Peter Michel (writer)

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Peter Michel (born June 25, 1953 in Dresden ) is a German writer of spiritual and esoteric literature and founder and managing director of Aquamarin Verlag .

life and work

Michel and his family fled the GDR via Berlin to Hanover in 1956 . From 1973 to 1981 he studied philosophy , economics , German studies and religious studies at the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University of Hanover , at the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg and the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . He received his doctorate in philosophy in 1981 in Freiburg with a treatise on the mystical sources in the work of Nelly Sachs .

Peter Michel bases his central statements on the classical authors of the Theosophical Society such as Helena Petrovna Blavatsky , Henry Steel Olcott and Charles Webster Leadbeater as well as on representatives of Indian and Tibetan teachings such as Aurobindo Ghose and Anagarika Govinda .

A central writing of Michel is the book World Religion . With reference to the biblical statement that “the spirit blows where it wills” (Jn 3: 8), Michel takes the view that a religion of the future cannot be based on dogmas or regulations or prescribe binding doctrines for its followers. Rather, the future world religion would be a "religion of the heart" in which every single person goes his own personal way to spiritual freedom. Michel works out a “loving spirituality” as important, which is based on tolerance, respect for other people and a real compassion for them.

In 1981, together with Petra Michel, he founded Aquamarin Verlag , in which, in addition to classic esoteric works on astrology , angels and death, he also publishes texts on newer Indian philosophy such as those by Jiddu Krishnamurti and Sri Aurobindo.

Peter Michel is married to the Slovak writer and TV presenter Katarina Michel . Together they published several books, including Spontaneous Healing and 12 Laws of Healing.

Reception and criticism

The Protestant theologian and esoteric specialist Jens Schnabel takes the view that Peter Michel “can be regarded as one of the most prominent representatives of contemporary theosophy.” The esoteric critics Eduard Gugenberger and Roman Schweidlenka emphasize that Michel consciously tries to find new right tendencies in esotericism to counteract this: “In his empirically-scientifically developed books about the theosophical, guruistic and 'spirit-Christian' worldview, the publisher's boss Peter Michel dealt critically with various sub-areas of the same. Auschwitz, racial prejudices and 'German demon' - genetically hard to process esoterically - are still haunted. But Michel believes that he can get over them through his work as well as through his publishing program. "The theologian Ulrich HJ Körtner criticizes Michel's interpretation of karma , which is consistent with Hindu teachings , according to which one has to" wear off one's bad karma through suffering in present life "that one worked in previous lives.

Peter Michel was friends with the physicist Hans-Peter Dürr . One of her talks on science and spirituality was held in 2012 under the title There is no matter! published as a book.

Works

Games

  • Spiritual table discussions , together with Annette Wagner ( ISBN 978-3-89427-365-1 )
  • The chakra practice cards , together with Annette Wagner (oracle cards 3-89427-299-6)
  • Karma and Grace - The Great Reincarnation Game (Oracle Cards 3-89427-055-1)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Michel: Mystical and literary sources in the poetry of Nelly Sachs. Forstinning 1981
  2. ↑ Cf. Peter Michel: “Lama Govindas bridging the gap between cultures.” In: Birgit Zotz (ed.): Tibet's Sachse. Ernst Hoffmann becomes Lama Govinda. Edition Habermann, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-96025-007-4 , pp. 93–99
  3. ↑ Peter Michel: World Religion . Grafing 2001 ISBN 389427168X
  4. ↑ Krishnamurti: Selected Works in Eight Volumes . Aquamarin Verlag 2014, ISBN 978-3-89427-662-1
  5. ↑ Katarina Michel and Peter Michel: Spontaneous healing: Why the impossible happens after all . Grafing 2014, ISBN 978-3894276737
  6. ↑ 12 Laws of Healing - The Background of Health and Disease. Grafing 2011, ISBN 978-3894275600
  7. ↑ Jens Schnabel: The Esoteric Image of Man . Verlag Neukirchener Theologie 2007, ISBN 9783788722555 , p. 80
  8. ↑ Eduard Gugenberger and Roman Schweidlenka: Mother Earth, Magic and Politics. Between fascism and new society. Verlag für Gesellschaftskritik 1987, ISBN 9783900351809 , p. 151
  9. ^ Ulrich HJ Körtner : Body and Life. Bioethical explorations into the human body . Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2010, ISBN 9783525624128 , p. 103
  10. ↑ Hans-Peter Dürr : There is no matter! Crotona Verlag 2012, ISBN 978-3861910282
personal data
SURNAME Michel, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and founder of Aquamarin Verlag
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden