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Karl von Eckartshausen

German writer and archivist (1752–1803)

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caption	Karl von Eckartshausen
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birth_place	Haimhausen, Electorate of Bavaria
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death_place	Munich, Electorate of Bavaria
occupation	essayist, philosopher
nationality	German
subject	Religion, mysticism, magic, alchemy

Karl von Eckartshausen (; – ) was a German Catholic mystic, writer, and philosopher.

Early life and education

Karl von Eckartshausen was born in Haimhausen, Bavaria. Eckartshausen studied philosophy and Bavarian civil law in Munich and Ingolstadt.

Career

Von Eckartshausen was the author of The Cloud upon the Sanctuary, a work of Christian mysticism which was later taken up by occultists. It was translated into English by Isabelle de Steiger.

He joined the order of the Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt, but "withdrew his membership soon after discovering that this order only recognized enlightenment through human reason."

Von Eckartshausen was acquainted with Johann Georg Schröpfer, an early pioneer of phantasmagoria, and himself experimented with the use of magic lanterns to create "ghost projections" in front of an audience of four or five people. He died in Munich at the age of 50.

Influence

The Cloud upon the Sanctuary was given a high status in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, particularly by Arthur Edward Waite. It is known to have attracted English author and the founder of Thelema, Aleister Crowley, to the Order.

Publications

4 vols.
Translation of Aufschlüsse zur Magie.

References

Works cited

{{cite web |access-date = 2015-07-27 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180525161956/http://www.ritmanlibrary.com/collection/mysticism/karl-von-eckartshausen-1752-1803-die-innere-kirche-entstund/ |archive-date = 25 May 2018 |url-status = dead

References

The work was translated into Czech by [[Josef Vratislav Monse]] in 1792 under the name {{lang. cs. Odkryté Tagnosti Cžarodegnjckých Kunsstů k Weystraze a Wyvčowánj obecnjho Lidu o Powěrách a sskodliwých Bludech Sepsané w německé Ržeči od Pána z Eckartshausen

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