Lotusblüten
Lotus flowers (1893-1900) and New Lotus flowers (1908-1913 (1914 /15) ) were published by Franz Hartmann theosophical magazines.
Lotus flowers
The magazine was called actually theLotusblüten, according to today's spelling out the "h" is omitted. She described herself as " A monthly journal containing original articles and selected translations from the oriental literature in relation to the basis of the religions of the East and of Theosophy " ( original quote). The first issue appeared in January 1893 in Leipzig, the last in September 1900, or a total of 98 issues. In each case, six issues were tied to an edition, ie spending from January to June were combined into one large paper, each of which was released in March, as well as the expenses from July to December with Release Date September. Altogether there were 16 volumes. On the title page of the vintages were assigned to the First and Second semester stating the issue numbers. The format corresponded approximately to the present-day DIN A 5 Franz Hartmann acted not only as an editor, but also wrote most of the published article. The total volume amounted during the 8 -year-old show to about 7300 pages, of which about 6100 were written by Hartmann himself and translated from the English, the rest was distributed approximately equally between the letters ( letter box called ) and other authors.
Primarily topics were published around eastern philosophies such as Buddhism, yoga, the Vedas, Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita. But occultism and magic belonged to its repertoire, such as articles on Christian mysticism and of course much about Theosophy.
New Lotus flowers
The new Lotus flower, this time written because of a spelling reform without "h", featured the continuation of the 1901 set in the period until 1907 magazine represents the magazine now described himself as " a bi-monthly journal containing original articles and selected translations from the oriental literature with respect to the religions of the East, occult science, mysticism and theosophy " ( original quote). The first edition was published in June / July 1908 in Leipzig and Berlin, the latest edition was the double issue of November / December 1915 ( Issue 11 /12). During the 8 -year-old show to 1915, the total volume amounted to about 3000 pages, of which about 1,700 Hartmann wrote. About 120 pages fell to the letters to the editor and about 190 other authors. The output in 1913, amounting to around 390 pages, was issued because of Hartmann 's death on August 7, 1912 by Paul Harald Gravell of Jostenoode ( 1856-1932 ).
The content was compared to the lotus flower amended so that now photos were printed, children's stories had found refuge and propagated biographies and obituaries from the Theosophists published. The information density and the " esoteric level," however, did not reach the quality of the first lotus flowers.
Effect
As one of the first magazines the lotuses brought near real esoteric ideas and Eastern philosophies to a broader public in the German-speaking countries. In particular, various yoga techniques, nor acted at that time as secret knowledge, were first announced by a larger audience.