OCCULTIST

Erik Jan Hanussen

1889 - 1933

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Erik Jan Hanussen, born Hermann Steinschneider (2 June 1889 – 25 March 1933), was an Austrian publicist, charlatan and clairvoyant performer. Acclaimed in his lifetime as a hypnotist, mentalist, occultist and astrologer, Hanussen was active in Weimar Republic Germany and also at the beginning of Nazi Germany. He is said to have instructed Adolf Hitler in performance and the achievement of dramatic effect, and for treating Hitler during his depression. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erik Jan Hanussen is the 21st most popular occultist (down from 18th in 2019), the 320th most popular biography from Austria (down from 309th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Austrian Occultist.

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Among OCCULTISTS

Among occultists, Erik Jan Hanussen ranks 21 out of 41Before him are A. E. Waite, Manly P. Hall, Tituba, Edward Kelley, Gérard Encausse, and Guido von List. After him are Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński, Robert Fludd, Elias Ashmole, Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, Nina Kulagina, and Alice Bailey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Erik Jan Hanussen ranks 56Before him are Otto Georg Thierack, Li Dazhao, Richard Réti, Lyubov Popova, Siegfried Kracauer, and Hannes Meyer. After him are Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma, Efim Bogoljubov, Beno Gutenberg, Gunnar Gunnarsson, Walther Gerlach, and Olave Baden-Powell. Among people deceased in 1933, Erik Jan Hanussen ranks 26Before him are Princess Thyra of Denmark, Oskar Potiorek, Hipólito Yrigoyen, Erhard Heiden, Frank Jarvis, and Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia. After him are Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, Kenji Miyazawa, Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, Anna de Noailles, Carl Correns, and Henry Royce.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Erik Jan Hanussen ranks 320 out of 1,424Before him are Franz Böhme (1885), Franz König (1905), Peter Altenberg (1859), Guido von List (1848), Hans Krankl (1953), and Carl Auer von Welsbach (1858). After him are Agnes of Austria (1151), Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche (1909), Peter Fendi (1796), Max Adler (1873), Joseph Mohr (1792), and Fritjof Capra (1939).

Among OCCULTISTS In Austria

Among occultists born in Austria, Erik Jan Hanussen ranks 2Before him are Guido von List (1848). After him are Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels (1874).