Stephen Flowers

Stephen Edred Flowers ( born May 5, 1953 in Bonham, Texas ), also known under the pen name Edred Thorsson, is an American scholar of German literature, esoteric and occultist Runologe. He is head of the Temple of Set.

Life

Flowers studied from 1973 to 1984 Germanic and Celtic philology at the University of Texas at Austin. His knowledge of the occult he acquired during his studies at the Georg-August -Universität Göttingen. He received his doctorate in 1984 with a study of runes and magic to the Ph.D.. Besides scientific works Flowers also published under the pen name Edred Thorsson several books. For the English edition of Alain de Benoist's work neuheidnischem On being a Pagan ( german Heide being) he wrote the foreword.

He is regarded as a pioneer of the left hand path. In the 1980s, Stephen Flowers by Michael Aquino took over the management of the neo- Satanist association Temple of Set, which has regional groups in Germany and is categorically attributed to the Gnostic- occult Satanism, which interprets the devil as a savior figure.

Flowers, also known under the pen name Edred Thorsson, founder of the American Asatru group "The Troth " is. He was. Carried a book on rune magic from the environment of the Fraternity of Saturn to a follower of Germanic neo-paganism Due to its relations with occult organizations Flowers is often exposed to criticism.

Publications (selection)

Stephen Flowers

  • Runes and Magic: Magical Formulaic Elements in the Elder Runic Tradition, 1987
  • The Galdrabók: an Icelandic Grimoire, 1989
  • Fire & Ice: Magical Teachings of Germany's Greatest Secret Occult Order, 1990
  • Black Runa, 1995
  • Hermetic Magic: The Postmodern Magical Papyrus of Abaris, 1995
  • Green Runa: The Runemaster 's Notebook, 1996
  • Lords of the Left - Hand Path: A History of Spiritual Dissent, 1997
  • Red Runa, 2002
  • Carnal Alchemy: A Sado - Magical Exploration of Pleasure, Pain and Self - Transformation, 2002
  • A Concise Edition of Old English Runic Inscriptions

As Edred Thorsson

  • Futhark: A Handbook of Rune Magic, 1984
  • Handbook of Rune Magic, 2003
  • Runelore: A Handbook of Esoteric Runology, 1987
  • Runelore: Manuel de runology ésotérique, 1999
  • Runes: a handbook of esoteric doctrine runes, 2002
  • Rune Might: Secret Practices of the German Rune Magicians, 1989, 1990
  • A Book of Troth, 1989, 1992
  • The Nine Doors of Midgard, 1991
  • The Nine Gates of Midgard. A magical curriculum of the Rune Guild, 2004
  • The Truth about Teutonic Magic, 1991
  • Book of Ogham: The Celtic Tree Oracle, 1994
  • Green Runa - Shorter Works of Edred Thorsson Vol I (1978-1985), 1996
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