SPHINX (JOURNAL)

Die Sphinx ("The Sphinx") was a German monthly theosophical magazine edited by Dr. Wilhelm Hübbe-Schleiden, and which appeared without fail from January 1886 to June 1896 (with the exception of January and February 1892).

Initially, it was conceived to be the magazine of the Theosophical Lodge of Germany, but after this Lodge was disintegrated because of the Hodgson report, the magazine became the official publication of the Psychological Society of Munich, and then between 1892 and 1893, it became the magazine of the German Theosophical Association, and since 1894 it has become the official publication of the German Theosophical Society.

In this magazine were published topics on metaphysics, mysticism, philosophy and religious studies of the East, and although the magazine had a scientific presentation, it also showed the theosophical view on these issues.

Die Sphinx exerted a great influence on the theosophical movement in Germany and contributed significantly to the creation of new lodges, and especially for the formation of the German Theosophical Society.

And in addition to Hübbe-Schleiden, other researchers who also contributed with their articles were: Franz Hartmann, Carl Kiesewetter, Carl du Prel, Gustav Meyrinck, M.F. Sebaldt, Eduard von Hartmann, Ernest Haeckel, Lazar von Hellenbach, and Max Dessoir.

And the occultist Rudolf Tischner mentions that the magazine Neue Metaphysische Rundschau assumed the succession from 1897.

• You can download all the volumes in German here.

• You can read the list of articles in English and German here.

• And you can read a summary of Dr. Wilhelm Hübbe-Schleiden's life in English here.