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Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels

1874 - 1954

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Adolf Josef Lanz (19 July 1874 – 22 April 1954), also known under his pseudonym as Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels, was an Austrian political and racial theorist and occultist, who was a pioneer of Ariosophy. He was a former Cistercian monk and the founder of the magazine Ostara, in which he published anti-semitic and völkisch theories. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels is the 28th most popular occultist (down from 22nd in 2019), the 411th most popular biography from Austria (down from 364th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Austrian Occultist.

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Among OCCULTISTS

Among occultists, Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels ranks 28 out of 41Before him are Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński, Robert Fludd, Elias Ashmole, Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, Nina Kulagina, and Alice Bailey. After him are Stanislas de Guaita, Charles Webster Leadbeater, Joséphin Péladan, Franz Bardon, Michael Scot, and Algernon Blackwood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels ranks 65Before him are Thomas J. Watson, Joseph Erlanger, Emilie Louise Flöge, Vyacheslav Menzhinsky, Wu Peifu, and Martin Lowry. After him are René-Louis Baire, Lina Cavalieri, Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, István Bethlen, Carl Schlechter, and Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić. Among people deceased in 1954, Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels ranks 49Before him are Stig Dagerman, Viktor Abakumov, Wilhelm Schmidt, Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, Franz Josef Popp, and Oscar Straus. After him are Edwin Howard Armstrong, Lionel Barrymore, Princess Antonia of Luxembourg, Jess McMahon, Franz Neumann, and Marius Jacob.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels ranks 411 out of 1,424Before him are Archduchess Louise of Austria (1870), Robert Stolz (1880), André Gorz (1923), Franz Josef Popp (1886), Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti (1735), and Oscar Straus (1870). After him are Heinz Kohut (1913), Franz Vranitzky (1937), Friedrich von Amerling (1803), Archduchess Adelheid of Austria (1914), Hans Ledwinka (1878), and Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria (1628).

Among OCCULTISTS In Austria

Among occultists born in Austria, Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels ranks 3Before him are Guido von List (1848), and Erik Jan Hanussen (1889).