Happy Birthday to Franz Bardon

Happy birthday to our favorite adept,
​Franz Bardon!

He was born on December 1, 1909 in Czechoslovakia and lived quite a colorful life until he died in prison on July 10, 1959. Most of the information about Bardon’s life comes from the novel ”Frabato the Magician,” which is a fictionalized autobiography compiled from outlines, notes, and correspondences with his secretary and student Otti Votavova. Legend has it that Bardon had been previously incarnated as Hermes Trismegistos. When Bardon was 14, a spirit manifested itself into Bardon’s form and brought with it all the knowledge of hermetics. http://www.franzbardon.com/aboutfranzbardon.html

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During his 50 years of life, he was a sewing machine mechanic, a stage magician named Frabato who taught occult secrets while also performing them, a naturopath who could balance the elements inside a human body and cure diseases, a hospital administrator, and finally a published author. He was arrested and imprisoned three times in his life. The first time was in 1942. Because he refused to share his magical abilities with the Nazi party, he was imprisoned in a concentration camp for 3 years. The second time was in 1949 when he was accused of being a charlatan and forced into hard labor. The final time was in 1958. He incurred the wrath of the Czechoslovakian government when they found out he was producing medicine from his home next to the hospital he worked at. It was during this imprisonment when he died of pancreatitis in 1959.

Near the end of his life in 1956, through the urging of Divine Providence, he published three books that created an entire magical system that is still being studied and practiced. “Initiation Into Hermetics,” “The Practice of Magical Evocation,” and “The Key to the True Kabbalah” all helped the true seeker learn and understand the complex theories of Hermeticism. Humans inherently contain all four elements of fire, water, air, and earth, along with the divine spark. Bardon believed that for humans to achieve spiritual enlightenment and to understand the universe and their place in it, they needed perfect tetrapolar balance of all five of these elements. His books taught the serious student to do just that. Whether you read his books merely as a curiosity or whether you’ve studied them for years, his books have something for everyone.

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​Inner Circle Sanctuary would not be what it is today without Franz Bardon. Our Dark Lord lovingly called Hermetics the gnat’s ass of magic; therefore, Bardon is required study for our 2nd year program. Bardon’s “Initiation Into Hermetics” teaches mastery of the five elements of fire, water, air, earth, and spirit. The students who do master these concepts go on to become our coven leaders and elders, because they’ve proven themselves to be serious students of the Craft.

If you’d like to learn more about this unique man, please check out these resources:

The publishing house
https://www.falconbookspublishing.com/franz-bardon/

Frabato the Magician
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1885928300/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i4

Biography and book reviews by Rawn Clark who has studied Bardon’s system for decades.
http://www.jwmt.org/v1n2/bardon.html

Rawn Clark also published a workbook to go along with studying Bardon’s Hermetics - A Bardon Companion: A practical companion for the student of Franz Bardon's system of Hermetic initiation https://www.amazon.com/Bardon-Companion-practical-companion-initiation/dp/1453859039

Fun biographical website
http://www.franzbardon.com/

A couple YouTube videos about his magic and how to practice the theories set out in his books
   The Hermetic Hour - The Magick of Franz Bardon
   Initiation Into Hermetics Intro with Personal Suggestions
   Franz Bardon - A living Tradition : Spiritual Alchemy Show

Photos from
https://martinfaulks.co.uk/what-is-hermetics/
https://www.falconbookspublishing.com/franz-bardon/
https://archivhermetischertexte.at/franz-bardon

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