Pansophic society

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The Pansophische Gesellschaft (also Pansophische Societät or Pansophia ) was a German neo-Rosicrucian movement that was constituted in Berlin in 1921. At first it was a study group of people interested in esotericism . The study group, which meets regularly, was headed by Heinrich Tränker (Master Recnartus), who felt committed to Rosicrucianism and was a member of the Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO). Later the study group was converted into a lodge , which was to tie in with the ideas of pansophy . Tränker had commissioned Eugen Grosche, who received the initiation ordination from him and the lodge name Gregor A. Gregorius , to found the Pansophische Lodge, in which Eugen Grosche became lodge secretary. After that, all German Rosicrucian lodges that were subordinate to Tränker joined the Pansophic Grand Lodge of Germany in the Orient Berlin . Master of the chair was Albin Grau (Master Pacitius).

Lodge work

The lodge work concentrated among other things on Gnosis , ancient mysteries of Greece, Babylon and Egypt, problems of philosophy and religious studies , Kabbalah and cosmosophy . However, from the records of the lodge it is also clear that the sexual mysticism and magic developed in the OTO were also carried on into pansophy by drinkers.

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The split of the Pansophische Lodge (not its dissolution) occurred in 1925 after a previous meeting of groups and individuals at the Weida Conference . From some of the members, under the leadership of Eugen Grosche, the Fraternitas Saturni was formed by 1928 , which was more closely based on the teachings of Aleister Crowley and made the sexual magic handed down by Tränker from the OTO an important part of its teaching. Tränker is said to have continued his Pansophische Lodge and to have maintained contacts with Rosicrucian groups in America.

Other pansophists

In 1995 another magical-occult lodge in Northern Germany took on the name "Pansophische Gesellschaft". However, this society had no traditional or ideological connection with the one headed by Tränker. (This Pansophic Society has since changed its name.)

In 2000, another Pansophic Society appeared, which should not be confused with the two previous ones. The goals of this Pansophic Society (also called Pansophia) tie in with the original ideas of Comenius and work towards reconnecting the different fields of science with magic.

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  1. ^ Marco Pasi: Ordo Templi Orientis. In: Wouter J. Hanegraaff (Ed.): Dictionary of Gnosis & Western Esotericism. Brill, Leiden 2006, ISBN 978-90-04-15231-1 , p. 904.
  2. ^ A. Hemberger: Pansophie and Rosenkreuz.

literature

To the Pansophic Society (I)

  • Hans-Jürgen Glowka: German occult groups 1875 - 1937. Working group for religious a. Weltanschauungsfragen, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-921513-54-5 . (Hiram Edition 12)
  • Adolf Hemberger : Pansophy and Rosenkreuz. Volume 3, self-published, Giessen 1974, OCLC 312341443 .

To Heinrich Tränker (Mstr. Recnartus)