Theodor Illion
Theodor Illion (* 1898 ; † 1984 in Salzburg ) was a writer and doctor and an alleged Tibetan researcher, probably in the circle of the Theosophical Society . He also published under the names Theodor Burang and Th. Nolling .
Illion was reportedly born in Canada and came from a wealthy family. He died in Salzburg and rests at the cemetery in Kuchl . His friend Josef Zenzmaier created the gravestone .
Jürgen C. Aschoff (* 1938), doctor and bibliographer, considers Illion's books and his trips to Tibet to be “science fiction”. Under his pseudonym Theodor Burang, Illion describes in Enigmatic Tibet and Darkness over Tibet how he was led by locals into an underground city in which a secret brotherhood bundles spiritual energy in order to gain power. The head was a certain sorcerer Prince Mani Rimpotsche .
bibliography
- Enigmatic Tibet . Uranus-Verlag, Hamburg 1936.
- Tibetans across the West . Ignota-Verlag, Salzburg 1947.
- Darkness over Tibet . Rider & Co., London 1933.
- Theodor Burang: The Doctor in Tibetan Culture . Robugen, Esslingen / Neckar 1975
- The art of healing in the Far East. Medicines and Remedies . Origo-Verlag, Zurich 1975
Web links
- Literature by and about Theodor Illion in the catalog of the German National Library
- Jürgen Aschoff's International Bibliography of Tibetan Medicine
- Hartmut Walravens: Johannes Schubert's correspondence with Bruno Beger and Ernst Schäfer . In: News of the Society for Nature and Ethnology of East Asia (NOAG) . Volume 175-176, 2004/9, pp. 165-225
swell
- ↑ cf. his Annotated Bibliography on Tibetan Medicine. Ulm / Dietikon 1996, 195, ISBN 3-9802975-9-4
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Illion, Theodore |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Burang, Theodor (pseudonym); Nolling, Theodor (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and doctor, alleged researcher on Tibet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1898 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1984 |
| Place of death | Salzburg |