Franz Hartmann (22 November 1838,

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– 7 August 1912, Kempten im Allgäu) was a German medical doctor, theosophist,

occultist The occult, in the broadest sense, is a category of esoteric supernatural beliefs and practices which generally fall outside the scope of religion and science, encompassing phenomena involving otherworldly agency, such as magic and mysticism ...

, geomancer,

astrologer Astrology is a range of divinatory practices, recognized as pseudoscientific since the 18th century, that claim to discern information about human affairs and terrestrial events by studying the apparent positions of celestial objects. Di ...

, and author.

Biography

Hartmann was an associate of

Helena Blavatsky Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, uk, Олена Петрівна Блаватська, Olena Petrivna Blavatska (; – 8 May 1891), often known as Madame Blavatsky, was a Russian mystic and author who co-founded the Theosophical Society in 1875 ...

and was Chairman of the Board of Control of the

Theosophical Society Adyar The Theosophy Society was founded by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and others in 1875. The designation 'Adyar' is sometimes added to the name to make it clear that this is the Theosophical Society headquartered there, after the American section ...

.Baier, Karl. (2018). ''Yoga within Viennese Occultism: Carl Kellner and Co''. In Karl Baier, Philipp André Maas, Karin Preisendanz. ''Yoga in Transformation: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives''. Vienna University Press. pp. 395-396. He collaborated with the mystic Carl Kellner. He published the journals ''Lotusblüthen'' (1893-1900) and ''Neue Lotusblüten'' (1908-1913). He wrote articles on

yoga Yoga (; sa, योग, lit=yoke' or 'union ) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India and aim to control (yoke) and still the mind, recognizing a detached witness-conscio ...

and popularized the subject within Germany. He has been described as "one of the most important theosophical writers of his time". His works include several books on esoteric studies and biographies of

Jakob Böhme Jakob Böhme (; ; 24 April 1575 – 17 November 1624) was a German philosopher, Christian mystic, and Lutheran Protestant theologian. He was considered an original thinker by many of his contemporaries within the Lutheran tradition, and his firs ...

and

Paracelsus Paracelsus (; ; 1493 – 24 September 1541), born Theophrastus von Hohenheim (full name Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), was a Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance. H ...

. He translated the '' Bhagavad Gita'' into German and was the editor of the journal '' Lotusblüten''. He was at one time a co-worker of

at Adyar. In 1896 he founded a German

Theosophical Society The Theosophical Society, founded in 1875, is a worldwide body with the aim to advance the ideas of Theosophy in continuation of previous Theosophists, especially the Greek and Alexandrian Neo-Platonic philosophers dating back to 3rd century C ...

. He also supported the

Guido-von-List-Society Guido Karl Anton List, better known as Guido von List (5 October 1848 – 17 May 1919), was an Austrian occultist, journalist, playwright, and novelist. He expounded a modern Pagan new religious movement known as Wotanism, which he claimed was t ...

(''Guido-von-List-Gesellschaft''). According to Theodor Reuss he was one of the original founders of the magical order that would later be known as

Ordo Templi Orientis Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.; ) is an occult Initiation, initiatory organization founded at the beginning of the 20th century. The origins of the O.T.O. can be traced back to the German-speaking occultists Carl Kellner (mystic), Carl Kellner, He ...

, along with Reuss and Carl Kellner.

Works

* ''Magic: White and Black'' (London, 1886) * ''The Life of Jehoshua, the Prophet of Nazareth'' *''The Principles of Astrological Geomancy'' *''Correlation of Spiritual Forces'' * ''With the Adepts: An Adventure Among the

Rosicrucian Rosicrucianism is a spiritual and cultural movement that arose in Europe in the early 17th century after the publication of several texts purported to announce the existence of a hitherto unknown esoteric order to the world and made seeking i ...

s'' * ''Life and the Doctrines of Philippus Theophrastus Bombast of Hohenheim Known as

'' (1887) * ''In the Pronaos of the Temple of Wisdom Containing the History of the True and the False Rosicrucians'' * ''Alchemy and Astrology'' *''Metafisica Medicina y Sanacion'' *''Philosophy and Theosophy'' *''The Four Pillars of Occult Medicine'' *''The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme'' (1891) *''An Adventure Among the Rosicrucians: A Student of Occultism'' *''Among the Adepts: The Brotherhood of the Golden and Rosy Cross and Their Occult and Mysterious Powers'' *''To Will, to Dare and to Be Silent in Magic'' * '' Occult Science in Medicine'' (1893) *''The Talking Image of Urur (New York, 1890)''

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The Life and the Doctrines of Paracelsus
by Franz Hartmann
The Life and the Doctrines of Jacob Boehme
by Franz Hartmann
''In The Pronaos of the Temple of Wisdom Containing the History of the True and the False Rosicrucians With an Introduction into the Mysteries of the Hermetic Philosophy''
by Franz Hartmann *''Magic, White and Black or The Science of Finite and Infinite Life Containing Practical Hints for Students of Occultism'' by Franz Hartman
Third EditionFourth EditionFourth American EditionFifth American EditionEighth American Edition''Occult Science in Medicine''
by Franz Hartmann
''Personal Christianity: A Science: The Doctrines of Jacob Boehme, The God-Taught Philosopher''
With an Introduction and Notes by Franz Hartmann
''The Life of Jehoshua, the Prophet of Nazareth: An Occult Study and a Key to the Bible, Containing the History of an Initiate''
by Franz Hartmann
''The Life of Philippus Theophrastus Bombast of Hohenheim Known by the Name of Paracelsus and The Substance of His Teachings''
by Franz Hartmann
The Principles of Astrological Geomancy, The Art of Divining by Punctuation According to Cornelius Agrippa and Others
by Franz Hartmann *''With the Adepts: An Adventure Among the Rosicrucians'' by Franz Hartman
First EditionSecond EditionContents of Lotusblüten 1893-1900Contents of Lotusblüten 1908-1914
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070320235316/http://www.theosophical.ca/Jehoshua1.htm The Life of Jehoshua, the prophet of Nazareth - full textbr>Digital edition of "Beitrag zur Litteratur über die Wirkung des Chloroforms"
by the

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