Horst E. Miers

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Horst E. Miers (born around 1928; died December 16, 2011 ) was a German author and genealogist . He was the author of a lexicon of secret knowledge on terms and personalities of esotericism . The reference work was first published in 1970 by Hermann Bauer Verlag . In 1976 the first paperback edition was published by Goldmann Verlag , which had eight editions by 1993. For many years Miers operated the Miers central archive in Hamburg .

Fonts

  • Lexicon of secret knowledge.
    • First edition: Lexicon of Secret Knowledge. The comprehensive reference work for the interpretation, explanation and explanation of the terms, expressions, symbols and names from all areas of secret doctrine and border sciences, together with descriptions of the history, objectives and tendencies of the relevant associations and the life data of the personalities associated with them. Hermann Bauer, Freiburg i. Br. 1970.
    • New edition: Lexicon of secret knowledge. Approved paperback edition, revised and redesigned by the author. Goldmann, Munich 1976, 453 pages, ISBN 3-442-11142-0 . Seven editions until 1987.
    • Extended new edition: Goldmann, Munich 1993, 717 pages, ISBN 3-442-12179-5 .
  • News about Ernst Kurtzahn. A summary of fragments for a biography based on the latest Kurtzahn research. Central archive Miers, Hamburg 1996.
  • The Rosicrucians in Hamburg. Unpublished manuscript, approx. 1997, 37 pages, Hamburg State Archive, manuscript 2804 .

Individual evidence

  1. http://forum.sommerfeldfamilien.net/viewtopic.php?t=789
  2. List of technical reference works (GND)