Biography E. E. Rehmus

1 biography

1.1 life , youth
1.2 maturity
1.3 involvement high-iq societies
1.4 author of magician s dictionary
1.5 other activities

biography
early life , youth

joseph haskew, long-term partner, wrote of rehmus s life , youth:

edward, child, born midsummer s eve 1929 in upper michigan, of german ancestry. father musician, pianist, played in big bands , mother housewife. modern time, spending time in restaurants , night clubs, and, aside usual love , nurturing, unexceptional parents, child left own devices, resulting in lively imagination. later, when moved detroit, lived in jewish neighborhood, , ed attributed experience lifelong love of learning , solid study habits.

the family moved southern california, in late 1940 s, found ambience suffocating , resolved away whenever opportunity arose. when mother died, went tulane brief spell, u.s. army (for briefer spell), san francisco. went university of california @ berkeley off , on many years, became bored , never pursued degree.

maturity

haskew further adds:

his life in san francisco in company of bohemian intelligentsia of writers, artists, poets, philosophers, , metaphysicians, , in days san francisco hotbed of post-war intellectual ferment. on years studied extensively in comparative religions, comparative languages, psychology, , eastern philosophy, among other disciplines. kept writing, correspondence, teaching, , translations. find book felt had particular merit, had no english language version in print , translate it, free because felt needed wider audience. might take 6 months, or couple of years, no matter – s important.

involvement high-iq societies

as polymath , philomath, rehmus actively involved quest understand , expand human intelligence, himself being member of several high-iq support groups. among these affiliations involvement san francisco area mensa society; contributed local society s publication, ecphorizer. rehmus member of prometheus society, high-iq society admission standards 600 times more stringent mensa s. contributor notice ecphorizer runs thus:

ed rehmus well-known within san francisco regional mensa in 70s through 80s weird cover artist of newsletter intelligencer. later created irregular comic strip called clonies. ed wrote occasional story intelligencer.

author of magician s dictionary

his public reputation rests on contribution study of occult through renowned book magician s dictionary, vast pseudo-encyclopaedic work first published in 1990 proposes re-evaluation of of core building blocks of modern belief structures through definition , commentary on key words , phrases, aaron zuvuya .

other activities

apart founding , editing various magazines , journals (sometimes under pseudonyms), rehmus regular contributor numerous , diverse scholarly , amateur publications, providing articles, texts, artworks, , erudite crossword puzzles. while remained obscure figure public eye during lifetime, posthumous volume magic of ed rehmus, compiled , edited fred vaughan , published in 2006, sheds light on personal life , many other inaccessible aspects of thought, wide interests, , activities.