Wilfried Huchzermeyer

Wilfried Huchzermeyer (* 1949 in Hamburg ) is a German Indologist and publisher.

Live and act

Huchzermeyer studied Indology , Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Hamburg , the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Munster , at the University of Pune and in Los Angeles , where he contributed in 1978 with a dissertation on the subject of the superman Friedrich Nietzsche and Aurobindo Ghose received their doctorate in philosophy. In a further dissertation (Pune 1986) he researched spiritual, philosophical and cultural topics of the Mahabharata.

From 1970 to 1985 he lived frequently at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry . Today he heads the publishing house edition sawitri in Karlsruhe for Sanskrit literature, Indian philosophy and yoga .

Huchzermeyer is the author of numerous books on Indian literature , yoga and other philosophical topics. In numerous works he dedicates himself to the thinking and yoga practice of Sri Aurobindo. He tries to build a bridge from east to west by "proving that European philosophy has a whole tradition of natural and historical philosophical models that correspond to the thoughts of Sri Aurobindo."

Works (selection)

Monographs

• Studies in the Mahabharata. Indian Culture, Dharma and Spirituality in the Great Epic. Karlsruhe 2018, ISBN 978-3-931172-32-9
• Sri Aurobindo's Commentaries on Krishna, Buddha and Christ. Karlsruhe 2017, ISBN 978-3-931172-35-0
• Sri Aurobindo and European Philosophy. Karlsruhe 2015, ISBN 978-3-931172-31-2
• Sri Aurobindo. Life and work. Karlsruhe 2010, ISBN 978-3-931172-29-9
• The yoga lexicon. Sanskrit - Asanas - Biographies - Hinduism - Mythology. Karlsruhe 2009, ISBN 978-3-931172-28-2
• Yogis, yoginis and ascetics in the Mahabharata. Karlsruhe 2008, ISBN 978-3-931172-26-8
• The scriptures of India. History of Sanskrit Literature. Karlsruhe 2003, ISBN 978-3-931172-22-0
• The yoga dictionary. Sanskrit terms, exercise styles, biographies. Karlsruhe 2006, ISBN 978-3-931172-25-1
• Krishnamurti and Taoism. New Age, mysticism, philosophy. Karlsruhe 1991, ISBN 978-3-931172-04-6
• The mother. (Biography about Mirra Alfassa ). Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Society 1986

Essays

• Sri Aurobindo's Commentaries on Buddha and Buddhism. In: Friedhelm Köhler, Friederike Migneco , Benedikt Maria Trappen (eds.): Freedom, Awareness, Responsibility. Festschrift for Volker Zotz for his 60th birthday. Munich: Edition Habermann 2016 ( ISBN 978-3-96025-009-8 ), pp. 183–1888
• Integral Education at Sri Aurobindo In: Aufgang. Yearbook for Thinking - Poetry - Music Volume 10, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-17-022974-7 , pp. 126-135

Web links

• Literature by and about Wilfried Huchzermeyer in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The following biographical information from Friedhelm Köhler , Friederike Migneco , Benedikt Maria Trappen (eds.): Freedom, consciousness, responsibility. Festschrift for Volker Zotz for his 60th birthday. Munich: Edition Habermann 2016 ( ISBN 978-3-96025-009-8 ), p. 409
2. ^ German version of the dissertation: Wilfried Huchzermeyer: Der Übermensch with Friedrich Nietzsche and Sri Aurobindo. Edited and with a detailed afterword by Hans-Joachim Koch. Gladenbach: Hinder and Deelmann 1986 ( ISBN 978-3-87348-123-7 )
3. ↑ http://www.edition-sawitri.de/ueber_uns.html
4. ^ Rudolf Hämmerli: Wilfried Huchzermeyer: Sri Aurobindo and the European philosophy. Newsletter of the Jean Gebser Society 2015/2016, pp. 8–9