Hans Thomas Hakl

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Hans Thomas Hakl (also HT Hakl , HT Hansen or HTH ; born February 27, 1947 in Graz , Austria ) is an Austrian author, translator, editor, editor. Under the pseudonym HT Hansen , he has become known in the German-speaking world as a translator and specialist in the esoteric work of the Italian cultural philosopher Julius Evola . His book The Hidden Spirit of Eranos is considered a standard work on the Eranos conferences that have been taking place since 1933 . Hakl is the founder of the Octagon Library, which is one of the largest European private libraries for religious studies and esotericism.

Life

Hakl was born in Graz in 1947 and obtained his doctorate in 1970. iuris. From 1973 he lived first in Italy and then in Switzerland. He built up an international trading group with a focus on the Far East. From 1978 to 1995 he was involved in the esoteric Ansata Verlag , Interlaken. In 1990 he left international trade and returned to Austria. In 1996 he founded the magazine Gnostika , today the most important German-language publication organ for the history of esotericism, and was its editor until July 2009. Since then part of the editorial team. He wrote numerous introductions to esoteric works.

Research priorities

Already at a very young age I came into contact with Far Eastern and Jungian ideas. Through his interest in magic, Hakl also came into contact with Adolf Hemberger . Since meeting Julius Evola in Rome in the early 1970s, HT Hakl began to deal intensively with the books of the controversial artist, cultural and religious philosopher, esotericist and scholar. Under the pseudonym HT Hansen, he translated Evola's books from Italian into German. Including the esoteric works Ur I and Ur II and The Hermetic Tradition, which have appeared in several editions . The use of this pseudonym also led to misunderstandings and accusations that Evolas was "defender and propagandist"; Hakl sees himself “on the other hand as one of the very few who are looking for a middle ground between undifferentiated demonization and exalted admiration for this man”, and has not used the pseudonym since 2000.

His book The Hidden Spirit of Eranos documents the history of the Eranos conferences, a meeting place between East and West that aims to mediate between science and esotericism and which had a significant influence on the intellectual history of the 20th century. Personalities such as CG Jung , Gershom Scholem , Mircea Eliade , Adolf Portmann , Karl Kerényi , Heinrich Zimmer , Henry Corbin , Annemarie Schimmel , and DT Suzuki met there over the years for lectures and discussions. The book documents an alternative intellectual history of the 20th century.

Over the years Hakl wrote essays or forewords for the new editions of the following people: Nikolaus Flamel , Papus , Karlfried Graf Dürckheim , Hans Freimark , Dr. Franz Sättler - (Musallam), Éliphas Lévi , René Guénon , George Robert Stow Mead , Aleister Crowley , Bal Gangadhar Tilak .

Hakl has worked on esoteric and scientific journals in several countries as well as on relevant international dictionaries.

Appreciation

Hakl's literary work is difficult to classify. His essays, articles and texts are characterized by a thorough examination of the subject and the incorporation of various foreign-language and quite controversial sources. With an intention aimed at completeness and a balanced, scientifically historical perspective, he also tackles topics that are neither free of prejudice nor neutral. His own texts have been translated into English, French, Italian, Hungarian, Czech and Russian.

Fonts

  • Eranos. An alternative intellectual history of the Twentieth Century. Acumen Publishing, Durham 2013, ISBN 978-1-78179-016-8 .
  • Eranos. Navel of the world. Link of the golden chain. The alternative intellectual history. 2nd, significantly expanded edition. scientia nova Verlag Neue Wissenschaft, Gaggenau 2015, ISBN 978-3-935164-06-1 .
  • Х.Т. Хансен: ПОЛИТИЧЕСКИЕ УСТРЕМЛЕНИЯ ЮЛИУСА ЭВОЛЫ. [Julius Evola's political work.] ISBN 978-5-87456-321-4 , http://terrafoliata.ru/002_releases.htm

Translations

  • Julius Evola: Group of Ur, Magic as Science of the Self. 2nd Edition. Volume I, Ansata, Interlaken 1985, ISBN 3-7157-0072-6 .
  • Julius Evola: The Hermetic Tradition. 4th edition. Ansata, Interlaken 1989, ISBN 3-7787-7042-X .
  • Julius Evola: group of Ur, steps to initiation. Magic as a science of the self. Volume II: Theory and Practice of Higher Consciousness. Ansata, Bern / Munich / Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-7787-7043-8 .

editor

  • Gnostika magazine . AAGW, Sinzheim, ISSN  1434-7628 . (from October 1996 to July 2009, then in the editorial team)
  • Octagon. The search for perfection in the mirror of a religious scholarly philosophical and in particular mass esoteric library , Scientia Nova, Gaggenau 2015, Vol. 1, ISBN 978-3-935164-07-8 .
  • Octagon. The Quest for Wholeness mirrored in a library dedicated to religious studies, philosophy and esotericism in particular. Vol. 2, Scientia Nova, Gaggenau 2016, ISBN 978-3-935164-08-5 .
  • Octagon. La ricerca della totalità riflessa in una biblioteca dedicata alla Storia delle religioni, alla filosofia e, soprattutti, all'esoterismo. , Vol. 3, Scientia Nova, Gaggenau, 2017, 546 p. ISBN 978-3-935164-10-8 .
  • Octagon. La recherche de perfection dans une collection d'ouvrages dédiée, en particulier, aux travaux sur la religion, la philosophie et surtout l'ésotérisme. , vol. 4, Scientia Nova, Gaggenau, 2018, 433 p. ISBN 978-3-935164-12-2 .

Essays

  • National Socialism and Occultism. In: Gnostika. January 1 (pp. 32-42), Gnostika. April 2 (pp. 26-35), Gnostika. 3 / July (pp. 22-37). Sinzheim: AAGW 1997. Also in: ARIES 21 (pp. 63–98), Paris: Arché 1998. Italian translation Nazionalsocialismo ed Occultismo. In: Arthos. (Nuova series) 1 (gennaio – giugno, p. 16–27) and 2 (luglio – dicembre, p. 57–75), Pontremoli: Centro Studi Evoliani 1997. Abridged version in: Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke , Die occult roots des National Socialism , Leopold Stocker Verlag , Graz 1997, pp. 194–217. English translation Unknown Sources: National Socialism and the Occult, Edmonds: Holmes Publications 2000. Abbreviated Czech translation as Okultní Mytus Národního Socialismu In: Logos. 1/2, Praha: Triton 2002, pp. 74-79.
  • The faithful of love. In: Gnostika 4 / October 1997 (p. 37–40), Gnostika 5 / January 1998 (p. 38–43), Gnostika 7 / July 1998 (p. 43–50), Gnostika 8 / October 1998 (p. 41 -50). Slightly shortened version The faithful of love In: Journal for holistic research. I / 1998, Vienna: Society for Holistic Research 1998, pp. 3–27. Czech translation: Láskyvěrní. Středověká služba ženě jako způsob zasvěcení. In: Logos. 1/2/2003, Praha: Trigon 2003, pp. 27-39.
  • The eagles of Odin fly towards the eagles of the Roman legion: Gottfried Benn and Julius Evola. In: Joachim Dyck / Holger Hof / Peter D. Krause (eds.): Benn Jahrbuch 1/2003, Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta 2003, pp. 100-131.
  • High Blood Pressure - Gentle Healing. An example of applied psychosomatics . Part 1 in: Gnostika 28 / October 2004, pp. 56–65. Part 2 in: Gnostika 29 / February 2005, pp. 66–75. Part 3 in: Gnostika 30 / July 2005, pp. 50–57. Part 4 in: Gnostika November 2005, pp. 46–59.
  • Giuseppe Tucci entre études orientales, ésoterisme et Fascisme (1894–1984). In: Politica Hermetica. No. 18, Lausanne: L'Age d'Homme 2004, pp. 119-136. Slightly extended version in: Archaeus, fasc. 1-2, Bucarest: l'Association roumaine d'histoire des religions et le Center d'histoire des religions de l'Université de Bucarest 2006, pp. 231-250.
  • Some additional remarks on the Julius Evola and Aleister Crowley complex of questions. In: Aleister Crowley and the Temptation of Politics. Ares-Verlag , Graz 2006. Italian translation: La questione dei rapporti from Julius Evola e Aleister Crowley. In: Arthos. 13, Pontremoli: Centro Studi Evoliani 2006, pp. 269-289.
  • Maria de Naglowska and the Confrérie de la Flèche d'Or. In: Politica Hermetica. No. 20, Paris: L'Age d'Homme 2006, pp. 113-123.
  • Julius Evola et l'histoire comparée des religions. In: Jean-Pierre Brach / Jérôme Rousse-Lacordaire (eds.), Ètudes d'histoire de l'ésotérisme , Paris: Cerf 2007, pp. 83–96.
  • The Theory and Practice of Sexual Magic, Exemplified by Four Magical Groups in the Early Twentieth Century. In: Wouter J. Hanegraaff / Jeffrey J. Kripal (Eds.), Hidden Intercourse . Eros and Sexuality in the History of Western Esotericism , Leiden: Brill 2008, pp. 445-478.
  • Julius Evola and the UR Group. In: Aries 12, Leiden: Brill 2012, pp. 53-90. First: Julius Evola and UR's group. (Part 1 + 2) In: GNOSTIKA. 46 (December 2010) pp. 51-65. GNOSTICS. 47 (April 2011) pp. 41-59.
  • The Magical Order of the Fraternitas Saturn. In: Occultism in a global perspective. Edited by Henrik Bogdan and Gordan Djurdjevic, Durham 2013, pp. 37–56.
  • Julius Evola and Tradition , in: Mark Sedwick (ed.): Key Thinkers of the Radical Right . Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2019, pp. 54-69.

Lexicon entries

  • Karlfried Count Dürckheim . In: Wouter J. Hanegraaff: Dictionary of Gnosis & Western Esotericism. Vol. I. Brill, Leiden 2005, pp. 323-325.
  • Giulio Evola. In: Wouter J. Hanegraaff: Dictionary of Gnosis & Western Esotericism. Vol. I. Brill, Leiden 2005, pp. 345-350.
  • Fraternitas Saturni . In: Wouter J. Hanegraaff: Dictionary of Gnosis & Western Esotericism. Vol. I. Brill, Leiden 2005, pp. 379-382.
  • Max Heindel . In: Wouter J. Hanegraaff: Dictionary of Gnosis & Western Esotericism. Vol. I. Brill, Leiden 2005, pp. 462-464.
  • Sexuality: Sexual Rites in Europe (based on Ioan Petru Culianu ). In: Lindsay Jones (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Religion. 2nd Edition. Macmillan, New York 2005, pp. 8247-8254.
  • Julius Evola. In: Lindsay Jones (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Religion. 2nd Edition. Macmillan, New York 2005, pp. 2904-2907.

literature

  • True magic is an act of love. 3 essays and bibliography by HT Hakl on his 60th birthday. AAGW Sinzheim 2007, ISBN 978-3-937592-14-5 .

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Antoine Faivre , Esoteric Overview , 2001, p. 150.
  2. ^ Hans Thomas Hakl: Julius Evola . In: Gnostika . No. 38 , March 2008 ( Julius Evola ( memento of October 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed September 28, 2012]). Julius Evola ( Memento of the original from October 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.aagw-gnostika.de
  3. ^ For example: ARIES - Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism (Editor: Wouter Hanegraaff, Leiden) or Politica Hermetica (Rédacteur en chef: Jean-Pierre Brach, Paris)
  4. ↑ Dictionary of Gnosis & Western Esotericism, (2005) and Encyclopedia of Religion (2005).

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personal data
SURNAME Hakl, Hans Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hakl, HT; Hansen, HT (pseudonym); HTH
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian author, translator, editor and editor
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz , Austria