Agartha

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Agartha ( Hindustan form) or Agarthi ( Mongolian form) is a mythological place, which in esoteric and occultism is regarded as a (mostly Aryan ) world center, from which underground passages lead to all parts of the world.

The name became known in 1924 through the book Animals, People and Gods by Ferdinand Ossendowski , who claims to have heard Mongolian stories about a mysterious underground realm called Agarthi during a stay in Central Asia. This realm is said to be below the Himalayas and to be ruled by a "king of the world". This king, in turn, is in contact with all significant people (kings, priests, etc.) and directs their fate, depending on whether they behave in a godly manner. The Agartha myth is said to reflect the theosophical pattern of an all-embracing principle, the unity of people and a supreme ruler.

Ossendowski's work was strongly attacked, so Sven Hedin tried to prove that Ossendowski could not have been to Koko-Nor and in Tibet and that the story was taken from the work of the French occultist Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre - therefore a plagiarism.

Ossendowski's adepts, for example René Guénon , brought the Agharta myth in connection with the Grail legend and constructed a chiliastic idea in which the “king of the world” will lead the good against the bad in battle.

reception

From May 1975 on, the ARD broadcast a 14-part series called You come from Agarthi in the early evening program , which can be understood as an early German mystery series. Directed by Hagen Müller-Stahl , the roles were cast with Günter Lamprecht , Herbert Stass and Monika Gabriel . At the center of the action is a young married couple involved in mysterious processes attributed to a people of Agarthi.

In his 2011 anime film Children Who Chase Lost Voices (German TV title: Die Reise nach Agartha ) Makoto Shinkai tells the story of a girl who travels to Agartha.

literature

  • Ekkehard Hieronimus: Occultism and Fantastic Science . in: Peisl / Mohler (ed.): Kursbuch der Weltanschauungen , Ullstein: Berlin, Frankfurt, Vienna, 1980
  • Sven Hedin: Ossendowski and the truth . Brockhaus, Leipzig 1925
  • Ferdinand Ossendowski: Animals, People And Gods. Frankfurt am Main 1923.

References

  1. ↑ Article in fernsehserien.de

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