[3] He studied mechanical engineering with Alfred,[1] and designed a structure for scientific revolutions, which he developed based on his knowledge of mathematics and historiography.

[4] In 1919, Hörbiger co-edited a book about the Welteislehre entitled Foundations of Cosmotechnics (Grundlagen der Kosmotechnik) with Max Valier, who was highly valued by Hanns.

[7] This organisation was to be led by a "spiritual leader" ("geistige Leiter"), who would be reporting only to Himmler.

[11] Hörbiger was a supporter of the international auxiliary language Occidental by Edgar de Wahl, alongside his father Hanns, and likely his brother, Alfred.

[a] Hörbiger had been mentioned as an Occidentalist as early as a 1927 edition of Cosmoglotta;[12] In 1929 and in 1937, he was honorary president of the Occidental-Union [ie].