Max Seiling
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Max Seiling (1852–1928) was a German engineer and writer.
Life and career
Born in Mittenwald, Max Seiling emigrated, after having studied in München, to the Grand Duchy of Finland where he became a professor at a polytechnic school. Because of this activity, he was promoted to Privy Councillor of the Russian crown.{{Cite book|url=http://fvn-archiv.net/PDF/GA/GA069a/GA069a-319.html|title=Rudolf Steiner Gesamtausgabe|last=|first=|publisher=Druckhaus Nomos|year=2007|isbn=978-3-7274-0691-1|location=Sinzheim|pages=319}}
Seiling was involved in the anthroposophist movement and was initially an enthusiastic supporter, but eventually became one of their most ardent opponents. In his later years, he became a devout Roman Catholic.{{Cite web|url=http://www.zander-zitiert.de/publikationen/anthroposophie-in-deutschland/dubiose-quellen.html|title=Anthroposophie in Deutschland, dubiose Quellen|website=Zander Zitiert}} His wife was Helene Seiling, who wrote a cookbook for vegetarians.{{Cite book|title=Die Magie als experimentelle Naturwissenschaft|last=Staudenmaier|first=Ludwig|publisher=|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=17}}
Seiling died in Speyer.
Works
- Mainlander: Ein Neuer Messias (München, 1888)
- Meine Erfahrungen auf dem Gebiet des Spiritismus 1898
- Goethe und der Materialismus (Leipzig, 1904)
- Theosophie und Christentum (Berlin, 1910)
- Richard Wagner (Leipzig, 1911)
- Ernst Haeckel und der „Spiritismus“, Ein Protest (1914)
- Goethe als Okkultist (Leipzig, 1919)
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Category:19th-century German engineers
Category:19th-century German male writers