1,782,240. This includes the city's population and surrounding suburban areas, over a land area of about . Budapest, which is both a List of cities and towns of Hungary, city and Counties of Hungary, municipality, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,019,479. It is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celts, Celtic settlement transformed into the Ancient Rome, Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Pannonia Inferior, Lower Pannonia. The Hungarian p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raguel
Reuel or Raguel (; ), meaning "God shall pasture" or more specifically " El shall pasture" (as a shepherd does with his flock) is a Hebrew name associated with several biblical and religious figures. Biblical figures Biblical persons with this name are: * Moses' father-in-law, also named as Jethro and Hobab (, ; ). * A son of Esau, father of Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah (; ) * A Gadite (), called also Deuel () (; ); the father of the Gadite prince Eliasaph * A Benjamite () * Father-in-law of Tobias () Other people First name * Reuel Abraham (born 1924), Nazi Luftwaffe pilot and Jewish convert * Reuel Denney (1913–1995), American poet and academic * Reuel Marc Gerecht, American writer and political analyst * Reuel Colt Gridley (1829–1870), American storekeeper and Civil War fundraiser * Reuel Lochore (1903–1991), New Zealand public servant and scholar * Reuel Emanuel "Raz" Mesinai (born 1973), American record producer and composer * Reuel Williams (17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomi (film)
''Tomi'' (Hungarian: ''Tomi, a megfagyott gyermek'') is a 1936 Hungarian drama film directed by Béla Balogh and starring Gyula Csortos, Erzsi Simor and Ilona Dajbukát.Nemes p.37 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director József Pán. Cast * Gizi Pécsi as Gáldy Tomi * Anni Dobos as Özv.Gáldy Tamásné * Klári Ádám as Sutyi,Tomi barátja * Gyula Csortos as Gáldy Benedek * Szeréna Sziklay as Flóra, Gáldy Benedek felesége * Erzsi Simor as Gáldy Benedek lánya * Lajos Básti as Kovács István mérnök * Ilona Dajbukát Ilona Dajbukát (1892–1976) was a Hungarian actress of Armenian ancestry. Selected filmography * '' Kiss Me, Darling'' (1932) * '' Spring Shower'' (1932) * '' Address Unknown'' (1935) * '' The Students of Igloi'' (1935) * '' Kind Stepmother'' ... as Karmazsinné * Zsuzsi Polgár as Malvinka * Ernö Mihályi as Galgóczy Gedeon * Betty Hajnal as Cigány menyasszony * Laj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greetings And Kisses, Veronika
''Greetings and Kisses, Veronika'' () is a 1933 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Franciska Gaal, Paul Hörbiger, and Otto Wallburg. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Kurt Dürnhöfer and Max Heilbronner. The film's popularity made Gaal an international star. However the rise of the Nazi Party to power meant that the Jewish Gaal had to make her next films in Hungary and Austria. Franz Waxman's song " Greetings and Kisses, Veronika" written for the film became a major hit and helped boost Waxman's career as a songwriter. Cast * Franciska Gaal as Veronika *Paul Hörbiger as Paul Rainer * Otto Wallburg as Max Becker * Hilde Hildebrand as Klara Becker *Margarete Kupfer as Agathe Bolte *Kurt Lilien as Emil, Paul Rainers Diener * Olga Engl as Frau Zschoch *Ehmi Bessel as Anita *Erika Glässner Erika Glässner (28 February 1890 – 21 July 1959) was a German stage and film actress. Selected filmography * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Frozen Child
''The Frozen Child'' (Hungarian: ''A Megfagyott gyermek'') is a 1921 Hungarian silent drama film directed by Béla Balogh and starring Mária Szepes, Ferenc Szécsi, Anna Breznay and Viktor Galánthay. It is one of the few surviving Hungarian films of the early 1920s. It was unusual for its depiction of poverty in Hungary at a time when this was discouraged or censored by the authorities.Cunningham p.28 Cast * Mária Szepes Mária Szepes (; 14 December 1908 – 3 September 2007) was a Hungarian author. She worked as a journalist and screenwriter, as well as an independent author in the field of hermetic philosophy since 1941. She would sometimes write under th ... as Terike * Ferenc Szécsi as Lacika * Anna Breznay as Házmesterné * Mór Ditrói as Pap * Viktor Galánthay as Nagy Jóska * Rezsö Inke as Barabás, Terike apja * Ilona Linke as Kovácsné, Lacika anyja * Imre Pintér as Vincze bácsi References Bibliography * Cunningham, John. ''Hunga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magus
Magi (), or magus (), is the term for priests in Zoroastrianism and earlier Iranian religions. The earliest known use of the word ''magi'' is in the trilingual inscription written by Darius the Great, known as the Behistun Inscription. Old Persian texts, predating the Hellenistic period, refer to a magus as a Zurvanic, and presumably Zoroastrian, priest. Pervasive throughout the Eastern Mediterranean and West Asia until late antiquity and beyond, ''mágos'' (μάγος) was influenced by (and eventually displaced) Greek '' goēs'' (γόης), the older word for a practitioner of magic, with a meaning expanded to include astronomy, astrology, alchemy, and other forms of esoteric knowledge. This association was in turn the product of the Hellenistic fascination for Pseudo-Zoroaster, who was perceived by the Greeks to be the Chaldean founder of the Magi and inventor of both astrology and magic, a meaning that still survives in the modern-day words "magic" and " magician". In t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Initiation
Initiation is a rite of passage marking entrance or acceptance into a group or society. It could also be a formal admission to adulthood in a community or one of its formal components. In an extended sense, it can also signify a transformation in which the initiate is 'reborn' into a new role. Examples of initiation ceremonies might include Christian baptism or confirmation, Jewish bar or bat mitzvah, acceptance into a fraternal organization, secret society or religious order, or graduation from school or recruit training. A person taking the initiation ceremony in traditional rites, such as those depicted in these pictures, is called an ''initiate''. Characteristics William Ian Miller notes the role of ritual humiliation in comic ordering and testing. Mircea Eliade discussed initiation as a principal religious act by classical or traditional societies. He defined initiation as "a basic change in existential condition", which liberates man from profane time and histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alchemy
Alchemy (from the Arabic word , ) is an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition that was historically practised in China, India, the Muslim world, and Europe. In its Western form, alchemy is first attested in a number of pseudepigraphical texts written in Greco-Roman Egypt during the first few centuries AD.. Greek-speaking alchemists often referred to their craft as "the Art" (τέχνη) or "Knowledge" (ἐπιστήμη), and it was often characterised as mystic (μυστική), sacred (ἱɛρά), or divine (θɛíα). Alchemists attempted to purify, mature, and perfect certain materials. Common aims were chrysopoeia, the transmutation of " base metals" (e.g., lead) into "noble metals" (particularly gold); the creation of an elixir of immortality; and the creation of panaceas able to cure any disease. The perfection of the human body and soul was thought to result from the alchemical ''magnum opus'' ("Great Work"). The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elixir
An elixir is a sweet liquid used for medical purposes, to be taken orally and intended to cure one's illness. When used as a dosage form, pharmaceutical preparation, an elixir contains at least one active ingredient designed to be taken orally. Etymology The word was introduced in late Middle English, through Medieval Latin, Latin from the Arabic Language, Arabic (), which in turn is the Arabization of the Ancient Greek () (from () ). For centuries, ''elixir'' primarily meant an ingredient used in alchemy, either referring to a liquid which purportedly converts lead to gold, or a substance or liquid which is believed to cure all ills and Elixir of immortality, give eternal life. Types Non-medicated elixirs These are used as solvents or vehicles for the preparation of medicated elixirs. Active ingredients are dissolved in a 15–50% by volume solution of Ethanol, ethyl alcohol: *aromatic elixirs (United States Pharmacopeia, USP) *isoalcoholic elixirs (Formulary (pharm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Joachim Alpers
Hans Joachim Alpers (14 July 1943 – 16 February 2011) was a German writer and editor of science fiction and fantasy. Together with Werner Fuchs and Ulrich Kiesow he founded Fantasy Productions, which became one of the premier German RPG- and board game producers and retailers. He was born in Bremerhaven. As an editor he co-founded the highly successful German-language role-playing game '' The Dark Eye'' and the ''Science Fiction Times'' and as a critic he was a contributor to ''Science Fiction Studies''. As a writer he used several pseudonyms including Jürgen Andreas, Thorn Forrester, Daniel Herbst, Gregory Kern, Mischa Morrison, P.T. Vieton, and Jörn de Vries. He won the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis for the novels ''Das zerrissene Land'' and ''Die graue Eminenz.'' He also co-wrote a six-volume series of young-adult SF with Ronald M. Hahn ''Das Raumschiff der Kinder'' (translates as "The Children's Spaceship"). He edited anthologies, annual publications, and reference works. Antho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heyne Verlag
Heyne Verlag (formerly Wilhelm Heyne Verlag) is a German publisher based in Munich, which was founded in Dresden in 1934 and sold to Axel Springer in 2000. In 2004 it became part of Random House. Heyne was one of the largest publishing houses in Germany in 1999. History Wilhelm Heyne era: 1934–1960 Wilhelm Heyne founded the publisher, named after him, on 15 February 1934 in Dresden. The first authors included Reinhold Conrad Muschler (), Werner Bergengruen (), Ernst Moritz Mungenast (), and Arthur-Heinz Lehmann (), as well as the US writer Gwen Bristow with ''Deep Summer'' (). In 1940, Franz Schneekluth acquired minority shares in Heyne after he became director of the publishing house in 1935. During the air raids on Dresden the publishing house in Reichsstraße was completely destroyed. After the war, the activities in Munich were resumed in 1948, with Wilhelm Heyne holding only 40 percent of the shares in the publishing house. Rolf Heyne era: 1960–2000 In 1951, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Béla Hamvas
Béla Hamvas (23 March 1897 – 7 November 1968) was a Hungary, Hungarian writer, philosopher, and social critic. He was the first thinker to introduce the Traditionalist School of René Guénon to Hungary. Biography Béla Hamvas was born on 23 March 1897 in Prešov, Eperjes, Sáros County, Kingdom of Hungary (present-day Prešov, Slovakia). His father, József Hamvas was a Lutheran pastor, teacher of German and Hungarian, journalist and writer. The family moved to Pozsony (Bratislava) in 1898, where Hamvas completed his basic studies in 1915. After graduation, like his classmates, he entered voluntary military service and was sent to the front in Ukraine. He was sent back to Budapest for hospital treatment due to severe traumatic shock, but just after recovery, he was drafted to the front line in western Italy. He never reached the battlefield, as his train was hit by a shell, and the wounded Hamvas was discharged. In 1919 his father refused an oath of allegiance to the new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
