Franz Hartmann 2 hr 32 min read

A Theosophist doctor descends beneath the Untersberg into a realm of gnomes, dragons, and elemental spirits.

Franz Hartmann's 1895 occult fantasy sends its narrator into the fabled mountain to encounter the earth-spirits of Rosicrucian and Paracelsian lore, blending fairy tale with genuine esoteric doctrine. A period piece of the Victorian occult revival from a noted Theosophical writer. Read it for a mystical subterranean journey where folklore and secret wisdom intertwine.

In its time

Published in 1895, during the 1890s, wells arrives.

Reading it

2 hr 32 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).

Illustrated by

S. Hartmann