Luttmissen Publishing stands for rediscoveries and experimentation, for ancient wisdom phrased in modern systems language, for the works which more people should know about, for rigurously breaking taboos, and for knowledge which has always been within us.
Luttmissen Publishing focuses on translations of groundbreaking works of their time, especially between German and English. Each translation is crafted with precision and care, preserving the author's original intent while making these important works accessible to new audiences.
The selected translations—D.H. Lawrence's "The Rainbow", Silvio Gesell's "Natural Economic Order", and Theodor Reik's "From Suffering to Joy"—reflect a commitment to ideas that challenge conventional thinking. Lawrence explored the depths of human relationships and sexuality in ways that were revolutionary for his time, while Gesell questioned established economic systems and proposed alternatives that consider human welfare at their core. Reik's exploration of masochism and society delves into the paradoxical nature of human psychology, revealing how the search for happiness often leads through unexpected paths.
Bringing these works across linguistic borders connects readers with perspectives that illuminate what it means to be human—desires, economic lives, psychological complexities, and the search for meaning—in ways that remain relevant across generations and cultures.
D. H. Lawrence
"She saw in the rainbow the earth's new architecture, the old, brittle corruption of houses and factories swept away, the world built up in a living fabric of Truth, fitting to the over-arching heaven."
Silvio Gesell
"For labor is the only weapon of the civilized man in his 'struggle for existence'."
Theodor Reik
"The secret of human happiness is not in self-seeking but in self-forgetting."