BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION
To The Law of the Cosmos
Of Eberhard Wortmann
By Rosemarie Mueller-Wortmann
As the author’s daughter, it is very gratifying to me to see the
publication of my father’s work in the English language.
For a long time, his life’s work appeared to have fallen into oblivion.
Therefore, it was a great surprise for my whole family when, a few years ago
(1998) we saw the name of Wortmann as author of Das Gesetz des Kosmos on the Web page of the Sacred Science
Institute. A copy of his book had made
its way, by unknown means, to the
I hope that with its translation into the English language, my father’s
great work will now receive the appreciation that it deserves.
Eberhard Wortmann
was born in 1891 in
After the terrible experiences of the Second World War, he immersed himself
more and more in the mystical world of numbers and geometric images.
Two passions moved him throughout his life: the love of the visual arts—he
painted countless watercolors himself—and, simultaneously, philosophical and
mathematical tinkering with magic numbers.
In his advanced years, he was able to connect these two interests
marvelously in his works on the Platonic number riddles.
Wortmann self-published Platons Göttliche Harmonie and Ariston oder die Platonischen Zahlenrätsel
in 1955 and 1956. In 1965, Das Gesetz des
Kosmos: Die Platonischen Zahlenrätsel erneut gelöst und dargestellt was published by Otto Reichl
Verlag in Remagen. Wortmann gave lectures and
readings on this subject in several German cities.
He received a recognition and praise of his work in 1960 in the form of
some correspondence with the author Hermann Hesse, whom he greatly admired;
His work Der Heilige
Krug: Roman eines antiken Mysteriums remains unpublished.
Eberhard Wortmann died in 1970 in Bad Godesberg,
Rosemarie Mueller-
Martinez