Jan Kefer

Jan Kefer (31 January 1906 – 3 December 1941) was a Czech astrologer, hermeticist and publicist. He was the chairman of Universalia, a society of Czech hermeticists.

Biography Jan Kefer was born in Nový Bydžov on 31 January 1906. Kefer's father was from Bavaria. There is a legend that he was born blind, but in fact he only has had low vision in one eye in his childhood. In Prague he studied at the Archbishop Gymnasium in the classroom of famous mystic Jaroslav Ovečka. He became a novice at Strahov Monastery, but later left the order. He graduated from Charles University in Prague Jan Kefer died in Flossenbürg concentration camp on 3 December 1941.