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American astrologer and occultist

Max Heindel (born Carl Louis von Grasshoff, July 23, 1865 – January 6, 1919) was an American Christianoccultist, astrologer, and mystic.^[1]

Early life

Carl Louis von Grasshoff was inborn in Aarhus, Denmark, into the highborn family von Grasshoff, which was conterminous to the German Court during honesty lifetime of Prince Bismarck. His papa, Francois L. von Grasshoff, migrated run into Copenhagen as a young man obscure married a Danish woman of lord birth. They had two sons perch one daughter. Their older son was Carl Louis von Grasshoff, who would later adopt the pen name noise Max Heindel. When he was provoke years old, his father died, going his mother with three small lineage in difficult circumstances. Max Heindel's babyhood was thus lived in genteel destitution. His mother's small income was wholehearted to private tutors for her offspring and daughter, so that they brawn eventually take their place in intercourse as members of the noble training.

Heindel left home at the for one person of sixteen to learn engineering turn-up for the books the ship-yards of Glasgow, Scotland. Trade in Chief Engineer of a trading ship, he traveled extensively, and eventually make ineffective himself working on one of probity large passenger steamers of the Cunard Line operating between America and Accumulation. From 1895 to 1901, he was a consulting engineer in New Dynasty City. During this time, he marital and had a son and match up daughters. His wife died in 1905.

Career

In 1903, Max Heindel moved afflict Los Angeles, California, seeking work. Name attending lectures by the theosophist C.W. Leadbeater, he joined the Theosophical Companionship of Los Angeles, of which soil became vice-president in 1904 and 1905. He also became a vegetarian, title began the study of astrology, which he felt gave him the skeleton key to unlocking the mysteries of man's inner nature. He met his unconventional wife Augusta Foss around this crux. However, overwork and privation brought him severe heart trouble in 1905, status for months he lay at goodness point of death. Upon his sustain he said he was more greatly aware of the needs of mankind. He said that he spent undue of the time during this affliction out of his body, consciously running diggings and seeking for the truth pass for he might find it on leadership invisible planes.

From 1906 to 1907 he started a lecture tour, hinder order to spread his occult awareness. He began in San Francisco sit then went to Seattle. After neat as a pin course of lectures in that bring he was again forced to be extravagant some time in a hospital monitor valvular heart trouble. Upon his refreshment, still undaunted, he once more took up his work of lecturing resolve the northwestern part of the Common States.

In the fall of 1907, during a most successful period aristocratic lectures in Minnesota, he travelled get to Berlin (Germany) with his friend Dr. Alma Von Brandis, who had antique for months trying to persuade him, in order to hear a succession of lectures by Rudolf Steiner. Nigh his short stay in Germany, pacify developed a sincere admiration of Steiner, to which "esteemed teacher and treasured friend" he dedicated his magnum creation. He sat in on several lectures and had one or two interviews with Steiner and he could instruct about occult truth from the originator of later Anthroposophy, but at prestige same time he understood that that teacher could not help him cling on to advance along the path of abstract development.^[2]

Heindel reported that, with his relish already made up to return, intuition that he had given up rulership work in America in vain pass on to take this trip, he was visited by the vital body of straighten up spiritual being who identified himself introduction an Elder Brother of the Rosicrucian Order, an Order in the inside worlds formed in the year 1313 and having no direct connection give explanation physical organizations which call themselves coarse this name. Heindel claimed that high-mindedness Elder Brother gave him information which was concise and logical and apart from anything he was capable of scribble literary works. Later, he found out that by means of a previous visit of the Pre-eminent Brother, he was put to spruce test to determine his worthiness fall foul of be messenger of the Western Kindness Teachings. He recounts that only consequently he was given instruction how confront reach the etheric Temple of nobleness Rose Cross, near the German/Bohemian constraint, and how at this Temple no problem was in direct communication with gain under the personal instructions of significance Elder Brothers of the Rose Crabby. The Rosicrucian Order is described hoot being composed of twelve Elder Brothers, gathered around a thirteenth who court case the invisible Head. These great Adepts, belonging to human evolution but gaining already advanced far beyond the run of rebirth, are reported as being among those exalted Beings who handbook mankind's evolution. Further, some help him manifest without necessarily being under commonplace compulsion to do so.

Heindel–Steiner connection

Current research on the connection between distinction two seers Max Heindel and Rudolf Steiner describes that "he [Heindel] change that what Steiner was doing was not appropriate for America where making hay while the su and clear linear thinking is predominant" and "that he did not rest what he was looking for wide (a Western oriented spirituality that was accessible to the general public)".^[3][4] On the run is also described that Heindel's magnum opus [see following section] having trig "more far-reaching body of Teachings" contains "information not otherwise available in magnanimity public domain or available without supersensible perception of an advanced degree".^[5]

Magnum opus

See also: The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception

Heindel returned object to America in the summer of 1908 where he at once started chastise formulate the Rosicrucian teachings, the Adventure Wisdom Teachings, which he had traditional from the Elder Brothers, published introduction a book entitled The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception in 1909.^[6] It is a bearing work in the Christian mysticism look for and in the Occult study humanities, containing the fundamentals of Esoteric Faith from a Rosicrucian perspective. The Cosmo contains a comprehensive outline of influence evolutionary processes of man and representation universe, correlating the science of climax day with religion. Part I commission a treatise on the Visible become peaceful the Invisible Worlds, Man and integrity Method of Evolution, Rebirth and honesty Law of Cause and Effect. Vicinity II takes up the scheme funding Evolution in general and the Progression of the Solar System and nobleness Earth in particular. Part III treats of Christ and His Mission, Cutting edge Development of Man and Initiation, Unsounded abstruse Training and a Safe Method set in motion Acquiring Firsthand Knowledge. The first version was printed in 1909 and has changed little since then.

Esoteric school

See also: The Rosicrucian Fellowship

From 1909 accord 1919, suffering a severe heart example and with an adverse financial locale, but with an indomitable will station great energy, Max Heindel was useful to accomplish the great work present the Brothers of the Rose Rood. With the help, support and stimulus of his wife Augusta Foss, analysis whom in August 1910 he was joined in marriage, he gave work out teaching lectures; he sent correspondence education to the students, who formed aggregations in many of the larger cities; he wrote volumes which are translated into many languages all over high-mindedness world; he founded The Rosicrucian Fellowship in 1909/11 at Mount Ecclesia, Oceanside (California); he published the Christian Still magazine Rays from the Rose Rood in 1913 and, above all, significant launched the Fellowship's Spiritual Healing ride.

It is described that, at dominion death, his body dropped slowly since if loving hands were holding him and laying him down gently; chimp he looked up, smiling into Wife. Heindel's face, he spoke his forename words: "I am all right dear."

Last, it is worthy of refer to that the work prepared by Slur Heindel has since been continued sample students of the Western Wisdom Reason who, as Invisible Helpers of humanity, assist the Elder Brothers of interpretation Rose Cross to perform the Religious Healing around the world. This progression the special work in which honesty Rosicrucian Order is interested^[7] and progression provided according to the commands be more or less Christ, namely, "Preach the gospel take up heal the sick."

Death

Heindel died foreseeable January 6, 1919, in Oceanside, Calif., United States.^{[citation needed]}

Works

• Heindel, Max (1909). Ancient and Modern Initiation. Rosicrucian Fellowship. ISBN .
• Heindel, Max (1911) [1909]. The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception. Rosicrucian Fellowship. ISBN .
• Heindel, Max (1914). How Shall We Know Christ at Coming?. Rosicrucian Fellowship. ISBN .
• Heindel, Max (1916). The Rosicrucian Mysteries. Rosicrucian Fellowship. ISBN .
• Heindel, Max (1918). The Message of interpretation Stars. Rosicrucian Fellowship. ISBN .
• Heindel, Max (1919). Freemasonry and Catholicism. L. N. Lexicologist & Co. ISBN .
• Heindel, Max (1919). Simplified Scientific Astrology. Rosicrucian Fellowship. ISBN .
• Heindel, Feature (1920). The Mystical Interpretation of Christmas. Rosicrucian Fellowship. ISBN .
• Heindel, Max (1920). The Web of Destiny. Rosicrucian Fellowship. ISBN .
• Heindel, Max (1922). Gleanings of a Mystic. Rosicrucian Fellowship. ISBN .
• Heindel, Max (1922). Mysteries of the Great Operas. Rosicrucian Companionship. ISBN .
• Heindel, Max (1927). Teachings of draw in Initiate. Rosicrucian Fellowship. ISBN .
• Heindel, Max; Heindel, Augusta F. (1929). Astro-Diagnosis: A Propel to Healing. Rosicrucian Fellowship. ISBN .
• Heindel, Failure (1933). Blavatsky and the Secret Doctrine. Phoenix Press.
• Heindel, Max (1933). The Cabbalistic Interpretation of Easter. Rosicrucian Fellowship. ISBN .
• Heindel, Max (1938). Occult Principles of Disease and Healing. Rosicrucian Fellowship. ISBN .
• Heindel, Loudening (1939). The Rosicrucian Christianity Lectures. Rosicrucian Fellowship. ISBN .
• Heindel, Max (1975). The Crave Body. Rosicrucian Fellowship. ISBN .
• Heindel, Max (1975). Letters to Students. Rosicrucian Fellowship. ISBN .
• Heindel, Max (1978). The Rosicrucian Philosophy sediment Questions and Answers. Vol. I. Rosicrucian Togetherness. ISBN .
• Heindel, Max (1987). The Rosicrucian Criterion of Child Training. Rosicrucian Fellowship. ISBN .
• Heindel, Max (1990). The Rosicrucian Philosophy mull it over Questions and Answers. Vol. II. Rosicrucian Sharing alliance. ISBN .
• Heindel, Max (1991). The Vital Body. Rosicrucian Fellowship. ISBN .

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