Rudolf John Gorsleben

Rudolf John Gorsleben (16 March 1883 – 23 August 1930) was a German Ariosophist, Armanist (practitioner of the Armanen runes), journal editor and playwright.

During World War I, he fought in a German unit stationed in the Ottoman Empire.

He formed the Edda Society (Edda-Gesellschaft) and wrote the book Hoch-Zeit der Menschheit (The Zenith of Humanity), first published in 1930.

It is known as "The Bible of Armanism" and has been translated into English by Karl Hans Welz.

[1] Gorsleben died in Bad Homburg of a chronic heart complaint.