Stephen Flowers

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Stephen Edred Flowers (born May 5, 1953 in Bonham, Texas ), also known under the pseudonym Edred Thorsson , is an American philologist of German studies , esoteric runologist and occultist . He is the head of the Temple of Set .

Life

Marks of the rune school Rune-Gild with older Futhark and Triskele

Flowers studied Germanic and Celtic Philology at the University of Texas at Austin from 1973 to 1984 . During his studies at the Georg-August University in Göttingen , he acquired knowledge of occultism. He received his PhD in 1984 with a study of runes and magic for Ph.D. In addition to scientific work, Flowers also published several books under the pseudonym Edred Thorsson . For English by Alain de Benoist's neuheidnischem work On being a Pagan (dt. Heide His ) he wrote the foreword. In 1980 Flowers founded the esoteric rune school Rune-Gild with the aim of reviving and promoting runic magic with the runes of the older rune series .

Flowers is considered the thought leader of the left hand path . In the 1980s Stephen Flowers took over the leadership of the neo-satanist association Temple of Set from Michael Aquino , which also maintains regional groups in Germany and is categorically assigned to gnostic- occult Satanism , which interprets the devil as a redeemer figure.

Flowers, also known under the pseudonym Edred Thorsson, is the founder of the American Asatru group " The Troth ". He became a supporter of Germanic neo-paganism through a book on runic magic from the Fraternitas Saturni . Flowers is often criticized for its relationships with occult organizations.

Publications (selection)

Stephen Flowers

  • Runes and Magic: Magical Formulaic Elements in the Elder Runic Tradition, 1987
  • The Galdrabók: an Icelandic Grimoire , 1989
  • Fire & Ice: Magical Teachings of Germany's Greatest Secret Occult Order, 1990
  • Black Rûna, 1995
  • Hermetic Magic: The Postmodern Magical Papyrus of Abaris, 1995
  • Green Rûna: The Runemaster's Notebook, 1996
  • Lords of the Left-Hand Path: A History of Spiritual Dissent, 1997
  • Red Rûna, 2002
  • Carnal Alchemy: A Sado-Magical Exploration of Pleasure, Pain and Self-Transformation, 2002
  • A Concise Edition of Old English Runic Inscriptions

As Edred Thorsson

  • Futhark : A Handbook of Rune Magic, 1984
  • Handbook of Runic Magic , 2003
  • Runelore: A Handbook of Esoteric Runology, 1987
  • Runelore: Manuel de runologie ésotérique, 1999
  • Runic Studies: A Handbook of Esoteric Runic Doctrine , 2002
  • Rune Might: Secret Practices of the German Rune Magicians, 1989, 1990
  • A Book of Troth, 1989, 1992
  • The Nine Doors of Midgard , 1991
  • The Nine Gates of Midgard. A Magical Curriculum from the Runes Guild , 2004
  • The Truth about Teutonic Magic, 1991
  • Book of Ogham : The Celtic Tree Oracle, 1992
  • Green Rûna - Shorter Works of Edred Thorsson Vol. I (1978-1985), 1996
  • At The Well of Wyrd 1988 reprinted & retitled Runecaster's Handbook: The Well of Wyrd, 1999

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.rune-gild.org/
  2. ↑ Michaela Huber: Trauma and the consequences. Trauma and trauma treatment, part 1. Paderborn: Junfermann, 3rd edition 2007 ISBN 978-3-87387-510-4 . P. 184.
  3. ↑ Sebastian Berndt: God hates the disciples of lies: An attempt on metal and Christianity: Metal as a social phenomenon of time with ethical and religious implications. Verlag Tredition 2012. ISBN 978-3847270904 . P. 94 and p. 96
  4. ↑ Sebastian Berndt: God hates the disciples of lies: An attempt on metal and Christianity: Metal as a social phenomenon of time with ethical and religious implications. Verlag Tredition 2012. ISBN 978-3847270904 . P. 143
personal data
SURNAME Flowers, Stephen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Flowers, Stephen Edred (full name); Thorsson, Edred (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American philologist in German studies, esoteric runologist and occultist
DATE OF BIRTH May 5th 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonham , Texas , United States