Karl Brandler splendor

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Karl Brandler-Pracht (aka Karl Pracht , pseudonym Johannes Balzli ; born February 11, 1864 in Vienna , † September 10, 1939 in Berlin ) was an Austrian actor , author and astrologer .

Live and act

Karl Brandler-Pracht grew up in Vienna. After taking acting classes, he performed in Germany and the United States. His last engagement was in Basel . He came into contact with astrology in the last few years of his time as an actor . In Basel he is said to have been in a spiritualistic circle in which a medium revealed to him that his life's task would be to revive and renew astrology.

Brandler-Pracht founded astrological research groups and associations in various cities, for example the Austrian Astrological Society and the Astrological Society in Vienna in 1908 (renamed First Astrological Society in 1925), in Berlin in 1913, and in St. Gallen, Zurich, Munich, Leipzig and Hamburg in 1914 . In 1920 he was a co-founder of the Astrological Society. V. in Berlin. He also founded several magazines: in 1907 the Zentralblatt für Occultismus , 1909 Prana , 1910 the Astrologische Rundschau and the Hohe Warte , 1914 Psyche and the Astrologische Blätter and in 1910 initiated the book series Astrological Library . Prandler-Pracht lived in Switzerland during the First World War. In 1918 he returned to Berlin. He later lived in Munich, Frankfurt am Main, Vienna and Salzburg.

Fonts

  • Mathematically instructive textbook on astrology. Star interpretation at the time of birth , 1905.
  • Text-book on the development of occult forces in man , 1907.
  • Astrological aphorisms , 1910.
  • Astrology, etc. The Tatwas and its meaning for practical life , 1911.
  • The Famulus. A romantic tragedy in 5 acts (6 elevators) , Berlin-Pankow 1919.
  • The New Man and the Basics of his Weltanschauung , Berlin 1920.
  • The flood is coming again! Evidence of the return of the great world catastrophe based on astronomical-geological findings , Berlin 1920.
  • Astrological collection for self-study, The practical astrologer, Volume 6: Celestial influences u. human skill , Linser-Verlag, Berlin 1922.

literature

  • Uwe Schellinger, “The birth of an astrologer. The astrologer and occultist Karl Brandler-Pracht (1864–1939) in his time in Ortenau ”, in: Geroldsecker Land. Yearbook of a Landscape , 51, 2009, pp. 92-105.
  • Konrad Feilchenfeldt (Ed.), German Literature Lexicon. The 20th Century, Biographical-Bibliographical Handbook . Third volume. Zurich and Munich 2001, Sp. 569-571.
  • Claudia von Schierstedt, Karl Brandler-Pracht - the resuscitator and new founder of German astrology , Meridian 5/1996.

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personal data
SURNAME Brandler splendor, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Splendor, Karl; Balzli, Johannes (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor, author and astrologer
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH September 10, 1939
Place of death Berlin