Abstract

VILLALBA, Mariano. Arnold Krumm-Heller and esotericism in Latin America. REHMLAC [online]. 2019, vol.10, n.2, pp.232-263. ISSN 1659-4223.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/rehmlac.v10i2.33355.

Arnold Krumm-Heller (1876-1949) is the first occultist to produce an original work of modern esoteric currents in relation to the specific themes and problems of Mexican and Latin-American history. His Fraternitas Rosacruciana Antiqua was the biggest Rosicrucian organization in Latin America, in which Latin-American militaries, artists and intellectuals shared an interest in building new cultural identities of the emerging nations in the continent. This article offers a reconstruction and a cultural-historical analysis of Arnold Krumm-Heller’s political and esoteric activities during the Mexican Revolution based on archival sources from the United States, Mexico, France, Germany and Switzerland. In the framework of complex imperial interests in Mexico, Krumm-Heller constructed new limits to what is known as “western esotericism” including Latin America and adding local traditions to the European ones.

Keywords : Arnold Krumm-Heller; esotericism; Latin America; Mexican Revolution; Fraternitas Rosacruciana Antiqua.

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