{"id":96074,"date":"2021-11-22T02:05:37","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T01:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carmelitaniscalzi.com\/?p=96074"},"modified":"2021-11-23T02:06:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T01:06:38","slug":"tercentenary-of-echten-karmelitengeist-1721-2021-in-ratisbon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carmelitaniscalzi.com\/en\/2021\/11\/22\/tercentenary-of-echten-karmelitengeist-1721-2021-in-ratisbon\/","title":{"rendered":"TERCENTENARY OF \u201cECHTEN KARMELITENGEIST (1721-2021) IN RATISBON"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 8 October2021 a special ceremony commemorating the 300th<\/sup> anniversary of \u201cechten Karmelitengeist\u201d of Ratisbon was held in the Diocesan Centre of Obermunster (Ratisbon).\u00a0 Karmelitengeist has been produced since 1721 in the Carmelite convent of St. Joseph at Ratisbon.\u00a0 Only two brothers of the community,, at a time know the secret formula (Arcanum) for the medicinal essence\u2019s production and they are entrusted with handing it on to successive generations of friars.<\/p>\n

Music for the festival was provided by RUBIO, the baroque orchestra of the University of Ratisbon.\u00a0 In a key note lecture, Dr. Thomas Richter, pharmacist, traced the history of a distillation of Melissa in the late Middle Ages to the present day Karmelitengeist.\u00a0 Personal greetings from the Bishop were read by Ms. Maria Luisa Ofele, while Councillor Dr. Thomas Burger conveyed the congratulations of the city itself.\u00a0 At the conclusion of his own address, the Provincial, Fr. Dr.\u00a0 Raoul Kiyangi OCD, nominated the Delegate Administrator of \u201cGeistfabrink\u201d, Mr. Albert Aufschlager, as an \u201cHonorary Carmelite\u201d.<\/p>\n

The ceremony concluded with a projection of the film \u201cDer Geist der Karmeliten\u201d, shown by Fr. Matthaus Bochenski OCD.\u00a0 This is a documentary about what is probably the most guarded secret of Ratisbon.\u00a0 It also provided an opportunity to see behind the walls of the convent and observe some of the operations of the \u201cGeistfabrik\u201d.<\/p>\n

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