Georg Conrad Horst

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Georg Conrad Horst (born June 26, 1767 or 1769 in Lindheim ; † January 20, 1832 there ) was a German Protestant theologian , preacher and writer . He is the author of a number of works on magic and occultism , of which his extensive magic library should be emphasized, which is considered to be one of the "three great ghost classics from Goethe's time".

Life

Georg Conrad Horst was a son of the pastor Kaspar Horst in Lindheim in the Wetterau . He studied Protestant theology at the University of Giessen and, after the death of his father, succeeded him as pastor of Lindheim.

In 1809 he was appointed to the Grand Ducal Hessian Church Council. In 1819 he resigned his pastoral office and devoted himself entirely to his research and publications. In 1823, Grand Duke Ludwig I appointed him a secret clergyman , and in 1824 he received an honorary doctorate in theology from the University of Giessen.

Magic library

In his magic library (with full title: magic library or of sorcery, theurgy and mantic, sorcerers, witches, and witch trials, and ghostly apparitions. For the promotion of a purely historical, free from superstition and unbelief of these objects ), which in six volumes in 1821-1826 Mainz was published by Florian Kupferberg, it provides an annotated part anthology of old manuscripts and documents that deal with magic , demons incantations , magic writings , witch trials , ghost phenomena and vampirism deal. This includes, among other things, " Fausten's Triple Hell Compulsion ".

Fonts (selection)

  • Gustav III Death. A psychological-moral painting of the aberrations of enthusiasm and passions. 1797
  • Magic library or of sorcery, theurgy and mantic, sorcerers, witches, and witch trials, and apparitions. To promote a purely historical assessment of these objects, free of superstition and unbelief. Mainz, Bei Florian Kupferberg, 1821–1826 (6 vol.) Digital copies
  • Demonomagy, or history of belief in sorcery and demonic miracles, with special consideration of the witch trial since the time of Innocentius the Eighth. First and second volume. In addition to a detailed description of the witchcraft at Lindheim in the Wetterau, based on Inquisition acts, as a contribution to the ancient memorabilia in the Grand Ducal = Hessian Lands. Frankfurt a. M., with the Wilmans brothers, 1818 ( digitized, 2nd part )
  • Deuteroscopy or strange psychological and physiological phenomena and problems from the field of pneumatology. First and second ribbon. For religious philosophers, psychologists, and thinking doctors. A necessary supplement to demonomagy, like to the magic library. First edition Frankfurt a. M., Verlag von Heinrich Wilmans, 1830 ( digital copies ) - (Among other things about: Vorerinnerungen; The national High Scottish drama of the second sight; Cloud faces and cloud images; Scandinavian war and battle faces of various kinds; Seeing oneself; The shaman im Northeastern Siberia; Ghost demons and idols in prehistoric times; About the Gnostics and later hesychasts in relation to magnetism; The art of mantic; Duncan Campbell. Various judgments about this new European wonder man; Of so-called double-goers; Various claims about the magical power of imagination; description of a devil sacrifice festival; elven dance; fata, or fairy morgana; similarly splendid aerial images in India and other countries.)
  • From the old and new magic. Origin, idea, scope and history. As an announcement of the magic library and communication with the public about this literary enterprise. Mainz, near Florian Kupferberg, 1820. ( digitized )
  • Theurgy, or the endeavors of people in the old and new times to bring about a direct, real connection between themselves and the spirit world. Mainz, near Florian Kupferberg, 1820.

See also

literature

  • Annekatrin Puhle: "Geister der Goethezeit", in: Moritz Bassler, Bettina Gruber, Martina Wagner-Egelhaaf: Ghosts: Apparitions, Media, Theories. 2005, p. 77 ff. ( Partial online view )
  • Horst E. Miers : Lexicon of secret knowledge. 1993
  • Werner F. Bonin: Lexicon of Parapsychology. 1976

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ According to Euphorion 12 (1905), p. 746
  2. ↑ Annekatrin Puhle, p. 80
  3. ↑ Antiquarian bookshop link (ZVAB)
personal data
SURNAME Horst, Georg Conrad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Horst, Georg Konrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian, preacher and writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1767 or 1769
PLACE OF BIRTH Lindheim
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 1832
Place of death Lindheim