Rudolf John Gorsleben

Rudolf John Gorsleben

Rudolf John Gorsleben (16 March 1883 23 August 1930) was a German Ariosophist, Armanist (practitioner of the Armanen runes), journal editor and playwright.

Life

Gorsleben was born in Metz. During World War I, he fought in a German unit stationed in the Ottoman Empire. He formed the Edda Society (Edda-Gesellschaft) and wrote the book Hoch-Zeit der Menschheit (The Zenith of Humanity), first published in 1930. It is known as "The Bible of Armanism" and has been translated into English by Karl Hans Welz.[1]

Gorsleben died in Bad Homburg of a chronic heart complaint.[2]

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Gorsleben's Periodicals

Written works

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