Message from Michael Feist "Richard Svehla's translation of the rules was based strictly on the given German texts. lt is regrettable that until now, the historical edition of the first original English language version of the Rules Book is widely unknown in the English speaking world today. This official reprint of the original will close this gap of knowledge. The book is published here in the original Layout facsimile for historical reasons. We should overlook the low quality presented here, as it is a result of the inferior printing quality at the primary source. The cover size of 8.5x6.9 inch (21.5x17.5 cm) was reduced a little for technical reasons. The cover of the original publication by Richard Svehla has golden text embossed on a dark blue hardcover, very similar to the original German source."

Michael Feist, ceo Witte-Verlag Pub. (est. 1927)

RULES FOR PLANETARY PICTURES (1939 Limited Edition)

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  • RULES FOR PLANETARY PICTURES - HISTORICAL REPRINT

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    Official Reprint 2014
    Preface by Michael Feist
    Witte-Verlag Pub., Hamburg, Germany
    216 pages
     
    Softcover
    IISBN 978-3-920807-40-9

    The RULES FOR PLANETARY PICTURES translation of 1939 based originally on the early teachings of Alfred Witte, which he had made between 1926-1927. This translation by Richard Svehla is to this day the ONLY AUTHORIZED English language collection of interpretations that reflects Alfred Witte's point of view 100%. 

    In 1928 Ludwig Rudolph (Witte-Verlag Publishing Hamburg) obtained Witte's permission to compile the rules for public presentation in a book. Since then and still today, the different German Rules Book editions, were published originally by Witte-Verlag Publishing Company of Rudolph's family.

    Ludwig Rudolph participated as author on all editions of the Rules Book. There are various versions, some differing only slightly while others have more fundamental changes. We can distinguish two main periods. The first period ended with Alfred Witte's passing in August 1941 and excluded Pluto and Friedrich Sieggrun's Transneptunians. The second period began in 1946 and is ongoing. Hermann Lefeldt edited these versions and included the additional factors.

    During the first period, in the early 1930's, Richard Svehla asked Ludwig Rudolph's permission to establish and represent the "Uranian System of Astrology" ("Hamburg School") in the USA. In addition Svehla requested translation rights. It followed that Svehla truly was the first official representative of the "Hamburg School" for North America. In fact, he is the only US representative who was ever authorized by Ludwig Rudolph with the support of Alfred Witte.

    ln 1936, Svehla received official permission from Ludwig Rudolph and Alfred Witte to translate the third version of the Rules Book for Planetary Pictures into English.

    At the same time that Witte's system experienced early successes in the USA, the German version of the Rules Book was banned and seized by the German Agency for Literature  (Department Astrology) on October 2, 1936. Ludwig Rudolph requested expert permission to send the German language Rules Back to the American  market. ln 1939 he received permission to export several hundred copies of the Rules Book but the books had already been destroyed by the State. As a result, the Minister withdrew permission as a precaution.

    At  around the same time, in early 1939, Svehla made the first authorized English language translation of the Rules Book available in the USA under the title "Uranian System of Astrology".

    The Rules Book translation by Richard Svehla, 1939, is based on the first period. It is regrettable that so far this historical edition is widely unknown in today's English speaking world. This official reprint of the original will close this gap of knowledge.
  • Length:  216 pages
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