Its doctrine was built upon ideas taken from the Theosophical teachings of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. Ariosophy was inspired by the earlier work of Guido von List.Īriosophy began as a gnostic heresy which interpreted Christianity as the revelation of the struggle between the divine race of blond-haired, blue-eyed god-men (the Aryans) and the darker inferior races (with bestial origins). Lanz went on to found the Ordo Novi Temple (ONT), as a gnostic order to promote his Aryan race cult at Vienna in 1900.
Lanz (von Liebenfels) had earlier referred to his religion as “Theo-zoology” and Ario-Christianity” before coining the term “Ariosophy” (meaning esoteric wisdom of the Aryan race) in 1915. Ariosophy was a dualistic-gnostic racial religion which developed a following among Austrians and Germans during the first half of the 20th century, founded by Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels.
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