Friedrich Bernhard Marby
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Friedrich Bernhard Marby (May 10, 1882 - December 3, 1966) was a German rune occultist
and Germanic revivalist. He is abest known for his revivalism and use of the Armanen runes
row. He was imprisoned during the Third Reich, which may have been due to a denunciation by Karl Maria Wiligut
. According to the Odinist magazine Vor Trú, issue 69, Marby "was one of the most (if not the most) important figures in the realm of runic sciences" with an impact felt not only by contemporaries but "among today's researchers and practitioners."
/ Ostfriesland, Friedrich Marby was trained as a printer and served professionally as an editor. Marby developed a set of occult exercises he called "runic gymnastics", as a means of "channeling runic power and forms through and around the self". From 1924, he began publishing his theories and research.
While there was a school of rune scholars who interpreted the Eddas completely in anti-Semitic fashion, Alan Baker
in the book Invisible Eagle singles out Marby as one of the exceptions. Marby, along with Siegfried Adolf Kummer
, was criticized by name in a report made to Heinrich Himmler by his chief esoteric runologist Karl Maria Wiligut
. Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
states that Wiligut censured them "for bringing the holy Aryan heritage into disrepute and riducule" suggesting that "this criticism may have led to Marby's harsh treatment in the Third Reich."
According to Vor Trú, Marby spent 8 years and 3 months in the camps at Flossenbürg
, Welzheim
, and Dachau before being released on 29 April 1945. Thereafter, he resumed publishing in his magazine Forschung and Erfahung (Research and Experience) and in books. On December 3, 1966, he died.
Ariosophy
Armanism and Ariosophy are the names of ideological systems of an esoteric nature, pioneered by Guido von List and Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels respectively, in Austria between 1890 and 1930. The term 'Ariosophy', meaning wisdom concerning the Aryans, was first coined by Lanz von Liebenfels in 1915 and...
and Germanic revivalist. He is abest known for his revivalism and use of the Armanen runes
Armanen runes
The Armanen runes, or Armanen 'Futharkh' as Guido von List referred to them, are a row of 18 runes that are closely based in shape on the Younger Futhark...
row. He was imprisoned during the Third Reich, which may have been due to a denunciation by Karl Maria Wiligut
Karl Maria Wiligut
Karl Maria Wiligut was an Austrian Ariosophist- Biography :...
. According to the Odinist magazine Vor Trú, issue 69, Marby "was one of the most (if not the most) important figures in the realm of runic sciences" with an impact felt not only by contemporaries but "among today's researchers and practitioners."
Biography
Born on May 10, 1882 in AurichAurich
Aurich is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Aurich.-History:The history of Aurich dates back to the 13th century, when the settlement of Aurechove was mentioned in a Frisian document called the Brokmerbrief in 1276. In 1517, Count Edzard from the house of...
/ Ostfriesland, Friedrich Marby was trained as a printer and served professionally as an editor. Marby developed a set of occult exercises he called "runic gymnastics", as a means of "channeling runic power and forms through and around the self". From 1924, he began publishing his theories and research.
While there was a school of rune scholars who interpreted the Eddas completely in anti-Semitic fashion, Alan Baker
Alan Baker
Alan Baker, FRS is an English mathematician. He was born in London. He is known for his work on effective methods in number theory, in particular those arising from transcendence theory. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1970, at age 31. His academic career started as a student of Harold...
in the book Invisible Eagle singles out Marby as one of the exceptions. Marby, along with Siegfried Adolf Kummer
Siegfried Adolf Kummer
Siegfried Adolf Kummer was a German mystic and Germanic revivalist. He is also most well known for his revivalism and use of the Armanen runes row...
, was criticized by name in a report made to Heinrich Himmler by his chief esoteric runologist Karl Maria Wiligut
Karl Maria Wiligut
Karl Maria Wiligut was an Austrian Ariosophist- Biography :...
. Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke B.A. , D.Phil. is a professor of Western Esotericism at University of Exeter and author of several books on esoteric traditions....
states that Wiligut censured them "for bringing the holy Aryan heritage into disrepute and riducule" suggesting that "this criticism may have led to Marby's harsh treatment in the Third Reich."
According to Vor Trú, Marby spent 8 years and 3 months in the camps at Flossenbürg
Flossenbürg concentration camp
Konzentrationslager Flossenbürg was a Nazi concentration camp built in May 1938 by the Schutzstaffel Economic-Administrative Main Office at Flossenbürg, in the Oberpfalz region of Bavaria, Germany, near the border with Czechoslovakia. Until its liberation in April 1945, more than 96,000 prisoners...
, Welzheim
Welzheim
Welzheim is a town in the Rems-Murr district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located 35 km east of Stuttgart, and 15 km northwest of Schwäbisch Gmünd....
, and Dachau before being released on 29 April 1945. Thereafter, he resumed publishing in his magazine Forschung and Erfahung (Research and Experience) and in books. On December 3, 1966, he died.
Written works
- An den Quellwurzeln unseres Seins
- Die aufschlußreiche Pendeluntersuchung
- Der germanische Einweihungsweg in Sinnbildern und Symbolen
- Die drei Schwäne
- Der Weg zu den Müttern
- Runenschrift
- Runenwort
- Runengymnastik