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Phileas (Montevideo, Marzo 2006) GUÍA BIBLIOGRÁFICA BIBLIOTECA UPASIKA FRANZ HARTMANN (1832-1912) Miembro fundador de la Sociedad Teosófica en Alemania (1896) Fundador de la Orden Rosacruz Esotérica (1888) Miembro de la Guido-von-List-Society Miembro del Rito Masónico de Memphis y Misraím, 33º 90º 95º Co-fundador de la Ordo Templi Orientis (1895) Editor de la revista “Lotusblüten” (1893-1900) Nº 8 Realizada por Frater Phileas (Montevideo, Marzo 2006) 1 SUMARIO Reseña biográfica………………………………………………………………3 Bibliografía por orden cronológico..........………………………………….6 Artículos en orden cronológico……………………………………………..8 Bibliotecas consultadas……………………………………………………...25 2 RESEÑA BIOGRÁFICA Franz Hartmann (1832-1912) fue un célebre escritor teosófico alemán estudioso de las doctrinas de Paracelso, Jakob Böehme y la Tradición Rosacruz. Tradujo el Bhagavad Gita al alemán y escribió numerosos artículos en su revista Lotusblüten. Fue discípulo de Helena Petrovna Blavatsky en la India y testigo de las infames acusaciones del matrimonio Coulomb. Recibió algunas cartas de los Mahatmas referentes a las tareas de la Teosofía en Europa Central. 3 BIBLIOGRAFÍA POR ORDEN CRONOLÓGICO Report of observations made during a nine months' stay at the head- quarters of the Theosophical Society at Adyar (Madras, Scottish Press, 1884) Magic, white and black or, The science of finite and infinite life, containing practical hints for students in occultism (Londres, G. Redway, 1886) Versión en italiano: Magia bianca e nera (Roma, 1983) Versión en portugués: Magia Branca e Magia Negra (Pensamento, 2003) Versión digital en castellano: www.upasika.com An adventure among the Rosicrucians (Boston, Occult Pub. Co., 1887) Esta versión aparece firmada por “a student of occultism” (un estudiante de ocultismo) El libro apareció más tarde como “With the Adepts: an adventure among the Rosicrucians” Versión en castellano: Una aventura en la mansión de los adeptos Rosa- Cruces (Barcelona, Biblioteca Orientalista, 1926) Traducción de Pepita Maynadé y Mateos Versión en italiano: Fra gli adepti (Pesaro, 1912) Posteriormente editado como Un' avventura tra i Rosacroce (TodiCitta di Castello, 1925) Versión digital en castellano: www.upasika.com The life of Philippus Theophrastus, Bombast of Hohenheim, known by the name of Paracelsus: and the substance of his teachings (Londres, George Redway, 1887) Versión en italiano: Il mondo magico di Paracelso: la vita e le dottrine di Philippus Theophrastus di Hohenheim conosciuto sotto il nome di Paracelso, estratte e tradotte dalla sua rara (Roma, 1982) Versión digital en castellano: Sólo existe un extracto disponible titulado “Los elementales” en www.upasika.com The life of Jehoshua, the prophet of Nazareth. An occult study and a key to the Bible (Boston, Banner of light publishing co., 1888) Versión en castellano: Vida de Jehoshua, el profeta de Nazaret: estudio oculto y clave de la Biblia, conteniendo la historia de un iniciado (Buenos Aires, Kier, 1959) Versión digital en castellano: www.upasika.com Cosmology or Universal Science. Containing the mysteries of the universe... explained... by means of the secret symbols of the Rosicrucians... Translated... and provided with a dictionary of occult terms (Boston, Occult Publishing Co., 1888) Versión en castellano: Los símbolos secretos de los rosacruces (Editado por AMORC) Versión en italiano: I simboli segreti dei Rosacroce (Milán, 1945) Versión digital en inglés: Hay una versión incompleta en la página de la CRC, http://www.crcsite.org/sscontent.htm bajo el título Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians of the 16th & 17th Centuries 4 The principles of astrological geomancy (Londres, Theosophical Publishing Company, 1889) Versión en castellano: Principios de geomancia astrológica (Barcelona, Obelisco, 2000) Versión digital en castellano: www.upasika.com Versión digital en portugués: www.upasika.com Theosophia: or divine wisdom (Londres, Theosophical Publishing Society, 1889) Incluye el texto de J. Campbell ver Planck “Theosophy in daily life” In the pronaos of the temple of wisdom. Containing the history of the true and false Rosicrucians. With an introduction into the mysteries of the Hermetic philosophy (Londres, Theosophical Publishing Society, 1890) Versión en italiano: Sulla soglia del santuario: analisi della storia dei veri e dei falsi : Rosa+Croce (Roma, 2002) Otra versión lleva el título de Nel vestibolo del tempio della saggezza (Casalgrande, 1999) Versión en castellano: En el pórtico del Templo de la Sabiduría Cremation: The power to heal (Londres, Theosophical Publication Society, 1890) Capital punishment: The old, old story (Londres, Theosophical Publ. Society, 1890) The Talking Image of Urur (Nueva York, J. W. Lovell Co., 1890) Publicado originalmente en “Lucifer” desde Enero 1888 a Enero 1889 The kingdom of light and the secret of love (Londres, Theosophical Publishing House, 1891) El libro también incluye un trabajo de Katherine Hillard: “Evolution and the monad” Versión digital en castellano: www.upasika.com The life and doctrines of Jacob Boehme (1891) Publicado también bajo el título Personal Christianity : the doctrines of Jacob Boehme (Nueva York, Macoy Publishing Co., 1919) Versión en italiano: ll mondo magico di Jacob Boehme, il filosofo ispirato da Dio (Roma, 1982) Versión digital en portugués: www.upasika.com The philosophy of self-knowledge or, the mystery of the three worlds revealing itself in man (Londres, Theosophical Publication Society, 1892) Die Bhagavad Gita (Braunschweig, 1892) Occult Science in Medicine (Londres, Theosophical Publishing Society, 1893) 5 Versión en castellano: Ciencia oculta en la medicina (Barcelona, Biblioteca Orientalista, 1925) Traducido del inglés por A. F. G. Versión digital en castellano: www.upasika.com Occult Science in Medicine (Londres, Theosophical Publishing Society, 1893) Versión en castellano: Ciencia oculta en la medicina (Barcelona, Biblioteca Orientalista, 1925) Traducido del inglés por A. F. G. Versión digital en castellano: www.upasika.com Theophrastus Paracelsus als Mystiker: ein Versuch, die in den Schriften von Theophrastus Paracelsus verborgene Mystik durch das Licht der in den Veden der Inder enthaltenen Weisheitslehren anschaulich zu mac (Leipzig, 1894) Die Feuerbestattung betrachtet vom Standpunkte der Religionen des Ostens. Vortrag, etc. (1895) Gedanken über die Theosophie und die "Theosophische Gesellschaft." (1895) Tattwa Bodha (Daseinserkenntnis) von Sankaracharya. Aus dem Sanskrit übersetzt von F. Hartmann (Leipzig, 1895) Mystik und Weltende (1895) Selbsterkenntnis und Wiederverkörperung (1895) Die Geheimlehre in der Christlichen Religion nach den Erklärungen von Meister Eckhart (Leipzig, 1895) No hemos podido comprobarlo, pero seguramente este texto corresponde a los artículos publicados en “Lucifer” como The Foundation of Christian Mysticism (acc to Master Eckhart) (Marzo-Abril-Junio-Julio-Setiembre 1893) Among the gnomes: an occult tale of adventure in the Untersberg (Londres, T. Fisher Unwin, 1895) Versión en castellano: Entre los gnomos: El relato mágico de unas aventuras en el Untersberg (Barcelona, Obelisco, 1998) Buried Alive (Boston, Occult publishing co., 1895). Publicado posteriormente como Premature burial (Londres, Swan Sonnenschein, 1896) Die christliche Mystik. Ausgewählte Verse aus Angelus Silesius ... "Der Cherubinische Wandersmann." Systematisch zusammengestellt (Leipzig, 1897) Karma, oder Wissen, Wirken und Werden, etc. (Leipzig, 1897) 6 Theosophie in China. Betrachtungen über das Tao-Teh-King ... Aus dem Chinesischen des Lao-tze übersetzt von Dr F. Hartmann (Leipzig, 1897) Denkwürdige Erinnerungen (Leipzig, 1898) Die Religionslehre der Buddhisten (Leipzig, Bibliothek esoterischer Schriften, 1898) Okkultismus. Was ist er? Was will er? Wie erreicht er sein Ziel?: eine unparteiische Rundfrage, mit Antworten (Berlin, P. Zillmann, 1898) Escrito en colaboración con Ferdinand Maack Grundriss der Lehren des Theophrastus Paracelsus von Hohenheim: vom religionswissenschaftlichen Standpunkte betrachtet (Leipzig, Wilhelm Friedrich, 1898) Kurzgefasster Grundriss der Geheimlehre (Leipzig, 1899) Die Medizin des Theophrastus Paracelsus von Hohenheim: Vom wissenschaftlichen Standpunkte Betrachtet (Leipzig, W. Friedrich, 1899) Betrachtungen über die Mystik in Goethes "Faust." (Leipzig, 1900) Tao-Teh-King-Der Weg, die Wahrheit und das Licht. Aus dem Chinesischen des Lao-tze übersetzt von Dr. F. Hartmann (1900) Mysterien, Symbole, und magisch wirkende Kräfte (Leipzig, 1902) Cagliostro (Sin datos de edición, 1910) The dweller of the threshold (Adyar, Theosophical Publishing House, 1920) Adyar pamphlet no. 115 - Publicado originalmente en “The Theosophist”, Diciembre 1889. Die Erkenntnislehre der Bhagavad Gita im Lichte der Geheimlehre betrachtet. Ein Beitrag zum Studium derselben (Sin datos adicionales) Esoterische Astrologie: die zwölf Zeichen des Zodiaks und deren Bedeutung (Sin datos adicionales) Otros textos No hemos podido ubicar el título original de las siguientes obras publicadas en castellano e italiano: La curación del cuerpo por el poder espiritual (Barberà del Vallès, Humanitas, 1996) 7 Rosacruces y alquimistas (Barcelona: Biblioteca Orientalista, 1926) Traducción de Salvador Valera L' elisir di lunga vita ed altri scritti di medicina spagirica e di studi iniziatici (Nápoles, 1962) La scienza e la sapienza spirituale (Roma, 1906) L' iniziazione dei Rosacroce (La Spezia, 1989) 8 ARTÍCULOS EN ORDEN CRONOLÓGICO Devachan (Explanations of Fragments of Occult Truth) (Publicado en “The Theosophist”, Mayo 1883) Reason & Intuition (Publicado
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