Clemens Zerling

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Clemens Zerling (born March 5, 1951 in today's Neunkirchen-Seelscheid , Rhein-Sieg district ) is a German author, publisher, editor and editor.

Life

Clemens Zerling studied political science in Berlin . From 1982 to 1997 he was co-managing director of Rotation Verlag - und Vertriebs GmbH, Berlin, a medium-sized wholesale company that emerged from the left-wing alternative milieu of the 1970s. In 1979 he founded the publishing house Clemens Zerling in Berlin, from 1983 the "Edition Ahrens" connected, from 1990 also the "Edition Weber" ( Amsterdam- Berlin). From the beginning, his journalistic activities have focused on cult, cultural and religious history , ethnology , mythology and the magic of nature. In 2001 the publishing house was given up.

Clemens Zerling has lived in Bad Reichenhall since 2001 . He works as an author and freelance journalist in the fields of cultural history, customs and symbolism .

publishing company

In the publishing series "Documenta Ethographica" published by him, myths of the peoples of America, Africa and Oceania were compared and in some cases presented to the German-speaking readership for the first time. The series “ Hermetic Philosophy” presented biographies of important representatives of the Renaissance , who had gotten into untenable contexts in the course of growing esoteric interest. Zerling endeavored to exchange and debate between esotericism , green-alternative worldview and critical specialist science. In the process, topics from the history of philosophy , ethnology and alternative medicine , which so far only led a shadowy existence in the field of science, came into the focus of a broader readership.

Among his most important authors were the folklorist and ethnologist Michael Kuper , the ethnologist and expert on African medicine men Johanna Wagner (ethnologist) , Bernhard Kirfel and Walter Andritzky (at that time professor at the curative education faculty of the University of Cologne), the biologist and zoologist Harro Strehlow , who Environmental educator and world traveler Sigrid Lechner-Knecht and the psychologist Wolfgang Bauer . From forays into literature, the stories of the Turkish Kurd and Adelbert von Chamisso Prize winner İsmet Elçi in 1993 should be mentioned.

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Zerling's research focuses on hermetic and hermeneutic philosophy, western mysticism, symbols and their origins including their effect as archetypes . In his work he dealt with anthropological, religious, psychological, historical and mystical-spiritual topics.

Fonts

  • Temple of gods, idols and grail. Cult places in Germany. A guide to magical-mystical places. AT, Aarau (Switzerland) 2001, ISBN 3-85502-724-2 .
  • with Wolfgang Bauer: Raven shouting. Of ravens, grooves, runes and warriors. Ravens in zoology, mythology, magic, psychology, alchemy, literature and in fairy tales. Second Sight Books, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-935684-03-7 .
  • Lexicon of animal symbols. Mythology - religion - psychology. Kösel, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-466-36639-9 .
  • with Wolfgang Bauer: The Lexicon of Oracle. The look into the future. Atmospheres, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-86533-006-1 .
  • with Wolfgang Bauer, Sergius Golowin, Herman de Vries: Heilige Haine, Heilige Wälder. A cultural and historical travel guide. Neue Erde, Saarbrücken 2005, ISBN 3-89060-064-6 .
  • with Christian Schweiger: Masks in the Alpine region. Introduction and afterword by C. Zerling. Illustrated book, Stocker, Graz 2005, ISBN 3-7020-1113-7 . French edition: DésIre, Méolans-Revel 2005, ISBN 2-915418-01-2 .
  • with Wolfgang Bauer, Sergius Golowin, Christian Rätsch: Lexicon of the Dark. Myths - Art - Music. From antiquity to romanticism to Gothic culture. Arun, Engerda 2006, ISBN 3-86663-006-9 .
  • Lexicon of Plant Symbols. AT, Baden (Switzerland) 2007, ISBN 978-3-03800-218-5 .
  • The Rosicrucians. Story of an idea between myth and reality. Photo and document tape. Stocker, Graz 2009, ISBN 978-3-85365-232-9 .
  • with Wolfgang Bauer: holy springs, healing wells. Salvation and healing with the "water of life". Neue Erde, Saarbrücken 2009, ISBN 978-3-89060-275-2 .
  • Lexicon of animal symbols. Mythology - religion - psychology. Drachen Verlag, Klein Jasedow 2012, ISBN 978-3-927369-61-0 .
  • with Wolfgang Bauer: The completely different in stone. What sacred stones, rocks and mountains hide from us. Synergia, Darmstadt 2012, ISBN 978-3-939272-52-6 .
  • Orpheus or the power of the primordial tone. Synergia, Basel 2016, ISBN 978-3-906873-00-8 .
  • In search of the golden fleece. With Jason, the Argonauts and Medeia on a mystery voyage. Synergia, Basel, Zurich, Roßdorf 2017, ISBN 978-3-906873-30-5 .
  • Asklepios, a deity of true and lasting healing from the mythical world of the Lapiths and Centaurs. Synergia, Basel, Zurich, Roßdorf 2018, ISBN 978-3-906873-67-1 .
  • From the phallic Hermes to the wise Trismégistus. A principle of revelation and its colorful abundance of expression. Synergia, Basel, Zurich, Roßdorf 2019, ISBN 978-3-906873-90-9 .

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personal data
SURNAME Zerling, Clemens
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author, publisher, editor and editor
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Neunkirchen-Seelscheid , Rhein-Sieg district