posted November 16, 2009 08:22 AM            

‘You should not revere me, you should love me, if you yourself want it. Do not call me 'Lord', call me 'You'. I want you to be on a par with me, if you yourself want it. Talking to others about me, you should call me 'It'. You should not revere anybody or anything. You should not bow to anything or anybody. You just should love, because you yourself want it'.

‘The new order on earth, the gradual formation of the millenial empire of Christ on earth must involve all areas of life. Because of the separating differences of mind everyone, from the ripe spiritual to the simpliest mind, must have the opportunity to choose and devote himself - in a certain field, compatible with his being - with glowing conviction to the divine order of life on earth. Everybody will do so according to his personal character and level of spiritual evolution, by serving the new social and spiritual order'.

‘I want a catholic church. But what since many centuries till now has pretended to be 'the' catholic church, is a hostile anti-spiritual, anti-divine, long solidified framework of power, a sheer earthly structure, representing the catholicism and by nice as well as less nice means trying to assert it in the world - only because of its own, very earthly meant power'.

‘Whoever says of himself: 'I am a free, independent, divine being, an image of God, a child of God with all properties of our Origin' may either have grasped the inmost truth or lives in the darkest blindness. If with this 'I AM' he means his earthly person, his 'lower self' with its desires, drives and inclinations, with its in all worldly errors entangled thinking, feeling and desiring - falsely called 'will' - then of course he is to be pitied. But if with this 'I AM' he means the inmost mystery of his earthly and spiritual personality, the centre of his heart, then he has entered the utmost knowledge and speaks the truth'.

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These are just some quotations of the austrian mystic Max Prantl, about whom a reviewer of arts, Gottfried Hohenauer, once wrote: ‘Even if one would not know the painter Max Prantl to be the author of the book 'Der Mensch ohne Angst' ('Man without fear'), then the paintings would immediately reveal that this artist belongs to a world that lies behind and beyond the objects'. After his death Prantl, who lived to be 44 years old, left a workmanship consisting of several paintings and books, of which ‘Licht aus der Herzmitte. Der Mensch ohne Angst’ (english: ‘Light from the heart. Man without fear') is to be considered his main work. In this book he describes an abundance of inner experiences during his spiritual development. During his lifetime his work was boycotted as much as possible, because he spoke of things the established social (and especially the clerical) order did not like at all. This is why his work has become almost forgotten and almost nobody even recalls the name Max Prantl. Miraculously, a last trace of his work came to the Netherlands, where now his books and paintings have been translated and published.

On this website we try to lift the spell of oblivion on Max Prantl. His books, paintings and poems will be mentioned. Also a short overview of his life and mission will be highlighted, as will the mystical and religious backgrounds.

The site you are viewing now has not been finished yet, because it still is under development, the main reason being that up till now only some english translations have come available. His main work 'The Shining Heart' has been translated into English and is available, and one of his smaller books ('Blooming roses - spiritual signposts to our earthly en eternal home') has just been released. Many items will in time be added, as has been done on the dutch and german version of this website. It is our hope and target that all of his books will become available in the english language. In the dutch language the complete works of Prantl have now been translated and published: ‘Het stralende hart’ (A description of mystical experiences), ‘Onbegrepen licht’ (die Evangelien und die Offenbarung des Johannes in der Sprache der neuen Zeit), 'Kerstrozen' (Märchen, Mythen, Erzählungen und Bilder) and 'Astrologie' (als Tiefenpsychologie und Seelen-Heilkunde').

posted November 16, 2009 08:24 AM            

Not all of Max Prantls paintings have been saved in proper state (some of them were damaged during the war, others have been destroyed) during the last decennia. Nevertheless some beautiful paintings have been kept, of which now a number of postcards have been made.

Precious to look at, of meditative beauty, and also just very nice to send to somebody.
http://www.phanuel.org/MaxPrantlOrg/en/postcards.htm

posted November 16, 2009 08:41 AM            

The Shining Heart

Blooming Roses

posted February 24, 2013 10:48 PM            

I know it was deep esoteric stuff, but.....? ( i hesitated to even share it here)

posted February 24, 2013 11:45 PM            

I resonate with his writing, there's a strong Anthroposophical feel, he has that spirit alive within him. Anyway, I do have a strong liking toward men of that time especially Austrian and/or German descent. ...can't quite describe it other than an attraction!

quote:

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Nothing earthly can be truth. No word on the whole earth is true. Words can only lead to the truth or away from it. That is how you should value them. Words that lead to the truth you should love and honor. But do not cling anxiously to earthly things, not even words. Words are shells, signs, symbols of an unspeakable content, that must become living truth within you.

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posted February 25, 2013 01:29 AM            

& no need to explain about the German guys....especially the old school intellectual/spiritual ones.

I'll refrain from giving an example right now and instead just say I know what you mean.