WEINFURTER, Karel. Jičin, region Hradec Králové, Bohemia 27.5.1867 — Prague 14.3.1942. Czech Author and Translator. Son of Karel Weinfurter, an official and former soldier, and his wife Antonia Jiránková, the family moved to Prague in 1880. Worked in art business, 1908-11 in university administration, then free author. Died after violent interrogation of Gestapo. He was a Christian mystic interested in Yoga, Theosophy, astrology, etc. Apparently his Indian translations were made from English and German versions.

Publications: Divy a kouzla indických fakirů: Studie o fakirismu a jogismu. 1913, new ed. 222 p. Prague 1947.

– Translated: Swami Vivékánanda: Budoucnost duchovního člověka. 1919; Karma Yoga. 1920; Radža Joga čili ovládnutí vnitřní podstaty. 1924.

– Translated: Patandžaliho výroky o Jogu. Prague 1925; Svami Svatmaram: Lampa k Hatha-Jógu. Prague 1936.

– Translated: Bhagavad Gita. 1926, 2nd edition 404 p. Prague 1935.

– Mistr Ramakrišna Jeho učení a mystické zkušenosti. 1-2. Prague 1933.

– A number of books, mainly on mysticism, in Czech, also a few in German, translated into Czech Meister Eckhart, Blavatsky, Brunton, etc.

Sources: V. Petrbok, Ö.B.L. 15:70, 2019, 65; German Wikipedia (more details in *Czech version) with photo.