Max Seiling

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Max Seiling (1852–1928) was a German engineer and writer.

Life and career[edit]

Born in Mittenwald, Max Seiling emigrated, after having studied in München, to the Grand Duchy of Finland where he became a professor at a polytechnic school. Because of this activity, he was promoted to Privy Councillor of the Russian crown.[1]

Seiling was involved in the anthroposophist movement and was initially an enthusiastic supporter, but eventually became one of their most ardent opponents. In his later years, he became a devout Roman Catholic.[2] His wife was Helene Seiling, who wrote a cookbook for vegetarians.[3]

Seiling died in Speyer.

Works[edit]

  • Mainlander: Ein Neuer Messias (München, 1888)
  • Meine Erfahrungen auf dem Gebiet des Spiritismus 1898
  • Goethe und der Materialismus (Leipzig, 1904)
  • Theosophie und Christentum (Berlin, 1910)
  • Richard Wagner (Leipzig, 1911)
  • Ernst Haeckel und der „Spiritismus“, Ein Protest (1914)
  • Goethe als Okkultist (Leipzig, 1919)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rudolf Steiner Gesamtausgabe. Sinzheim: Druckhaus Nomos. 2007. p. 319. ISBN 978-3-7274-0691-1.
  2. ^ "Anthroposophie in Deutschland, dubiose Quellen". Zander Zitiert.
  3. ^ Staudenmaier, Ludwig. Die Magie als experimentelle Naturwissenschaft. p. 17.