Weida Conference

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At the so-called Weida Conference in August 1925, occult groups and people met in Hohenleuben, Thuringia, near Weida , to appoint Aleister Crowley as chief magus (also "world savior ") of the German occult groups.

Present were members of the Pansophic Society such as Heinrich Tränker , his wife Helene, Albin Grau , Eugen Grosche as well as Karl Germer , Leah Hirsig, Martha Küntzel , Norman Mudd and Aleister Crowley himself. The wealthy Pansophia member Karl Germer came for Crowley's travel expenses who later became a staunch supporter and financier of Crowley.

At the conference, Crowley presented his teaching ( Thelema ). However, he encountered resistance from isolated groups and people, who were directed not only against him, but also against his teachings, especially those of sexual magic . Finally, the confession was agreed:

“The Teacher of the World, whose appearance was announced for this year, which all true seekers - and especially those of the Theosophical Society - have awaited, has appeared at the appointed time in the person of the Master To Mega Therion [di Crowley].

We, the undersigned, have seen with our own eyes and heard with our own ears, and we know, for sure without a lie, that he is in truth the messenger of the word for which the soul of mankind thirsted. "

In the same year, the Tränkers withdrew from this commitment, Norman Mudd followed in 1927 and Leah Hirsig in 1928.

In the course of the conference, the Pansophische Gesellschaft split up , resulting in the Fraternitas Saturni in 1928 . It was directed by Eugen Grosche and is still based today on the teachings of Crowley.

literature

  • Tobias Churton: Aleister Crowley. The biography. Spiritual revolutionary, romantic explorer, occult master - and spy. Watkins, London 2011, ISBN 978-1-78028-012-7 , pp. 289-292.
  • Marco Pasi: Aleister Crowley and the temptation of politics. Acumen, Durham 2014, ISBN 978-1-84465-695-0 , p. 18.
  • Lawrence Sutin: Do what thou wilt. A life of Aleister Crowley. St. Martin's Press, New York 2000, ISBN 0-312-25243-9 , pp. 323-.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Karl RH Frick : The Enlightened. Part 2. Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, Graz 1978, ISBN 3-201-01062-6 , p. 520 f.