Gustav Meyrink (1868 -1932) visited Alois Mailander several times between 1892 and 1905 and tested Mailander's mystical path.

The letters published here report details from Meyrink's lifeperiod in Prague, of which one could get little information so far, and speak of the dynamism that made the banker Gustav Meyer a writer.

Erik Dilloo-Heidger (born 1951) lives with his wife in Überlingen on Lake Constance.
He studied German literature and Mathematics, as well as Catholic Theology with a focus on "Liberation Theology". As a teacher, he worked in elementary and secondary schools.
He dealt with questions of the history of religion, most recently with the rediscovery of the yoga idea in the 19th century.