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Georg Dehn (born 1954 in Eich (Rheinhessen)) is a German western-esoteric scholar, known for a modern editing and compilation of the medieval grimoire The Book of Abramelin. [1] [2] [3] [4]

The Book of Abramelin

The background of Dehn's search for the original manuscript was that the version of the German ritual used by Aleister Crowley at Boleskine House, translated from French by Samuel Mathers was considered incomplete by later occultists. Mathers' version describes a 6-month ritual, while the full ritual as translated from German would last 18 months. [5]

Dehn's initial research on the full manuscript began around 1981 in Alexandria, leading him to seeking for the remains of the original manuscript in library archives spread across Europe, including the Bodleian Library. Throughout the 1980s he distributed the manuscript in hand-written format at shamanistic gatherings in Germany. At a gathering at the Externsteine 1984 he was encouraged to publish his findings as a book. Among those encouraging and at times contributing to the reconstruction of the complete ritual were Sergius Golowin, Hans Biedermann and Alex Sanders. [6]

The first edition from 1995, titled "Buch Abramelin", provides a synoptic reconstruction of the original text, considering the oldest known manuscripts and prints. At this time Dehn had not yet discovered the oldest German manuscript in Wolfenbüttel from 1608. [7] It was only in the second edition in 2001 that this Aramaic version, along with its reprint, was integrated into the text, both contextually and with the guidance and translation of the state Rabbi of Saxony Salomon Almekias-Siegl.

In the original manuscript, Abraham recounts how he found Abramelin the Mage living in the desert outside an Egyptian town, Arachi or Araki, which borders the Nile river. Dehn claims that his Abramelin expedition in February and March 1999 lead him, after reviewing old maps, to rediscover the original location of Araki in Upper Egypt, between Nag Hammadi and Luxor.

An English translation was published in 2006. [8]

Social and political work

Dehn is a founding member of the German party Alliance 90/The Greens, and in 1982 became their first member in the council of the city of Worms, Germany. [ citation needed]

Dehn co-founded Open Air Hamm [ de] in 1970, which is one of the oldest music festivals in Europe.

Bibliography

Books

  • Abraham von Worms, Georg Dehn (ed.): Buch Abramelin, das ist die egyptischen grossen Offenbarungen oder des Abraham von Worms Buch der wahren Praktik in der uralten göttlichen Magie, Araki Verlag, 1995.
  • Abraham von Worms. The Book of Abramelin: A New Translation. Compiled and edited by Georg Dehn. Translated by Steven Guth. Foreword by Lon Milo DuQuette. Ibis Press, Lake Worth, 2006.

References

  1. ^ Dukes, Ramsey (2019). The Abramelin Diaries. London: Aeon Books Ltd. pp. 11–13, 198. ISBN  978-1-91159-719-3.
  2. ^ Katz, Marcus (2011). After the Angel. An Account of the Abramelin Operation. Keswick: Forge Press. pp. 13, 99, 159. ISBN  979-8-83507-695-6.
  3. ^ Keith, Cantú (2016). Roukema, Aren (ed.). "Abraham von Worms. The Book of Abramelin: A New Translation". Correspondences. 4. London: 134–137. ISSN  2053-7158.
  4. ^ Rons, Ian (16 May 2010). "Review: The Book of Abramelin: A New Translation". The Magickal Review. Archived from the original on 2013-12-08.
  5. ^ DuQuette, Lon Milo; Shoemaker, David (2020). Llewellyn's Complete Book of Ceremonial Magic. Woodbury, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications. ISBN  978-0-73876-082-7.
  6. ^ Röth, Berthold (2023). Regenbogenkrieger. Zürich: Wolfbach Verlag. pp. 65, 205–206, 374f. ISBN  978-3-906929-67-5.
  7. ^ Abraham ben Simon bar Juda ben Simon: Das Buch der wahren Praktik von der alten Magia. Anno 1608. Wolfenbüttel, Codex Guelfibus 47.13 Aug. 4°
  8. ^ Georg Dehn: The Book of Abramelin: A New Translation. Translated by Steven Guth. Red Wheel Weiser, 2006, ISBN 0-89254-127-X.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Georg Dehn (born 1954 in Eich (Rheinhessen)) is a German western-esoteric scholar, known for a modern editing and compilation of the medieval grimoire The Book of Abramelin. [1] [2] [3] [4]

The Book of Abramelin

The background of Dehn's search for the original manuscript was that the version of the German ritual used by Aleister Crowley at Boleskine House, translated from French by Samuel Mathers was considered incomplete by later occultists. Mathers' version describes a 6-month ritual, while the full ritual as translated from German would last 18 months. [5]

Dehn's initial research on the full manuscript began around 1981 in Alexandria, leading him to seeking for the remains of the original manuscript in library archives spread across Europe, including the Bodleian Library. Throughout the 1980s he distributed the manuscript in hand-written format at shamanistic gatherings in Germany. At a gathering at the Externsteine 1984 he was encouraged to publish his findings as a book. Among those encouraging and at times contributing to the reconstruction of the complete ritual were Sergius Golowin, Hans Biedermann and Alex Sanders. [6]

The first edition from 1995, titled "Buch Abramelin", provides a synoptic reconstruction of the original text, considering the oldest known manuscripts and prints. At this time Dehn had not yet discovered the oldest German manuscript in Wolfenbüttel from 1608. [7] It was only in the second edition in 2001 that this Aramaic version, along with its reprint, was integrated into the text, both contextually and with the guidance and translation of the state Rabbi of Saxony Salomon Almekias-Siegl.

In the original manuscript, Abraham recounts how he found Abramelin the Mage living in the desert outside an Egyptian town, Arachi or Araki, which borders the Nile river. Dehn claims that his Abramelin expedition in February and March 1999 lead him, after reviewing old maps, to rediscover the original location of Araki in Upper Egypt, between Nag Hammadi and Luxor.

An English translation was published in 2006. [8]

Social and political work

Dehn is a founding member of the German party Alliance 90/The Greens, and in 1982 became their first member in the council of the city of Worms, Germany. [ citation needed]

Dehn co-founded Open Air Hamm [ de] in 1970, which is one of the oldest music festivals in Europe.

Bibliography

Books

  • Abraham von Worms, Georg Dehn (ed.): Buch Abramelin, das ist die egyptischen grossen Offenbarungen oder des Abraham von Worms Buch der wahren Praktik in der uralten göttlichen Magie, Araki Verlag, 1995.
  • Abraham von Worms. The Book of Abramelin: A New Translation. Compiled and edited by Georg Dehn. Translated by Steven Guth. Foreword by Lon Milo DuQuette. Ibis Press, Lake Worth, 2006.

References

  1. ^ Dukes, Ramsey (2019). The Abramelin Diaries. London: Aeon Books Ltd. pp. 11–13, 198. ISBN  978-1-91159-719-3.
  2. ^ Katz, Marcus (2011). After the Angel. An Account of the Abramelin Operation. Keswick: Forge Press. pp. 13, 99, 159. ISBN  979-8-83507-695-6.
  3. ^ Keith, Cantú (2016). Roukema, Aren (ed.). "Abraham von Worms. The Book of Abramelin: A New Translation". Correspondences. 4. London: 134–137. ISSN  2053-7158.
  4. ^ Rons, Ian (16 May 2010). "Review: The Book of Abramelin: A New Translation". The Magickal Review. Archived from the original on 2013-12-08.
  5. ^ DuQuette, Lon Milo; Shoemaker, David (2020). Llewellyn's Complete Book of Ceremonial Magic. Woodbury, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications. ISBN  978-0-73876-082-7.
  6. ^ Röth, Berthold (2023). Regenbogenkrieger. Zürich: Wolfbach Verlag. pp. 65, 205–206, 374f. ISBN  978-3-906929-67-5.
  7. ^ Abraham ben Simon bar Juda ben Simon: Das Buch der wahren Praktik von der alten Magia. Anno 1608. Wolfenbüttel, Codex Guelfibus 47.13 Aug. 4°
  8. ^ Georg Dehn: The Book of Abramelin: A New Translation. Translated by Steven Guth. Red Wheel Weiser, 2006, ISBN 0-89254-127-X.

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