Henri Clemens Birven

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Henri Clemens Birven (born March 10, 1883 in Aachen , † January 9, 1969 in Berlin ) was a German writer , esotericist and a representative of magical idealism .

Birven studied electrical engineering, philology and philosophy in Berlin and was a teacher. He knew Karl Germer , whom he described as the “only friend of the deceased” in response to Hermann Joseph Metzger's obituary. He was also known to Gustav Meyrink and Aleister Crowley . Horst E. Miers called Birven the best expert on Crowley's writings. Between 1927 and 1932 he was editor of the magazine Hain der Isis . He ran a “Teletes Magiological Studio” around 1930 in Berlin-Wittenau . He had a large library that was robbed by the National Socialists . After the war, his books were distributed to various state libraries.

Birven mentions in his book "The Art of Living in Yoga and Magic" that he, together with Gustav Meyrink and Ernst Peithman, a prominent representative of the Gnostic-Catholic Church , did research on the mysterious identity of the founder Anna Sprengel, a high adept of the Rosicrucians from Germany, of the Golden Dawn is said to have operated.

Works

  • Immanuel Kant's Transcendental Deduction , Reuther & Reichard (1913), Forgotten Books (2018), ISBN 978-1332544790
  • Goethe's Faust and the Spirit of Magic , Talis-Verlag (1923)
  • Abbé Vachère - A Thaumaturge of Our Time , J. Wiesike (1928)
  • Abbé Vachère, Mirabeau and Achen's miracle worker , J. Wiesike (1928)
  • Goethe's open secret , Origo Verlag (1952)
  • The art of living in yoga and magic , Origo Verlag (1953)
  • Novalis , Schwab (1959)
  • Gate of Immortality / Yoga as a way to spiritual renewal , Schwab, (1960) ISBN 978-3796401329
  • The Tarot: A Symbolism of Egyptian Origin , Schwab (1960), 2nd, edition (1981)
  • Gate of Immortality , Schwab (1961)
  • The historical Doctor Faust , Schwab (1963)
  • Faust in the twentieth century. Festschrift for Karl Theens on his sixtieth birthday , Schwab (1964)

website

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Catalog of the German National Library: Henri Clemens Birven. Retrieved June 22, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Horst E. Miers: Lexicon of Secret Knowledge (= Esoteric. Volume 12179). Original edition; as well as 3rd updated edition. both Goldmann, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-442-12179-5 , p. 114.
  3. ↑ Para Religion: Henri Clemens Birven. Retrieved June 22, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Horst E. Miers: Lexicon of Secret Knowledge (= Esoteric. Volume 12179). Original edition; as well as 3rd updated edition. both Goldmann, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-442-12179-5 , p. 114.
  5. ↑ Horst E. Miers: Lexicon of secret knowledge. Goldmann Verlag, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-442-12179-5 . Page 423 and p. 652
personal data
SURNAME Birven, Henri Clemens
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer, esotericist and a representative of magical idealism
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1969
Place of death Berlin