Hans Thomas Hakl  Hans Thomas Hakl (born February 27 1947 in Graz, Austria) is an Austrian publisher, essayist and translator. He has also used the signatures H. T. Hakl, H.T.H., or the pseudonym H. T. Hansen. Doctor of law (Graz University, 1970), he has founded an international trading company named HHS Handels AG (HHS Trading Company), based first in Zürich and then in Schwerzenbach, which had 14 daughter companies in 13 different countries, dealing in particular with the Far East, as well as the publishing house Ansata-Verlag, specialised in studies on esotericism, based first in Schwarzenburg and then in Interlaken (Switzerland). In 1996, he created the esoteric academic journal "Gnostika", of which he remains co-editor to this date. Concurrently with his publishing activities, he has contributed material on matters related to esotericism to several international dictionaries and journals, such as "Politica Hermetica", where he regularly publishes book reviews. He has published a book on the « Eranos » series of colloquia initiated by Carl Gustav Jung and attended by names such as Mircea Eliade and several specialists of esoteric and religious studies. The English translation by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke of his book "Unknown Sources: National Socialism and the Occult" was published in 2000. He is the author of German translations of the works of Julius Evola, of whom he is an internationally recognized specialist. Hakl is the founder of the "Octagon" library, one of the most important private European libraries specialised in the history of religion and esotericism.