FRANZ BARDON: QUESTIONS & ANSWERS AND THE GREAT ARCANUM Compiled from the Teachings of Franz Bardon By a Anewers to 185 of the Most Frequently Asked Spiritual Questions ing 9 Charés of Virtues and Passions As they Pertain to the Four Elements fo 2009 Merkur Publishing, Inc. ‘Wisdom of the OccidentAbout Franz Bardon (1909-1958) With permission from Divine Providence, the spirit of a highly developed Hermetic adept entered the body of a fourteen-year-old child named Franz Bardon, destined to become one of the most remarkable magicians of the 20" century. ‘Though he maintained a “normal life” as an industrial mechanic and family man in the Czech town of Opava, his other, occult life was full of attainment, power and tragedy. During the last years of WWII, Franz Bardon spent three and a half months in a concen- tration camp, from which he ultimately escaped. After the war, he practiced as a naturopath and graphologist and devoted himself to the teaching of Hermeticism and the writing of his now classic works, Initiation into Hermetics, The Practice of Magical Evocation, and The Key to the True Kabbalah his newly discovered work will help students of Hermeties with precise information on universal principles.© 2008 Dieter Riggeberg All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a mechanical retrieval system, or trans nitted in any form by electronic, video, laser, mechanical, photocopying, recording means or otherwise, in part or in whole, without the express written consent of the publisher, except for brief quotations embodied in critical arti- cles for review. First English Edition 2008 Second Printing 2009 ISBN 9781885925191 ranslated by permission from the German original Fragen an Master Arion (Franz Bardon) ¢ 1997 Dieter Riggeberg and Hermetische Psychologie und Charakterkunde © 2004 Verlag Dieter Riggeberg Translated by Gerhard Hanswille and Franca Gallo Printed in the United States of America Merkur Publishing, Inc. PO Box 171906 Salt Lake City UT USA 84117 www.merkurpublishing.com