Johannes Hohlenberg

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Johannes Hohlenberg (* 1881 ; † 1960 ) was a Danish writer , artist and anthroposophist .

Hohlenberg came from a pastor's family in Copenhagen, where his musical interests were promoted from an early age. In 1906 he went to Paris to study art, where he met Mirra Alfassa and met her almost every evening to study the teachings of the occult. When Paul and Mirra Richard went to Sri Aurobindo in Pondicherry in 1914 , they invited Hohlenberg to come there to work on a magazine. However, due to the war and other difficulties, he was only able to start the trip in 1915 and only stayed a month. During this time he made one of the few photographs of Sri Aurobindo and made sketches, on the basis of which he later created an oil painting.

Through his participation in talks with Sri Aurobindo, Hohlenberg had acquired a basic knowledge that he incorporated into the book Yoga i dens betydning for Europa (Yoga in its meaning for Europe) in 1916 . In 1954 the book was also published in a German translation, with Hohlenberg referring to his stay with Sri Aurobindo and the conversations with him as the source in the foreword.

In a later phase of his life he began to be interested in anthroposophy , became a pupil of Rudolf Steiner and, as general secretary of a newly founded anthroposophical society, played an important role in spreading Steiner's ideas in Denmark. He published articles in various cultural journals and later delved into the existential philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard with a little distance from anthroposophical work , on which he published a monograph in 1940. In other publications he brought u. a. the whole Bhagavad Gita as well as two essays by Sri Aurobindo and an excerpt from his work The Divine Life in Danish translation.

literature

References

  1. ↑ Klaus J. Bracker: Veda and lively logos. Anthroposophy and integral yoga in dialogue. Frankfurt 2014, p. 223
  2. ↑ Veda and Living Logos. P. 223
  3. ↑ Mirra Alfassa married Paul Richard in 1910.
  4. ↑ Veda and Living Logos. P. 225
  5. ↑ Printed in: Wilfried Huchzermeyer: Sri Aurobindo - Life and Work. Karlsruhe 2010, p. 274
  6. ↑ Veda and Living Logos. P. 225
  7. ↑ Veda and Living Logos. P. 226
  8. ↑ Veda and Living Logos. P. 227
personal data
SURNAME Hohlenberg, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hohlenberg, Johannes Edouard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish writer, artist and anthroposophist
DATE OF BIRTH 1881
DATE OF DEATH 1960