Rudolf von Sebottendorf
German occultist (1875–1945) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Adam Alfred Rudolf Glauer (9 November 1875 – 8 May 1945),[citation needed] also known as Rudolf Freiherr von Sebottendorff (or Sebottendorf) was a German occultist, writer, intelligence agent and political activist. He was the founder of the Thule Society, a post-World War I German occultist organization where he played a key role, and that influenced many members of the Nazi Party. He was a Freemason,[1] a Sufi[2] of the Bektashi order - after his conversion to Islam[3] - and a practitioner of meditation, astrology, numerology, and alchemy.[4] He also used the alias Erwin Torre.
Glauer killed himself at the end of World War II.