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.^[1]

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.^[2] His wife was Helene Seiling, who wrote a cookbook for vegetarians.^[3]

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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