Leopold Engel

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Leopold Engel (* April 19, 1858; † November 8, 1931) - was born in St Petersburg, Russia. His father was Karl Dietrich Engel (1824–1913), a violinist who in 1846 became Konzertmeister (leader) of the orchestra of the Imperial Russian Theatre. Leopold went to Germany he finally settled in Dresden where he wrote extensively on the Faust legend. He became a follower of Jakob Lorber (1800–64). In 1891 Leopold Engel heard an "inner voice" which commanded him to write an eleventh volume of Lorbers' work The Great Gospel of John.

During the 1890s Engel became involved with Theodor Reuss in reviving the Illuminati, setting up an irregular masonic lodge which they called the Ludwig Lodge. This and several other lodges they were active in were not recognised by any of the regular German Grand Lodges. This association came to an end on July 3, 1903 with Engel's expulsion along with his friend Siegmund Miller.

External links

Theodor Reuss: Irregular Freemasonry in Germany, 1900-23 by Ellic Howe and Helmut Moller (Göttingen)
Leopold Engel: Geschichte des Illuminatenordens (German)

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 51981267 LCCN: n88277018 ISNI: 0000 0000 3146 2292 GND: 1018995951 BNF: cb150820031

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Name	Engel, Leopold
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Short description	Russian writer
Date of birth	1858
Place of birth
Date of death	1931
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