-- [ From: Richard Brem * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- >"Adnoten": The concept of "Gruppenseele" seems to have been a >major issue in occultism in the 20s - at a time, when EJ had a deep >interest in the occult. >[Thomas Friese] How specifically does this interest of his become >apparent in that period (briefly)? "Das Abenteuerliche Herz. Erste Fassung" (1929) records EJ's interest in the occult in some detail. See also his explicit reference on 8 October 1942: "Paris ... Abends bei Beres, dort Buecher angesehen. Ich kaufte den alten 'Malleus Maleficarum' von Sprenger, und zwar in der Venetianischen Ausgabe von 1574 - eine Erwerbung, die mich vor zwanzig Jahren lebhafter ergoetzt haette, als ich zugleich mit dem Studium der Raeusche mit dem des Zauber- und Daemonenwesens beschaeftigt war." >[Thomas Friese] Lastly, does no-one really know where Junger's >wrote "Technology is the metaphysics of the 20th century."? I can't >believe that! !!? I don't know the exact source, but "Der Arbeiter" # 46f. comes pretty close. Regards, RBR
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