Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels
Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels | |
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Born | Adolf Josef Lanz 19 July 1874 |
Died | 22 April 1954 | (aged 79)
Nationality | Austrian |
Other names | Lanz von Liebenfels |
Known for | Racist and occult ideas |
Adolf Josef Lanz (19 July 1874 – 22 April 1954), also known under his
Early life
He was born on 19 July 1874 in the Penzing district of Vienna in what was then Austria-Hungary, as the son of schoolmaster Johann Lanz and his wife Katharina, née Hoffenreich. His parents were middle class, and his father's ancestors had been burghers in Vienna since the early 18th century.[2] His mother was believed to have been of Jewish ancestry, making him fail his own racial criteria. Consequently, he claimed to be the son of Baron Johannes Lancz de Liebenfels and began to call himself "Baron Adolf Georg (Jörg) Lanz Von Liebenfels Ph.D."[3]
As a young boy, he was fascinated by the myth of the Holy Grail.[4]
Liebenfels became a
Work with Theozoology
In 1905, he published his book Theozoölogie oder die Kunde von den Sodoms-Äfflingen und dem Götter-Elektron
One year later, in 1905, Liebenfels founded the magazine Ostara, Briefbücherei der Blonden und Mannesrechtler, of which he became the sole author and editor in 1908. Liebenfels himself claimed to have up to 100,000 subscribers, but it is generally agreed that this figure is grossly exaggerated. Readers of this publication included
As a student of Guido von List, Liebenfels further expanded his theories;[8] other influences included Otto Weininger, of whom Liebenfels was a fervent follower, and Helena Blavatsky.[1]
Secret Society Order of the New Templars
The Order of the New Templars – Ordo Novi Templi (ONT) was a
Members used code names so that betrayal was difficult.[9]
Lanz functioned as ideologue and agitator of the group, justifying violence and punishments such as castration in order to establish a
Interactions with Aryan societies
This section relies largely or entirely on a single source. (April 2023) |
In 1905 Liebenfels and some 50 other supporters of List signed a declaration endorsing the proposed
After Hitler's rise to prominence in the 1920s, Liebenfels tried to be recognized as one of his
One shall remember that the
fascist movements are basically offspring of Ostara.[10]
Publications
In his publications, Liebenfels mixed völkisch and anti-semitic ideas with
- Katholizismus wider Jesuitismus ("Catholicism versus Jesuitism"), Frankfurt, 1903
- Anthropozoon biblicum, in Vjschr. für Bibelkunde 1, 1903/1904
- Zur Theologie der gotischen Bibel ("Regarding the Theology of the Gothic Bible") in Vjschr. für Bibelkunde 1, 1903/1904
- Theozoologie oder die Kunde von den Sodoms-Äfflingen und dem Götter-Elektron ("Theozoology, or the Account of the Sodomite Apelings and the Divine Electron"), Vienna, (1905)
- von Liebenfels, Lanz (1904). Theozoölogie oder die Kunde von den Sodoms-Äfflingen und dem Götter-Elektron (in German) – via The Internet Archive.
- von Liebenfels, Lanz. Theozoology or the science of the Sodomite Apelings and the Divine Electron – via The Internet Archive.
- von Liebenfels, Lanz (1904). Theozoölogie oder die Kunde von den Sodoms-Äfflingen und dem Götter-Elektron (in German) – via The Internet Archive.
- Das Breve "Dominus ac redemptor noster", Frankfurt, 1905
- Der Taxilschwindel. Ein welthistorischer Ulk, Frankfurt, 1905
- Ostara (magazine), 89 or 100 issues, Rodaun and Mödling, 1905–17 (38 issues were republished in Vienna between 1926 and 1931)
- Kraus und das Rassenproblem ("Kraus and the Race Problem"), in Der Brenner 4, 1913/1914
- Weltende und Weltwende, ("World's End and World's Turn"), Lorch, 1923
- Grundriss der ariosophischen Geheimlehre ("Outline of the Ariosophic Secret Teachings"), Oestrich, 1925
- Der Weltkrieg als Rassenkampf der Dunklen gegen die Blonden ("The World War as a Race Fight Between the Dark and the Blondes"), Vienna, 1927
- Bibliomystikon oder die Geheimbibel der Eingeweihten ("Bibliomystikon, or the Secret Bible of the Initiated"), 10 volumes, Pforzheim and elsewhere, 1929–1934
- Praktisch-empirisches Handbuch der ariosophischen Astrologie ("Practical-empirical Handbook of Ariosophic Astrology"), Düsseldorf, 1926–34
- Jakob Lorber. Das grösste ariosophische Medium der Neuzeit, Düsseldorf, 1926, 4 Bänden.
- von Liebenfels, Lanz (1926). Das Buch der Psalmen Teutch [The Book of the Teutonic Psalms] – via The Internet Archive.
See also
- Antisemitism
- Eugenics
- German mysticism
- Nazi occultism
- Nazism
- Schutzstaffel
- Theosophy
References
- ^ a b c Goodrick-Clarke 2006, p. 674.
- ^ Goodrick-Clarke 2004, p. 90f.
- ^ Hamann 2010, p. 216.
- ^ a b c d De Groot 1998, p. 231.
- ^ Goodrick-Clarke 2006, p. 673.
- ^ LANZ-LIEBENFELS, J. (1905). Theozoologie, oder Die Kunde von den Sodomsäfflingen und dem Götter-Elektron eine Einführung in die älteste und neueste Weltanschauung und eine Rechtfertigung des Fürstentums und des Adels. Wien, Moderner Verlag.
- ^ De Groot 1998, pp. 236–237.
- ^ Goodrick-Clarke 2006, p. 675.
- ^ a b c Hieronymus 1996.
- ^ "Ostara 01- 05". Ostara (in German). Vol. III, no. 1. p. 3.
Bibliography
- Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas (2006). "Lanz von Liebenfels, Jörg (Adolf Josef Lanz)". In Wouter Hanegraaff (ed.). Dictionary of Gnosis and Western Esotericism. Brill.
- De Groot, Jan Willem (1998). "Gnosis en raszuiverheid: De ariosofie van Lanz von Liebenfels". De hang naar zuiverheid: de cultuur van het moderne Europa. Het Spinhuis. pp. 223–249.
- Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas (2004). The Occult Roots of Nazism. Taurus Parke Paperbacks. ISBN 1-86064-973-4.
- Hieronymus, Ekkehard (1996), "Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels", Handbuch zur "Völkischen Bewegung" 1871-1918, Berlin, Boston: K. G. Saur Verlag, ISBN 9783110964240, retrieved 2022-04-29
- ISBN 978-1-84885-277-8.
- Joachim C. Fest: Hitler, p. 169f & 175f, Book I (chapter 2 & 3)
- Ekkehard Hieronimus: Lanz von Liebenfels. Eine Biographie, Toppenstedt, 1991
- Anton Maegerle, Peter Paul Heller: Thule. Vom völkischen Okkultismus bis zur Neuen Rechten, Stuttgart, 1995
- Wilfried Daim: Der Mann, der Hitler die Ideen gab (1st ed.: 1957; 2nd. ed.: 1985; 3rd ed.: 1994)