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Horst E. Miers in his (German) Encyclopedia of Occult Sciences[2] cites him as the "founder of Pragmatic Magic"[3] whose "works are characterized by an outstanding conciseness".[4] According to Miers,
While the initial impulses of Pragmatic Magic can be verified as early as Spare and Staudenmaier, its consistent implementation in the German speaking realm was only effected by Frater V∴D∴ who also introduced the term.[3][5]
He is featured in Gerhard Mayer's field study of 11 contemporary magicians[6] where he is referenced both under his public magical name Frater V∴D∴ and, perfunctorily anonymized, as Isbrand.
Background
While residing in Bonn, Germany from 1979 to 1981, Tegtmeier ran an occult bookstore named Horus. In conjunction with the bookstore, an experimental magical group that became informally known as 'The Bonn Group' was formed. During this time Peter J. Carroll's Liber Null was translated and published by Tegtmeier under his Edition Magus label.
In the late 1980s, during his active participation in the order, Tegtmeier developed the concept of cyber magic. He was also the second-foremost proponent of 'ice magick', second only to the creator of ice magick, Helmut Barthel. In the early 1990s, Tegtmeier was involved with a schism from the Illuminates of Thanateros, an event known as 'the ice magick wars'. Tegtmeier has been uninvolved with the IOT since then, and has distanced himself from Chaos Magic as represented by Carroll.[7]
Ralph gave his first public account of the schism in an interview with David Rietti, which was published in 2006 in the UK-based occult magazine, The Oracle.[8] There, he states that, while the altercation between him and Carroll and the subsequent schism positively occurred, the 'ice magick war' itself was an entirely delusionary event that never actually took place except in his detractors' imagination. Ralph also states that during said schism, 80% of the order's membership left the organization, setting up an alternative organization (the Revolutionary Illuminates of Thanateros or RIOT), disputing his opponent's claim that the order was actually saved. Contrary to that inflated statistic, Peter Carroll himself has stated that only the German and Swiss divisions of the order split off, and together they constituted about 30 percent of the total IoT membership.
In his self-published book eismagie. erste einblicke (ice magic. first insights)[9] Tegtmeier is radically critical of conventional magic and its shortcomings, calling for a deconstructionist approach stripped from cultural, historical and societal bias. He promotes an alternate definition of magic as "doing the impossible".[9]
Written works
Under the name Frater U∴D∴
Handbuch der Sexualmagie. Praktische Wege zum eingeweihten Umgang mit den subtilen Kräften des Sexus, akasha Verlagsgesellschaft, Haar [1986], ISBN3-922992-02-1 (Secrets of Western Sex Magic)
Sigillenmagie in der Praxis, Edition Magus, Unkel 1988, ISBN3-924613-13-3 (Practical Sigil Magic)
Was Sie noch nie über Magie wissen wollten... Tante Klaras Kummertempel, Band I, Edition Magus, Unkel 1989, ISBN3-924613-18-4 (What you never wanted to know about magic ... Aunt Klara's Temple of Sorrows)
Wo wohnen die Dämonen? Was Sie schon immer über Magie wissen wollten, Heyne, München 2005, ISBN978-3-453-70015-4 (Where Do Demons Live?)
Geldmagie: Reichtum anziehen, mehren, schützen, Ansata, München 2007, ISBN3-7787-7333-X
High Magic II: Expanded Theory and Practice, Llewellyn's, St. Paul, Minn. 2008, ISBN978-0-7387-0471-5
Sexualmagie: Freisetzung und gezielte Anwendung der Kräfte des Eros , Ansata, München 2008, ISBN3-7787-7334-8,
Where Do Demons Live? Everything You Want to Know About Magic, Llewellyn's, St. Paul, Minn. 2010, ISBN978-0-7387-1479-0
The Magical Shield: Protection Magic to Ward Off Negative Forces, Llewellyn Worldwide, Woodbury, Minn. 2016, ISBN978-0-7387-4999-0
Under the name Ralph Tegtmeier
Okkultismus und Erotik in der Literatur des Fin de siècle. Edition Magus, Königswinter 1983
Der heilende Regenbogen: Sinnvolle Spiele, Experimente und Meditationen zum kreativen Umgang mit den geheimnisvollen Energien von Klang, Farbe und Licht. Edition Schangrila, Haldenwang 1985, ISBN3-924624-14-3
Evolutions-Training: Die Methode zur Erschließung der Kraftzentren d. Unterbewußtseins. Durch Trance-Reisen in die eigene Entwicklungsgeschichte. Edition Schangrila, Haldenwang 1986, ISBN3-924624-39-9
Musikführer für die Reise nach innen. Kosmische Klänge zum Entspannen und Meditieren. Die Erfahrbarkeit kosmischer Musik mit Meditationsübungen und Wahrnehmungsschulungen. Edition Schangrila, Haldenwang 1986, ISBN3-924624-39-9
Die heilende Kraft der Elemente. Praxis der Tattwa-Therapie. Verlag Hermann Bauer, Freiburg 1986, ISBN3-7626-0304-9
Tarot. Geschichte eines Schicksalsspiels.. DuMont Buchverlag, Köln 1986, ISBN978-3-7701-1682-9
Zur Gestalt des Androgyns in der Literatur des Fin de siècle, in: Androgyn. Sehnsucht nach Vollkommenheit. (Cat.), ed. by Ursula Prinz, Berlin 1987, S. 113-119
Der Geist in der Münze. Vom magischen Umgang mit Reichtum und Geld. Goldmann Verlag, München 1988, ISBN3-442-11820-4
Runen: Alphabet der Erkenntnis. Urania, Neuhausen 1988, ISBN3-908644-52-6
Aleister Crowley. Die tausend Masken des Meisters. Knaur, München 1989, ISBN3-426-02403-9
Sternenglaube - Sternenzauber. Das Weltbild der Astrologie. DuMont Buchverlag, Köln 1990, ISBN3-7701-2183-X
Zauber der Runen. Ein praktisches Arbeitsbuch der esoterischen Runenkunde. Goldmann Verlag, München 1991, ISBN3-442-11899-9
Astro 5.0 für Einsteiger: Astrologie für Computerfreaks. Goldmann Verlag, München 1992, ISBN3-442-27052-9
Magie und Sternenzauber. Okkultismus im Abendland. DuMont Buchverlag, Köln 1995, ISBN3-7701-2666-1
Astrologie. Edition Roter Löwe im Aurum Verlag, Braunschweig 1995, ISBN3-591-08364-X
Rune Cards by Klaus Holitzka and Ralph Tegtmeier
Under the name Viktor Sobek
Die Schattenmeister (trilogy of novels), Edition Magus, Bad Münstereifel 1995, ISBN3-924613-50-8
References
^abbreviation for Ubique Daemon Ubique Deus, "Demon (is) in all, God (is) in all")
^Horst Miers, Lexikon des Geheimwissens, Goldmann, München 1993, s.v. Frater V.D., p. 222
^ abHorst Miers, Lexikon des Geheimwissens, Goldmann, München 1993, s.v. Magie, Pragmatische, p. 396
^"Begr. der Pragmatischen Magie, dessen W. sich durch eine besondere Prägnanz auszeichnen."
^"Während sich die Ansätze zur p. M. schon bei Spare und Staudenmaier nachweisen lassen, wurde ihre konsequente Entwicklung im deutschsprachigen Raum erst durch Frater V∴D∴, der auch den Begriff p. M. einführte, realisiert."
^Stokastikos. . Chaos International (23). Archived from the original on 2021-10-26.
^"Ice Magic. A Conversation between Frater Frater U∴D∴ and David Rietti", The Oracle Occult Magazine, Issue No. 6 [2006], pp. 13-18.
^ abeismagie - erste einblicke, Edition Magus, Bad Münstereifel 1996
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This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in German November 2021 Click show for important translation instructions View a machine translated version of the German article Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Consider adding a topic to this template there are already 9 461 articles in the main category and specifying topic will aid in categorization Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at de Ralph Tegtmeier see its history for attribution You should also add the template Translated de Ralph Tegtmeier to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation Ralph Tegtmeier born November 1 1952 also known as Frater V D and Frater U D 1 is a German occultist a longtime member of the Fraternitas Saturni and co founder of the Illuminates of Thanateros Ralph TegtmeierBorn 1952 11 01 November 1 1952 age 70 Heliopolis Cairo Egypt Contents 1 Significance 2 Background 3 Written works 3 1 Under the name Frater U D 3 2 Under the name Ralph Tegtmeier 3 3 Under the name Viktor Sobek 4 References 5 External linksSignificance EditHorst E Miers in his German Encyclopedia of Occult Sciences 2 cites him as the founder of Pragmatic Magic 3 whose works are characterized by an outstanding conciseness 4 According to Miers While the initial impulses of Pragmatic Magic can be verified as early as Spare and Staudenmaier its consistent implementation in the German speaking realm was only effected by Frater V D who also introduced the term 3 5 He is featured in Gerhard Mayer s field study of 11 contemporary magicians 6 where he is referenced both under his public magical name Frater V D and perfunctorily anonymized as Isbrand Background EditWhile residing in Bonn Germany from 1979 to 1981 Tegtmeier ran an occult bookstore named Horus In conjunction with the bookstore an experimental magical group that became informally known as The Bonn Group was formed During this time Peter J Carroll s Liber Null was translated and published by Tegtmeier under his Edition Magus label In the late 1980s during his active participation in the order Tegtmeier developed the concept of cyber magic He was also the second foremost proponent of ice magick second only to the creator of ice magick Helmut Barthel In the early 1990s Tegtmeier was involved with a schism from the Illuminates of Thanateros an event known as the ice magick wars Tegtmeier has been uninvolved with the IOT since then and has distanced himself from Chaos Magic as represented by Carroll 7 Ralph gave his first public account of the schism in an interview with David Rietti which was published in 2006 in the UK based occult magazine The Oracle 8 There he states that while the altercation between him and Carroll and the subsequent schism positively occurred the ice magick war itself was an entirely delusionary event that never actually took place except in his detractors imagination Ralph also states that during said schism 80 of the order s membership left the organization setting up an alternative organization the Revolutionary Illuminates of Thanateros or RIOT disputing his opponent s claim that the order was actually saved Contrary to that inflated statistic Peter Carroll himself has stated that only the German and Swiss divisions of the order split off and together they constituted about 30 percent of the total IoT membership In his self published book eismagie erste einblicke ice magic first insights 9 Tegtmeier is radically critical of conventional magic and its shortcomings calling for a deconstructionist approach stripped from cultural historical and societal bias He promotes an alternate definition of magic as doing the impossible 9 Written works EditUnder the name Frater U D Edit Handbuch der Sexualmagie Praktische Wege zum eingeweihten Umgang mit den subtilen Kraften des Sexus akasha Verlagsgesellschaft Haar 1986 ISBN 3 922992 02 1 Secrets of Western Sex Magic Sigillenmagie in der Praxis Edition Magus Unkel 1988 ISBN 3 924613 13 3 Practical Sigil Magic Was Sie noch nie uber Magie wissen wollten Tante Klaras Kummertempel Band I Edition Magus Unkel 1989 ISBN 3 924613 18 4 What you never wanted to know about magic Aunt Klara s Temple of Sorrows Kursus der praktischen Magie three volumes Edition Magus Bad Munstereifel 1990 ISBN 3 938393 11 4 ISBN 3 938393 12 2 amp ISBN 3 938393 13 0 Practical Sigil Magic Llewellyn s St Paul Minn 1990 ISBN 978 0 87542 774 4 Secrets of the German Sex Magicians A Practical Handbook for Men amp Women Llewellyn s St Paul Minn 1991 ISBN 978 0 87542 773 7 eismagie erste einblicke Edition Magus Bad Munstereifel 1996 ISBN 3 938393 01 7 Ice Magic Secrets of Western Sex Magic Magical Energy and Gnostic Trance Llewellyn s St Paul Minn 2001 ISBN 978 1 56718 706 9 Die Schule der Hohen Magie two volumes Ansata Munchen 2001 ISBN 3 7787 7182 5 amp Munchen 2003 ISBN 3 7787 7224 4 High Magic High Magic Theory amp Practice Llewellyn s 2005 ISBN 978 0 7387 0471 5 Wo wohnen die Damonen Was Sie schon immer uber Magie wissen wollten Heyne Munchen 2005 ISBN 978 3 453 70015 4 Where Do Demons Live Geldmagie Reichtum anziehen mehren schutzen Ansata Munchen 2007 ISBN 3 7787 7333 X High Magic II Expanded Theory and Practice Llewellyn s St Paul Minn 2008 ISBN 978 0 7387 0471 5 Sexualmagie Freisetzung und gezielte Anwendung der Krafte des Eros Ansata Munchen 2008 ISBN 3 7787 7334 8 Where Do Demons Live Everything You Want to Know About Magic Llewellyn s St Paul Minn 2010 ISBN 978 0 7387 1479 0 The Magical Shield Protection Magic to Ward Off Negative Forces Llewellyn Worldwide Woodbury Minn 2016 ISBN 978 0 7387 4999 0Under the name Ralph Tegtmeier Edit Okkultismus und Erotik in der Literatur des Fin de siecle Edition Magus Konigswinter 1983 Der heilende Regenbogen Sinnvolle Spiele Experimente und Meditationen zum kreativen Umgang mit den geheimnisvollen Energien von Klang Farbe und Licht Edition Schangrila Haldenwang 1985 ISBN 3 924624 14 3 Evolutions Training Die Methode zur Erschliessung der Kraftzentren d Unterbewusstseins Durch Trance Reisen in die eigene Entwicklungsgeschichte Edition Schangrila Haldenwang 1986 ISBN 3 924624 39 9 Musikfuhrer fur die Reise nach innen Kosmische Klange zum Entspannen und Meditieren Die Erfahrbarkeit kosmischer Musik mit Meditationsubungen und Wahrnehmungsschulungen Edition Schangrila Haldenwang 1986 ISBN 3 924624 39 9 Die heilende Kraft der Elemente Praxis der Tattwa Therapie Verlag Hermann Bauer Freiburg 1986 ISBN 3 7626 0304 9 Tarot Geschichte eines Schicksalsspiels DuMont Buchverlag Koln 1986 ISBN 978 3 7701 1682 9 Zur Gestalt des Androgyns in der Literatur des Fin de siecle in Androgyn Sehnsucht nach Vollkommenheit Cat ed by Ursula Prinz Berlin 1987 S 113 119 Der Geist in der Munze Vom magischen Umgang mit Reichtum und Geld Goldmann Verlag Munchen 1988 ISBN 3 442 11820 4 Runen Alphabet der Erkenntnis Urania Neuhausen 1988 ISBN 3 908644 52 6 Aleister Crowley Die tausend Masken des Meisters Knaur Munchen 1989 ISBN 3 426 02403 9 Sternenglaube Sternenzauber Das Weltbild der Astrologie DuMont Buchverlag Koln 1990 ISBN 3 7701 2183 X Zauber der Runen Ein praktisches Arbeitsbuch der esoterischen Runenkunde Goldmann Verlag Munchen 1991 ISBN 3 442 11899 9 Astro 5 0 fur Einsteiger Astrologie fur Computerfreaks Goldmann Verlag Munchen 1992 ISBN 3 442 27052 9 Magie und Sternenzauber Okkultismus im Abendland DuMont Buchverlag Koln 1995 ISBN 3 7701 2666 1 Astrologie Edition Roter Lowe im Aurum Verlag Braunschweig 1995 ISBN 3 591 08364 X Rune Cards by Klaus Holitzka and Ralph TegtmeierUnder the name Viktor Sobek Edit Die Schattenmeister trilogy of novels Edition Magus Bad Munstereifel 1995 ISBN 3 924613 50 8References Edit abbreviation for Ubique Daemon Ubique Deus Demon is in all God is in all Horst Miers Lexikon des Geheimwissens Goldmann Munchen 1993 s v Frater V D p 222 a b Horst Miers Lexikon des Geheimwissens Goldmann Munchen 1993 s v Magie Pragmatische p 396 Begr der Pragmatischen Magie dessen W sich durch eine besondere Pragnanz auszeichnen Wahrend sich die Ansatze zur p M schon bei Spare und Staudenmaier nachweisen lassen wurde ihre konsequente Entwicklung im deutschsprachigen Raum erst durch Frater V D der auch den Begriff p M einfuhrte realisiert Gerhard Mayer Arkane Welten Biografien Erfahrungen und Praktiken zeitgenossischer Magier Ergon Verlag Wurzburg 2008 Stokastikos The Ice War Chaos International 23 Archived from the original on 2021 10 26 Ice Magic A Conversation between Frater Frater U D and David Rietti The Oracle Occult Magazine Issue No 6 2006 pp 13 18 a b eismagie erste einblicke Edition Magus Bad Munstereifel 1996External links EditOther writings Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ralph Tegtmeier amp oldid 1122255572, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
