The Mission and Message of Hilma af Klint

Hilma af Klint\'s works carry within them a message and a philosophy of life,and according to Erik af Klint (1901-81), who was the sole heir to af Klint\'soeuvre, and founder of The Hilma af Klint Foundation, ?Everything shouldbe done to bring this hidden message to light.\'



Hilma af Klint left behind 1,600 works of different kinds, 124 of which werenotebooks and diaries with a total of 26,000 pages. Now, for the first time, all these diariesand notebooks have now been examined in the quest for the answer towhat message, mission and philosophy of life the work contains, and what, asErik af Klint writes, ?Hilma af Klint\'s spiritual masters intended with them.\'Hilma af Klint called the notebooks ?educational material\', and they are thekey to understanding her paintings.



Hilma af Klint: Message and Mission, among other things, brings up ideas from Spiritualism, Theosophy and Anthroposophy, and also thoughts from Rosicrucianism,that af Klint called ?mystery knowledge\', and which influenced her message,mission and philosophy of life.