Joseph Findel
Gottfried Joseph Gabriel Findel (born October 21, 1828 in Kupferberg ; † November 23, 1905 in Leipzig ) was a German Freemason writer and publisher.
Life
Findel came from a poor background. He went to high school in Bamberg and attended the University of Munich in 1848 , and was investigated the following year because of his involvement in the political movement in 1849. Pardoned after ten months in prison, he broke off his studies and devoted himself to the book trade in Heidelberg, where he also attended lectures at the university. In 1856 he was admitted to Freemasonry in the Masonic Lodge Eleusis for secrecy in Bayreuth .
He later moved to Leipzig, where he joined the Minerva Lodge . After temporarily working as a co-editor of the Illustrierte Zeitung , he founded a publishing business in 1858 with the Masonic newspaper “ Die Bauhütte ”, which he and Rudolf Seydel directed .
In 1860 the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts in the United States made him Honorary Grand Master and representative of Prince Hall Freemasonry in Germany.
As a result of his writing activities, disputes arose which led to his resignation from Freemasonry in Leipzig in 1891, so that in 1898 he became a member of the Johannes Lodge for the rebuilt temple in Ludwigsburg. Reconciliation in Leipzig only came back after his membership of the Phoenix Lodge , which had emerged from the Minerva Lodge .
Works (selection)
- History of Freemasonry from the time of its creation to the present day . Leipzig, Luppe 1861–62 (his main work, translated several times, numerous editions)
- Br Schiffmann and the Grand State Lodge of Germany . Leipzig: JG Findel 1877
- My Masonic Book Collection (1870)
- Humanism, the principle of Freemasonry . Leipzig, 1881
- Principles of Freemasonry in the Life of Nations (2nd ed. 1882);
- Spirit and Form of Freemasonry: Instructions for Brr. Maurer (4th edition 1883)
- Quickborn of the wisdom of life (2nd edition 1860)
- Building blocks for the dietetics of the soul (2nd ed. 1864)
- The Classical Period of German National Literature in the 18th Century (2nd Edition 1873)
- The internal disintegration of social democracy . Leipzig, 1880
- The Jews as Freemasons - to illuminate the current crisis within German Freemasonry . Leipzig, 1893
- Schach-Bismarck or Jesuits and Freemasons (novel) Leipzig: Findel 1894. Edition Corvey: Microfiche -Ausgabe o. J. ISBN 3-628-39583-6
- The Masonic Fight for the Jews and the Settegast'sche Grand Lodge . Leipzig, 1894
- History of the Grand Lodge for the Sun in Bayreuth . Leipzig, Findel 1897
His writings on Freemasonry are published collectively as JG Findel's Writings on Freemasonry , 1882–85, 6 vols. Reprint Vaduz / Liechtenstein: Sänd-Reprints-Verlag, no year.
Web links
- Gottfried Joseph Gabriel Findel at www.findel.de
- Literature by and about Joseph Findel in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann : The politics of sociability: Masonic lodges in German civil society, 1840-1918 . Vol. 141. Critical studies on historical studies Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2000, ISBN 978-3-5253-5911-2 , S. ( [1] on books.google.de)
- ^ William R. Denslow, Harry S. Truman : 10,000 Famous Freemasons from A to J, Part One , Kessinger Publishing, ISBN 1-4179-7578-4
- ↑ Eugen Lennhoff, Oskar Posner, Dieter A. Binder: Internationales Freemaurer Lexikon . Herbig Verlag, 5th edition, ISBN 978-3-7766-2478-6 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Findel, Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Findel, Gottfried Joseph Gabriel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Masonic writer and publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copper mountain |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 23, 1905 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |