Austrian mystic 'Der Meister' Guido von List in 1910 from the book "Guido v. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting List - Der Wiederentdecker Uralter Arischer Weisheit] - Sein Leben und sein Schaffen' . "Guido v List Der Wiederentdecker Uralter Arischer Weisheit - Sein Leben und sein Schaffen" is a book written by Johannes Balzli " by Johannes Balzli, published in Leipzig and Vienna by the Guido-von-List-Gesellschaft in 1917. Johannes Hans Balzli, more commonly known as Johannes Balzli was an Austrian/German author newspaper editor Theosophist and Armanist, most notable for his biography This sort of fix restores section edit linkpoints to where they belong Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. Guido Karl Anton List, better known as Guido von List ( October 5, 1848, in Vienna, &ndash May 17, 1919, in Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year

Guido Karl Anton List, better known as Guido von List (October 5, 1848 , in Vienna, – May 17, 1919, in Berlin), was a highly respected Austrian/German (Viennese) poet, journalist, writer, businessman and dealer of leather goods, mountaineer, hiker, dramatist, playwright, and rower, but was most notable as an occultist and völkisch author who is seen as one of the most important figures in Germanic revivalism, Germanic mysticism, Runic Revivalism and Runosophy in the late 19th century and early 20th century, and continues to be so today. Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Austrian German ( Österreichisches Deutsch, Austrian Standard German) is the national standard variety of the German language spoken in The word occult comes from the Latin word occultus (clandestine hidden secret referring to "knowledge of the hidden" The völkisch movement is the German interpretation of the populist movement with a romantic focus on Folklore and the "organic" Germanic Neopaganism, Heathenism or Heathenry is the modern revival of historical Germanic paganism. Armanism and Ariosophy are the names of ideological systems of an Esoteric nature pioneered by Guido von List and Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels Stephen Edred Flowers (born 1953 is an American Runologist and expert on Occultism and Germanic mysticism. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar The twentieth century of the Common Era began on

He is the author of Das Geheimnis der Runen (The Secret of the Runes), which is a detailed study of the Armanen Futharkh, his intellectual world-view (as realised in the years between 1902 and 1908), an introduction to the rest of his work and is widely regarded as the pioneering work of Runology in modern occultism of which Dr. Das Geheimnis der Runen (English 'The Secret of the Runes') is a book by Austrian mystic Guido von List, in which he presents his " Armanen The Armanen runes, or Armanen 'Futharkh' as List referred to them are a row of 18 Runes that are closely based on the Younger Futhark which were "revealed A comprehensive world view (or worldview) is a term Calqued from the German word Weltanschauung ( Welt is the German This article is about the philological discipline not to be confused with occultist concepts like Runosophy. Stephen E. Flowers Ph. Stephen Edred Flowers (born 1953 is an American Runologist and expert on Occultism and Germanic mysticism. D. has stated in his introduction to the English translation that "The runes became the cornerstone of List's ideology, and no other work so clearly and simply outlines his ideas on them. "

Biography

Guido von List was born in Vienna in the Austrian Empire to Karl Anton List, a prosperous middle class leather goods dealer, and Maria List (née Killian). Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. For the history of these states before 1804 see Holy Roman Empire, Habsburg Monarchy, and articles on each of the component countries. He grew up in the Leopoldstadt district of Vienna. This article is about a district of Vienna Leopoldstadt is also the German name for the town Leopoldov in Slovakia Like the majority of his fellow Austrians at that time, his family was Roman Catholic, and he was christened "Guido Anton List" as an infant in St Peter's Church in Vienna on October 8 1848. The Peterskirche ( English: St Peter's Church) in Vienna is a church with a long and eventful history Events 314 - Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses

In 1862 a visit to the catacombs beneath the Stephansdom (St. St Stephen's Cathedral (Stephansdom is the Mother church of the Archdiocese of Vienna and the seat of the Archbishop of Vienna, Christoph Cardinal Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna) made a deep impression, and List regarded the catacombs as a pagan shrine. Paganism (from Latin paganus, meaning "country dweller rustic" is a word used to refer to various religions and religious beliefs from across the world As an adult he claimed he had then sworn to build a temple to Wotan when he grew up. Odin (ˈoʊdɪn from Old Norse Óðinn) is considered the chief god in Norse paganism. This he recounted in volume 2 (page 592-593) of his book Deutsch-Mythologische Landschaftsbilder:

"Runic Circle of the Armanen Futharkh. The Armanen runes, or Armanen 'Futharkh' as List referred to them are a row of 18 Runes that are closely based on the Younger Futhark which were "revealed

Despite these artistic and mystical leanings, Guido was expected, as the eldest child, to follow in his father's footsteps as a businessman. He appears to have fulfilled his responsibilities in a dutiful manner, but he took any and all opportunities to develop his more intense mystical and naturesque interests. The trips that List had to make for business purposes gave him the opportunity to indulge his passion for hiking and mountaineering. This activity seems to have provided a matrix for his early mysticism.

His father died in 1877 when List was 29 years old. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common It appears that neither he nor his mother had his father's keen sense of business, and as economic times became difficult List quit the family business to devote himself full time to his writing, at this time still of a journalistic kind.

During this time List wrote articles for newspapers, such as the Neue Welt (New World), Neue deutsche Alpenzeitung (New German Alpine Newspaper), Heimat (Homeland), and the Deutsche Zeitung (German Newspaper), which dealt with his earlier travels and mystical reflections on the Loci (land spirits). Heimat is a German word that has no simple English translation Many of these written newspaper articles were anthologised in 1891 in his famous Deutsch-Mythologische Landschaftsbilder. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Deutsch-Mythologische Landschaftsbilder is a two-volume book by Guido von List published in 1891. He also had articles appear in the Leipziger Illustrierte Zeitung and on a regular basis in the newspaper Ostdeutsche Rundschau (East German Review), owned by the powerful publicist and parliamentary deputy Karl Heinrich Wolf. At this time he also came to know well Georg von Schonerer, a leading political figure and Pan-German member of the Imperial Parliament. Georg Ritter von Schönerer ( July 17, 1842 - August 14, 1921) was an Austrian politician active in the late 1800s and

He also had many articles appear in periodicals such as Laufers Allgemeine Kunst-Chronik, Der Sammler, Das Zwanzigste Jahrhundert, Die Gnosis, Der Deutsche, Neue Metaphysische Rundschau, Die Nornen, Österreichische Illustrierte Rundschau and Johannes Balzli's occult magazine Prana. Johannes Hans Balzli, more commonly known as Johannes Balzli was an Austrian/German author newspaper editor Theosophist and Armanist, most notable for his biography Prana (प्राण) is the Sanskrit for " Breath " (from the root prā "to fill" cognate to Latin plenus "full"

In 1878 List married his first wife, Helene Föster-Peters. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common However, the marriage was not to last through this difficult period.

Through the years 1877-1887 List was also working on his first book-length (two-volume) effort, Carnuntum, an historical novel based on his vision of the Kulturkampf between the Germanic and Roman worlds centred at Carnuntum around the year 375 CE that was published in 1888 by the Wannieck family's organisation and publishing house Verein "Deutsche Haus" ("German House" Association) [1] [2] in Brno, where List made the acquaintance of the industrialist Friedrich Wannieck. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The German term (literally "culture struggle" refers to German policies in relation to Secularity and the influence of the Roman Catholic Church, enacted The Germanic peoples are a historical group of Indo-European -speaking peoples originating in Northern Europe and identified by their use of the Germanic Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC Carnuntum (Καρνοιις in Ptolemy) was an important Roman army camp in what is now Austria. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Friedrich Wannieck (father of Friedrich Oskar Wannieck) was a prestigious and wealthy Austrian/German Industrialist most notable for his successful business ventures Friedrich Wannieck (father of Friedrich Oskar Wannieck) was a prestigious and wealthy Austrian/German Industrialist most notable for his successful business ventures Brno ( IPA:; Brünn is the second-largest City in the Czech Republic. Friedrich Wannieck (father of Friedrich Oskar Wannieck) was a prestigious and wealthy Austrian/German Industrialist most notable for his successful business ventures This association was to prove essential to List's future development.

Throughout this period in List's life he devoted himself to writing more neo-romantic prose, such as Jung Diethers Heimkehr ("Young Diether's Homecoming") in 1894 and Pipara in 1895. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common An anthology of his earlier journalism Deutsch-Mythologische Landschaftsbilder was published in 1891, and List developed his writing skills in poetic and dramatic genres as well. Deutsch-Mythologische Landschaftsbilder is a two-volume book by Guido von List published in 1891. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

In 1892 he delivered a lecture on the ancient Germanic cult of Wuotan to the Verein Deutsche Geschichte (German History Association), and it is said that numerous other associations allied with this one proliferated in Austria at this time. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Wōden is a god in Anglo-Saxon paganism, together with Norse Odin representing a development of a Proto-Germanic god * Wōdanaz Another group, the Bund der Germanen (Germanic League), sponsored a performance of List's mythological dramatic poem, Der Wala Erweckung ("The Wala's Awakening") in 1894. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In another performance of this drama in 1895, which was attended by over three thousand people, the part of Wala was read by Anna Wittek von Stecky, a young actress who in August of 1899 became List's second wife. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

During the years 1888-1899 List was involved with two important literary associations. In May of 1891 Iduna, which had the descriptive subtitle of "Free German Society for Literature", was founded by a circle of writers around Fritz Lemmermayer. Iduna was an important literary association founded in May 1891 by a circle of writers around Fritz Lemmermayer. Lemmermayer acted as a sort of "middle man" between an older generation of authors (which included Fercher von Steinwand, Joseph Tandler, Auguste Hyrtl, Ludwig von Mertens, and Josephone von Knorr) and a group of younger writers and thinkers (which included Rudolf Steiner, Marie Eugenie delle Grazie, and Karl Maria Heidt). Rudolf Steiner ( 25 February 1861 – 30 March 1925) was an Austrian philosopher literary scholar educator artist playwright The name Iduna was provided by List himself and is that of a North Germanic goddess of eternal youth and renewal. Richard von Kralik and Joseph Kalasanz Poestion, authors with specifically neo-Germanic leanings, were also involved in the circle. The other organisation List was involved with was the Literarische Donaugesellschaft (Danubian Literary Society), which was founded by List and Fanny Wschiansky the year the Iduna was dissolved in 1893. The Literarische Donaugesellschaft ( Danubian Literary Society) was an important literary association founded in 1893 by Guido von List and Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common At this time List met Rudolf Steiner and Lanz von Liebenfels but his association with Liebenfels did not develop until Lanz had left the Heiligenkreuz monastery in 1899. Rudolf Steiner ( 25 February 1861 – 30 March 1925) was an Austrian philosopher literary scholar educator artist playwright Adolf Josef Lanz (aka Jörg Lanz) who called himself Lanz von Liebenfels ( July 19 1874 - April 22, 1954) was an Austrian Heiligenkreuz Abbey ( Stift Heiligenkreuz, Closter Heiligen Creyz or Santa Crux) is a Cistercian monastery in the village of Heiligenkreuz Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

In August 1899, List married Anna Wittek von Stecky.

Mountaineering

Scenic view of the 'Großes Höllental' from Deutsch-Mythologische Landschaftsbilder 2nd volume - Page 523. Deutsch-Mythologische Landschaftsbilder is a two-volume book by Guido von List published in 1891.

In 1871, List's writing talents were given full rein as he became a correspondent of the Neue deutsche Alpenzeitung ("New German Alpine Newspaper"), later called the Salonblatt. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He also began to edit the yearbook of the Österreichischer Alpenverein (Austrian Alpine Association), of which he became secretary in that year. Österreichischer Alpenverein is the Austrian Alpine Club and with 308000 members in 197 sections the largest mountaineering club in Austria.

List was an ardent, enthusiastic mountaineer and hiker. On one of these adventures List came very close to losing his life. While climbing a mountain on May 8, 1871 in the Großes Höllental (Larger Valley of Hell) leading up to the Rax mountain in Lower Austria, a mass of ice gave way under his feet and he fell some distance. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Rax is a Mountain range at the border of the Austrian federal provinces Lower Austria and Styria, situated in the Northern Limestone Lower Austria (Niederösterreich is one of the nine states or Bundesländer in Austria. He was apparently saved only by the fact that he had landed on a soft surface covered by a recent snowfall. In memory of his good luck and to help others, at his own expense List had the track equipped with a chain put up and officially opened by him on June 21 1871. It was also named (now called Gaislochsteig) after him the "Guido-List-Steig"^[1]

Heidentor (pagan gate), at Carnuntum. Carnuntum (Καρνοιις in Ptolemy) was an important Roman army camp in what is now Austria.

On June 24, 1875, List was camping with four friends near the ruins of Carnuntum. Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Carnuntum (Καρνοιις in Ptolemy) was an important Roman army camp in what is now Austria. As the 1500th anniversary of the Germanic tribes' defeat of this Roman garrison in 375, the evening carried a lot of weight for List. Carnuntum became the title of List's first full-length novel, published in two volumes in 1888. After its success, it was followed by two more books set in tribal Germany; Jung Diethers Heimkehr ("Young Diether's Homecoming", 1894) and Pipara (1895). These books led to List being celebrated by the pan-German movement. Pan-Germanism (Pangermanismus or Alldeutsche Bewegung was a political movement of the 19th century aiming for unity of the German -speaking peoples of Europe Around the turn of the century, he continued with several plays.

Nobility and title

Between 1903 and 1907, he began using the noble title von on occasion, before finally settling on it permanently in 1907. In German, von is a Preposition which approximately means of or from. As this was only permitted for members of the aristocracy, he faced an official enquiry. Here he produced evidence supporting his claim, which was accepted by the officials heading the inquiry. ^[2]

Death

In late 1918, the 70 year old List was in poor health during the final stages of World War I in which the naval blockade of the Central Powers created food shortages in Vienna. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The Central Powers ( German: "Mittelmächte" Hungarian: "Központi hatalmak" Turkish: "İttifak

In the spring of 1919, at the age of 71, List and his wife set off to recuperate and meet followers at the manor house of Eberhard von Brockhusen, a List society patron who lived at Langen in Brandenburg, Germany. Eberhard von Brockhusen, died 1939, was a List society patron who lived at Langen in Brandenburg, Germany. Brandenburg ( Lower Sorbian: Bramborska; Upper Sorbian: Braniborska) is one of the sixteen states of Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.

On arrival at the Anhalter Station at Berlin, List was too exhausted to continue the journey. The Anhalter Bahnhof is a former railway terminus in Berlin, Germany, about 600  m south east of Potsdamer Platz. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. After a doctor had diagnosed a lung inflammation, his health deteriorated quickly, and he died in a Berlin guesthouse on the morning of May 17, 1919. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He was cremated in Leipzig and his ashes laid in an urn and then buried in Vienna Central Cemetery, Zentralfriedhof, in the gravesite KNLH 413 - Vienna's largest and most famous cemetery (including the graves of Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert and Strauss. This sort of fix restores section edit linkpoints to where they belong An urn is a Vase, ordinarily covered and without handles that usually has a narrowed neck above a footed Pedestal. The Zentralfriedhof (Central Cemetery is situated in the district of Simmering, Simmeringer Hauptstraße 230–244 Vienna 1110 Austria, and is the Ludwig van Beethoven ( English ˈlʊdvɪg væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən, 16 December 1770 &ndash 26 March 1827 was a German Composer and Pianist. Johannes Brahms ( pronounced ˈbʁaːms (May 7 1833 &ndash April 3 1897 was a German Composer Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 &ndash 8 September 1949 was a German Composer of the late Romantic era and early modern era particularly noted ) in Vienna's 11th district of Simmering.

Philipp Stauff, a Berlin journalist, good friend of List and Armanist, wrote an obituary which appeared in the Münchener Beobachter called "Guido von List gestorben" on May 24, 1919, p. Philipp Stauff (1876-1923 was a prominent German/Austrian journalist and publisher in Berlin. The Münchener Beobachter was a Völkisch newspaper edited by Rudolf von Sebottendorf. Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 4.

Ideology

Guido von List in 1878 from the book Guido v. List. Der Wiederentdecker uralter arischer Weisheit by Johannes Balzli published in 1917. Johannes Hans Balzli, more commonly known as Johannes Balzli was an Austrian/German author newspaper editor Theosophist and Armanist, most notable for his biography

Main article: Ariosophy

Guido von List was strongly influenced by the Theosophical thought of Madame Blavatsky, which he blended with his own racial religious beliefs, founded upon Germanic paganism. Armanism and Ariosophy are the names of ideological systems of an Esoteric nature pioneered by Guido von List and Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels This article is about the philosophy introduced by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky Elena Petrovna Gan (Елена Петровна Ган also Hélène, Yekaterinoslav, Ukraine, Russian Empire — May 8 1891 London) better Germanic paganism refers to the religious beliefs of the Germanic peoples preceding Christianization.

List called his doctrine “Armanism” (after the Armanen, supposedly the heirs of the sun-king, a body of priest-kings in the ancient Ario-Germanic nation). Armanism and Ariosophy are the names of ideological systems of an Esoteric nature pioneered by Guido von List and Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels Armanism and Ariosophy are the names of ideological systems of an Esoteric nature pioneered by Guido von List and Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels Armanism was concerned with the esoteric doctrines of the gnosis (distinct from the exoteric doctrine intended for the lower social classes, Wotanism). Gnosis (from one of the Greek words for Knowledge, γνώσις is the spiritual knowledge of a Saint or mystically enlightened human being Armanism and Ariosophy are the names of ideological systems of an Esoteric nature pioneered by Guido von List and Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels

List claimed that the tribal name Herminones mentioned in Tacitus was a Latinized version of the German Armanen, and named his religion the Armanenschaft, which he claimed to be the original religion of the Germanic tribes. The Irminones, also referred to as Herminones or Hermiones, were a group of early Germanic tribes settling in the Elbe watershed and by the Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (ca 56 &ndash ca 117 was a senator and a Historian of the Roman Empire. Armanism and Ariosophy are the names of ideological systems of an Esoteric nature pioneered by Guido von List and Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels The Germanic peoples are a historical group of Indo-European -speaking peoples originating in Northern Europe and identified by their use of the Germanic His conception of that religion was a form of sun worship, with its priest-kings (similar to the Icelandic goði) as legendary rulers of ancient Germany. "Sun god" redirects here For the Ramsey Lewis album see Sun Goddess (album. for the town in Nepal see Gothi Nepal A goði or gothi (plural goðar) is the Old Norse term for a Priest This is a timeline of German history. To read about the background to these events see History of Germany.

List claimed that the dominance of the Roman Catholic Church in Austria-Hungary constituted a continuing occupation of the Germanic tribes by the Roman empire, albeit now in a religious form, and a continuing persecution of the ancient religion of the Germanic peoples and Celts. The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial The Germanic peoples are a historical group of Indo-European -speaking peoples originating in Northern Europe and identified by their use of the Germanic Celts (ˈkɛlts or /ˈsɛlts/, see Names of the Celts

An 'Armanist pilgrimage' to the Heidentor (pagan gate), Carnuntum, June 1911 from the book by Guido von List called Deutsch-Mythologische Landschaftsbilder. Carnuntum (Καρνοιις in Ptolemy) was an important Roman army camp in what is now Austria. Deutsch-Mythologische Landschaftsbilder is a two-volume book by Guido von List published in 1891. List is third from left.

This conception bears strong resemblance to many other 19th century romanticised ideas of ancient polytheistic religions in Europe; a comparatively similar text in the thematic elements and overall textual bias is the famous Oera Linda forgery from the Lowlands region of western Europe. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar Polytheism is belief in or worship of multiple Gods (usually assembled in a pantheon) together with associated Mythology and Rituals The Oera Linda Book is a controversial Frisian manuscript covering historical mythological and religious themes that first came to light in the 19th century Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe '

He also believed in magical powers of the old runes. In 1891 he claimed that heraldry was based on the magic of the runes. Heraldry in its most general sense encompasses all matters relating to the duties and responsibilities of officers of arms. In April 1903, he had sent an article concerning the alleged Aryan proto-language to the Imperial Academy of Sciences in Vienna. A proto-language is a Language which was the common ancestor of related languages that form a Language family. Its highlight was a mystical and occult interpretation of the runic alphabet. Although the article was rejected by the academy, it would later be expanded by List and become the basis for his entire ideology.

Among his ideological followers was Lanz von Liebenfels. Adolf Josef Lanz (aka Jörg Lanz) who called himself Lanz von Liebenfels ( July 19 1874 - April 22, 1954) was an Austrian More controversially, some allege that, in his pagan-Theosophical synthesis, List developed the direct precursor of occult Nazism. This article describes speculative theories about Nazism Semi-religious developments within post-1945 Nazism are discussed under the term Neo-völkisch movements. His defenders counter that any influence was indirect and inconsequential; in Nazi Germany the strongest occult influence upon Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, was Brigadeführer Karl Maria Wiligut who believed List's Armanism to be a heresy from his own ancestral religion of Irminism and had various of List's followers interned in concentration camps. Heinrich Luitpold Himmler ( 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945 was a Nazi German politician and head of the Schutzstaffel (SS. The ( German for "Protective Squadron" abbreviated SS - or ( Runic)- was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the Brigadeführer was an SS rank that was used in Nazi Germany between the years of 1932 and 1945 Karl Maria Wiligut (alias Weisthor, Jarl Widar, Lobesam and Karl Maria Weisthor) ( December 10, 1866 - January 3 Irminenschaft (or Irminism, Irminenreligion) is a current of Ariosophy based on a hypothetical Germanic deity Irmin (a Backformation

List's concept of renouncing Christianity, a Semitic religion intertwined with Judaism, and returning to the pagan religions of the ancient Europeans did nevertheless find some supporters within the Nazi party and is favoured by some advocates of Neo-Nazism and White Nationalism in their turn. Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings In Linguistics and Ethnology, Semitic (from the Biblical " Shem " Hebrew שם translated as "name" Arabic: ساميّ Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut The, officially National Socialist German Workers' Party, ( abbreviated NSDAP) was a Political party in Germany between 1919 and 1945 The term neo-Nazism refers to post- World War II Political movements Social movements and ideologies seeking to revive Nazism, White nationalism is a political Ideology which advocates a racial definition (or redefinition of national identity for White people, in opposition to Germanic paganism has, as a result, been linked to Nazism since the early twentieth century — unfairly, in the eyes of many pagan revivalists.

Runic revivalism

Das Geheimnis der Runen (The Secret of the Runes) by Guido von List, published in 1908. Das Geheimnis der Runen (English 'The Secret of the Runes') is a book by Austrian mystic Guido von List, in which he presents his " Armanen

The row of 18 so-called "Armanen Runes", also known as the "Armanen Futharkh" came to List while in an 11 month state of temporary blindness after a cataract operation on both eyes in 1902. The Armanen runes, or Armanen 'Futharkh' as List referred to them are a row of 18 Runes that are closely based on the Younger Futhark which were "revealed A cataract is a clouding that develops in the crystalline lens of the Eye or in its envelope varying in degree from slight to complete opacity This vision in 1902 allegedly opened what List referred to as his "inner eye", via which he claimed the "Secret of the Runes" was revealed to him. List stated that his Armanen Futharkh were encrypted in the Hávamál (Poetic Edda), specifically in stanzas 138 to 165, with stanzas 146 through 164 reported as being the 'song' of the 18 runes. Hávamál (" Sayings of the high one " is presented as a single poem in the Poetic Edda. The Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems primarily preserved in the Icelandic mediaeval Manuscript Codex Regius. It has been said this claim has no historical basis.

The Armanen runes are still used today by some Ásatrú adherents who consider the Armanen runes to have some religious and/or divinatory value. is Ásatrú ( Icelandic for " Æsir faith" auːsatruː in Old Norse; Norwegian Åsatru, Swedish Divination (from Latin divinare "to be inspired by a god" related to Divine, Diva and Deus) is the attempt of ascertaining

Futharkh spelling

List noted in his book, The Secret of the Runes, that the "runic futharkh (= runic ABC) consisted of sixteen symbols in ancient times. ".

As a side note to this, in the English translation of the work, Stephen Flowers notes that "(the designation futharkh is based on the first seven runes it is for this reason that the proper name is not futhark -- as it is generally and incorrectly written -- but futharkh, with the h at the end; for more about the basis of this, see the Guido von List Library number 6, The primal language of the Aryan Germanic people and their mystery language)". Stephen Edred Flowers (born 1953 is an American Runologist and expert on Occultism and Germanic mysticism.

Hexagonal Crystal and the Armanen Runes

List's system was allegedly based around the structure of a Hexagonal Crystal. In Crystallography, the hexagonal is one of the 7 Crystal system, it contains 7 Point groups. You can shine light through a crystal at different angles and project all 18 of the Armanen runes.

List's rune row was rather rigid; while the runes of the past had had sharp angles for easy carving, his were to be carefully and perfectly made so that their shape would be a reflection of the 'frozen light', a pattern that he had found in his runes. All of his runes could be projected by shining the light through a hexagonal crystal under certain angles. Rune Hagal is so-called 'mother-rune' because its shape represents that hexagonal crystal.

Karl Hans Welz states that the "crystalline structure of quartz is the "hexagonal system" which is also one of the bases of the Runic symbolism (the hexagon with the three inscribed diameters). Quartz (from German) is the most abundant Mineral in the Earth 's Continental crust (although Feldspar is more common in " and that "The hexagonal cross section of quartz and the fact that all of the 18 Sacred Futhork Runes are derived from the geometry of the hexagon is the basis of an enormous increase in crystal power when it is associated with Rune images. "

Influence

Friedrich Wannieck in München from the book "Der Wiederentdecker Uralter Arischer Weisheit" by Johannes Balzli

Guido von List Society

A look at the signatories^[3] of the first announcement concerning support for a Guido-von-List-Gesellschaft (Guido von List Society), circa 1905, reveals that List had a following of some very prestigious people and shows that List, his ideology and his influence had widespread and significant support, including that amongst public figures in Austria and Germany. Friedrich Wannieck (father of Friedrich Oskar Wannieck) was a prestigious and wealthy Austrian/German Industrialist most notable for his successful business ventures "Guido v List Der Wiederentdecker Uralter Arischer Weisheit - Sein Leben und sein Schaffen" is a book written by Johannes Balzli Johannes Hans Balzli, more commonly known as Johannes Balzli was an Austrian/German author newspaper editor Theosophist and Armanist, most notable for his biography Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Among some 50 signatories which endorsed the foundation of the List Society (which had an official founding ceremony on March 2, 1908) were the industrialist Friedrich Wannieck and his son Friedrich Oskar Wannieck, Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels, and Karl Lueger (the mayor of Vienna). Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Friedrich Wannieck (father of Friedrich Oskar Wannieck) was a prestigious and wealthy Austrian/German Industrialist most notable for his successful business ventures Friedrich Oskar Wannieck, died July 6 1912, was an Austrian/German and the son of Friedrich Wannieck. Adolf Josef Lanz (aka Jörg Lanz) who called himself Lanz von Liebenfels ( July 19 1874 - April 22, 1954) was an Austrian Karl Lueger ( IPA not) ( October 24, 1844 - March 10, 1910) was an Austrian politician and Mayor of Vienna These supporters also included occultists such as Hugo Göring (editor of theosophical literature at Weimar), Harald Arjuna Grävell van Jostenoode (theosophical author at Heidelberg), Max Seiling (an esoteric pamphleteer and popular philosopher in Munich), and Paul Zillmann (editor of the Metaphysische Rundschau and master of an occult lodge in Berlin)

Dr. Karl Lueger, mayor of Vienna

List's influence continued to grow and attract distinctive members after the official founding of the society in 1908. Karl Lueger ( IPA not) ( October 24, 1844 - March 10, 1910) was an Austrian politician and Mayor of Vienna A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. From 1908 through to 1912, new members included the deputy Beranek (co-founder of the "Bund der Germanen" in 1894), Philipp Stauff (a Berlin journalist and later a founding member of the Germanenorden), Franz Hartmann (a leading German theosophist), Karl Heise (a leading figure in the vegetarian and mystical Mazdaznan cult at Zürich), and the collective membership of the Vienna Theosophical Society. Espen Beranek Holm is a Norwegian pop artist and comedian Beranek has been a member of the following Norwegian bands Dei Nye Kappelanane Philipp Stauff (1876-1923 was a prominent German/Austrian journalist and publisher in Berlin. Armanism and Ariosophy are the names of ideological systems of an Esoteric nature pioneered by Guido von List and Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels Franz Hartmann (1838 - 1912 was a German physician theosophist Occultist, Geomancer, Astrologer, and author of esoteric works Vegetarianism is the practice of a diet that excludes Meat (including game and slaughter by-products Fish (including Shellfish and other sea Mazdaznan is a Syncretistic religious health movement based on Zoroastrian and Christian ideas with special focus on breathing exercises Vegetarian Zürich (, Zürich German: Züri, Zurich, Zurigo; in English generally Zurich) is the largest city in Switzerland and capital of the

As the list demonstrates, the growth of nationalism within Germany during the late 19th to early 20th century, culminating in the Third Reich of Nazi Germany, provided an ideal audience of people who were already predisposed to accept List's ideas and unidentifiable personal gnosis of the Armanen way. The register shows that List's ideas were acceptable to many intelligent persons drawn from the upper and middle classes of Austria and Germany. So impressed were they that these men were prepared to contribute ten crowns as an annual society subscription. The main part of the Society's assets derived from the Wannieck family, which put up more than three thousand crowns at the Society's inauguration. Friedrich Wannieck (father of Friedrich Oskar Wannieck) was a prestigious and wealthy Austrian/German Industrialist most notable for his successful business ventures ^[4]

The Society's inner circle was called the High Armanen Order or Hoher Armanen Orden. Armanism and Ariosophy are the names of ideological systems of an Esoteric nature pioneered by Guido von List and Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels

Quotes by List

• "One must flee those places where life throbs and seek out lonely spots untouched by human hand in order to lift the magic veil of nature" (Deutsch-Mythologische Landschaftsbilder, 1st volume, p. Deutsch-Mythologische Landschaftsbilder is a two-volume book by Guido von List published in 1891. 125. )
• "Now, because men of our contemporary age are caught up in the ascetic view of a life-denying religious system, but in spite of this cannot deny the primal laws of nature, a distorted morality had to be developed, which spreads hypocritical appearances over hidden actions. This has brought to a head all those outward forms of modern life, whose vacuousness and corruption are now beginning to disgust us. " (Das Geheimnis der Runen)
• "A star is extinguished, another will begin to shine - thus it is written in the Book of Nature" (Der Unbesiegbare)

Popular culture

• List is referred to throughout The Magic Circle, (NY: Random House; 1998) by Katherine Neville and is mentioned on page 154 of The Black Order, ([n. Das Geheimnis der Runen (English 'The Secret of the Runes') is a book by Austrian mystic Guido von List, in which he presents his " Armanen The episodes of the DGray-man Anime are based on the Manga series of the same name written by Katsura Hoshino. pl. ]: Orion; 2006) by James Rollins. James Rollins and James Clemens are two of the Pen names of American Veterinarian Jim Czajkowski (born 1961 author of bestselling
• List occurs as a character in Vienna Blood (London: Century; 2006), the second novel in the Max Liebermann series, by British author Frank Tallis.

Influential List Society signatories, circa 1905

• Friedrich Wannieck, president of the publishing house Verein "Deutsche Haus" ("German House" Association) [3] [4] in Brünn, and chairman of the Prague Iron Company and the First Brno Engineering Company (major producers of capital goods in the Habsburg empire)
• Ludwig von Bernuth, health organisation chairman
• Ferdinand Khull, committee member of the German Language Club
• Adolf Harpf, editor of Marburger Zeitung
• Hermann Pfister-Schwaighusen, lecturer in linguistics at Darmstadt University
• Wilhelm von Pickl-Scharfenstein (Baron von Witkenberg)
• Amand Freiherr von Schweiger-Lerchenfeld, editor of the popular magazine Stein der Weisen and a distinguished army officer
• Aurelius Polzer, newspaper editor at Horn and Graz
• Ernst Wachler, author and founder of an open-air Germanic theatre in the Harz Mountains
• Wilhelm Rohmeder, educator at Munich
• Arthur Schulz, editor of a Berlin periodical for educational reform
• Friedrich Wiegerhaus, chairman of the Elberfeld branch of the powerful German Nationalist Commercial Employees' Association (Deutschnationaler Handlungsgehilfen-Verband, or DHV)
• Franz Winterstein, committee member of the German Social Party (DSP) at Kassel

Influential List Society members from 1908

• Rudolf Berger, a committee member of the German Nationalist Workers' League in Vienna
• Hermann Brass, chairman of the defensive League of Germans in North Moravia (est. Friedrich Wannieck (father of Friedrich Oskar Wannieck) was a prestigious and wealthy Austrian/German Industrialist most notable for his successful business ventures Friedrich Wannieck (father of Friedrich Oskar Wannieck) was a prestigious and wealthy Austrian/German Industrialist most notable for his successful business ventures Brno ( IPA:; Brünn is the second-largest City in the Czech Republic. Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland The Harz is a mountain range in central Germany It is the highest mountain chain in northern Germany occupying parts of the German states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt The German State Party ( Deutsche Staatspartei or DStP) was a short-lived German political party of the Weimar Republic, formed by the merger of the Kassel (until 1926 officially Cassel) is a city situated along the Fulda River in northern Hessen, Germany, one of the two sources of the 1886)
• Dankwart Gerlach, an ardent supporter of the romantic Youth Movement
• Carl Friedrich Glasenapp, biographer of Richard Wagner
• Colonel Karl August Hellwig, an organiser in Kassel
• Bernhard Koerner, an heraldic expert and populariser of middle-class genealogy
• Josef Ludwig Reimer, Viennese author
• Karl Herzog, branch chairman of the DHV in Mannheim
• Arthur Weber, a theosophical editor
• Karl Hilm, occult novelist
• General Blasius von Schemua

Notes and references

Written works

For more information on the works of Guido von List see the section entitled "The Works of Guido von List" at the Guido von Lost website

• Das Geheimnis der Runen (The Secret of the Runes (book), 1908)
• Der Unbesiegbare
• Götterdämmerung (1893)
• Von der Wuotanspriesterschaft (1893)
• Die deutsche Mythologie im Rahmen eines Kalenderjahres (1894)
• Der deutsche Zauberglaube im Bauwesen (1895)
• Mephistopheles (1895)
• Carnuntum
• Jung Diethers Heimkehr (1894)
• Der Wala Erweckung (1894)
• Walkürenweihe (1895)
• Pipara: Die Germanin im Cäsarenpurpur (Pipara: the Germanic Woman in the purple of the Caesars, 1895)
• König Vannius (1899)
• Sommer-Sonnwend-Feuerzauber (1901)
• Das Goldstück (1903)
• Kunstmärchen anthology: Alraunenmaren: Kultur-historische Novellen und Dichtungen aus germanischer Vorzeit (Mandrake-Tales: Cultural-historical Novellas and Poetry from Germanic Prehistory, 1903)
• Eine Zaubernacht
• Guido-List-Bücherei (a series of works)
• Die Armanenschaft der Ario-Germanen (The Armanism of the Aryo-Germanic People, 1908 and 1911, 2 volumes)
• Die Rita der Ario-Germanen (The Rita of the Aryo-Germanic People, 1908)
• Die Namen der Völkerstämme Germaniens und deren Deutung (The Names of the Tribes of the People of Germania and their Interpretation; GvLB no. Das Geheimnis der Runen (English 'The Secret of the Runes') is a book by Austrian mystic Guido von List, in which he presents his " Armanen 4, 1909)
• Die Religion der Ario-Germanen in ihrer Esoterik und Exoterik (The Religion of the Aryo-Germanic People in its Esoteric and Exoteric Aspects, 1909 or 1910)
• Die Bilderschrift der Ario-Germanen: Ario-Germanische Hierogyphik (The Pictographic Script of the Aryo-Germanic People: Aryo-Germanic Hieroglyphics; GvLB no. 5, 1910)
• Der Übergang vom Wuotanismus zum Christentum (The Transition from Wuotanism to Christianity, 1911)
• Die Ursprache der Ario-Germanen und ihre Mysteriensprache (The Primal Language of the Aryo-Germanic People and their Mystery Language; GvLB no. 6, 1914)
• Armanismus und Kabbala

Further reading

• Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas. Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke BA ( Bristol) DPhil ( Oxon) is a Professor of Western Esotericism at University of Exeter and author of (2003). Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity. Black Sun Aryan Cults Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity is a Book by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke. New York University Press. ISBN 0-8147-3155-4.  
• von List, Guido (translated by Stephen E. Flowers). Stephen Edred Flowers (born 1953 is an American Runologist and expert on Occultism and Germanic mysticism. The Religion of the Aryo-Germanic Folk.
• Szanya, Anton. Armanen, Templer, Theosophen. Die religiöse Subkultur Österreichs zwischen 1870 und 1938. ISBN 3-7065-1662-4.

Biographical

The following books have detailed accounts of List's life:

• Balzli, Johannes. Johannes Hans Balzli, more commonly known as Johannes Balzli was an Austrian/German author newspaper editor Theosophist and Armanist, most notable for his biography (1917). Guido v. List: Der Wiederentdecker Uralter Arischer Weisheit - Sein Leben und sein Schaffen. "Guido v List Der Wiederentdecker Uralter Arischer Weisheit - Sein Leben und sein Schaffen" is a book written by Johannes Balzli (Leipzig and Vienna: Guido-von-List-Gesellschaft).
• Flowers Ph. D. , Stephen (aka Edred Thorsson). (1988). The Secret of the Runes. Das Geheimnis der Runen (English 'The Secret of the Runes') is a book by Austrian mystic Guido von List, in which he presents his " Armanen Destiny Books. ISBN 0-89281-207-9.  
• Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas. (2003). The Occult Roots of Nazism: Secret Aryan Cults and Their Influence on Nazi Ideology. The Occult Roots of Nazism: Secret Aryan Cults and Their Influence on Nazi Ideology: The Ariosophists of Austria and Germany 1890-1935 is a book by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke Gardners Books. ISBN 1-86064-973-4.   Originally published as: Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas. (1992 [1994]). The Occult Roots of Nazism: Secret Aryan Cults and Their Influence on Nazi Ideology; The Ariosophists of Austria and Germany, 1890-1935. New York University Press. ISBN 0-8147-3060-4.  

TV documentaries

The life of von List has featured in many TV documentaries on his life, occultic Germanic revivalism and the occult roots of Nazism. Some of these are as follows:

• Nazis: The Occult Conspiracy (1998, directed by Tracy Atkinson and Joan Baran, narrated by Malcolm McDowell)
• The Occult History of the Third Reich, Starring: Patrick Allen, Director: Dave Flitton
  • "Adolf Hitler - Occult History Of The Third Reich"
  • "The SS: Blood And Soil - Occult History Of The Third Reich"
  • "Himmler The Mystic - Occult History Of The Third Reich"
  • "The Enigma Of The Swastika - Occult History Of The Third Reich"
• Decoding the Past, episode "The Nazi Prophecies" by the History Channel [5] [6]
• Hitler and the Occult by the History Channel [7]
• The Riddle Of Rudolph Hess/Himmler's Castle: Wewelsburg
• In 1994, Channel 4 ran a Michael Wood documentary entitled "Hitler's Search for the Holy Grail", as part of its Secret History series. Nazis The Occult Conspiracy, directed by Tracy Atkinson and Joan Baran, narrated by Malcolm McDowell, is an English language Malcolm McDowell (born Malcolm John Taylor; 13 June 1943 is an English Actor. The Occult History of the Third Reich, starring Patrick Allen and directed by Dave Flitton is an English language 1991 four John Keith Patrick Allen ( March 17 1927 - July 28 2006) was a British Actor and Voice actor. Decoding the Past is a 2005 -present History Channel documentary Television series that " Decodes quot the Past by looking History, formerly known as The History Channel, is a Satellite and Cable TV channel, with shows on historical events and persons&mdashoften For the book by the same name by Ken Anderson see Hitler and the Occult (book Hitler and the Occult, produced by Bram Roos and Phyllis Cannon History, formerly known as The History Channel, is a Satellite and Cable TV channel, with shows on historical events and persons&mdashoften Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began Michael David Wood (born 23 July 1948 in Moston, Manchester) is a popular English Historian and broadcaster A secret history (or shadow history) is a revisionist interpretation of either fictional or real (or known History which is claimed to have been deliberately [8]

See also

• Armanen-Orden
• Rudolf John Gorsleben
• Siegfried Adolf Kummer
• List of Occultists
• Neopaganism
• Runes

External links

• The Guido von List website
• ‘Der Meister' Guido von List and the Controversy of ‘von'
• The Armanen Futharkh: A Controversial Rune Row?
• Works by and about Guido von List in the German National Library catalogue
• Armanenschaft glossary
• PDF-books from Guido von List. Mainly German