Tannhaus
YouTube and Revver user who made the video series "A Thelemite Speaks" in response to the growing speculation that Bree was a Thelemite. His series aim to debunk many of the popular misconceptions about Thelema and also offer advice to Bree and Daniel.
Tannhaus got his name from the midieval legend of Tannhäuser. The myth of Tannhäuser was possibly the last great pagan myth. In it, a germanic knight named Tannhäuser takes upon himself a quest to find a pagan goddess. In the end, we find Tannhäuser finally rejecting Christianity and returning to paganism. This idea of paganism triumphing over Christianity was a popular theme amongst late pagan myths when Christianity was pushing into their territories.
However, Aleister Crowley saw more in the story of Tannhäuser. He saw it as the progress of the soul and considered Tannhäuser one of the true Rosicrucian adepts in history. Tannhaus first became aware of this myth when he bought a book on midieval myths in his teens. He later heard parts of Richard Wagner's opera Tannhäuser, then finally discovered Aleister Crowley's work by the same name.
External Links
Both of the above links share videos as well as have unique videos.
- Aleister Crowley's Tannhäuser
- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tannhauser Tannhäuser in Wikipedia
