Ariosophic Kabbalah – Paperback

Herbert Reichstein (1892 -1944) was an author and publisher of esoteric and ariosophical writings. In the fall of 1925, he came into contact with members of a Berlin occult group which brought together various esoteric teachings such as chiromancy and astrology. This group formed a part of the ideological conglomerate that Reichstein was still promoting in October 1925 with his newly founded “German Working Group for Human Knowledge and Human Destiny” and the official organ of that organization, the journal “Ariosophie.” Having become greatly influenced by the work of Guido von List, Reichstein felt inspired and empowered to write a “Practical Handbook of Ariosophical Kabbalah,” which he published as a serial during 1930 in his journal “Ariosophie,” and subsequently released in book form as a revised and expanded edition. This work is published here as “Ariosophic Kabbalah.” Reichstein understood that the numerological key used to convert letters into numbers will determine the accuracy of its calculations, and he employed the Hebrew alphabet as such a key. But in Reichstein’s interpretation, additional correspondences are identified between the letters and the 22 Major Arcana of the Tarot, as well as various elements of rune magic following the Kala system of Guido von List.