Schleipfer had discovered some of List's works in an antique bookstore in the mid-1960s, and was inspired to found the runic and Armanist magazine
Irminsul in hopes of attracting suitable people for a revived Listian order. He was appointed the new president and continued to publish
Irminsul as the
"Voice of the Guido von List Society." Schleipfer also attended meetings of a related organisation, the
Gode-Orden (
Gothi-Order), which propagated a similar mixture of occult
völkisch thinking. There he met his wife
Sigrun Schleipfer, née Hammerbacher (1940–2009), daughter of the
völkisch writer and former NSDAP district leader, Dr.
Hans Wilhelm Hammerbacher. In 1976 the Schleipfers founded the
Armanen-Orden (
Armanen Order) as the reorganised Guido von List Society. Since then, Adolf and Sigrun have served as the Grandmasters of the Order, although they have divorced and Sigrun now refers to herself as "Sigrun von Schlichting" or "Sigrun Freifrau von Schlichting". They also revived the High Armanen Order (HAO) and brought it to "an unprecedented level of activity". The Armanen-Orden celebrates seasonal festivities in a similar fashion as
Odinist groups do and invites interested people to these events. The highlights are three 'Things' at Ostara (Easter), Midsummer and Fall (Wotan's sacrificial death), which are mostly celebrated at castles close to sacred places, such as the
Externsteine. The author
Stefanie von Schnurbein attended a Fall Thing in 1990 and gives the following report in
Religion als Kulturkritik (
Religion and Cultural Criticism): In 1977 Sigrun Schleipfer founded the
Gemeinschaft zur Erhaltung der Burgen (Society for the Conservation of Castles), which proclaims castles to be among the "last paradises of the romantic era" in this cold modern age and had as its primary aim the purchase and restoration of a castle for the Order. In 1995, the society finally acquired the castle of Rothenhorn in
Szlichtyngowa (
Poland), a run-down structure dating back to the 12th century, though most of the complex dates from the 16th century. Over many years, Adolf and Sigrun have republished all of List's works (and many others relating to the Armanen runes) in their original German. Adolf Schleipfer has also contributed an article to
The Secret King, a study of
Karl Maria Wiligut by Stephen Flowers and
Michael Moynihan, in which he points out the differences between Wiligut's beliefs and those which are accepted within Odinism or Armanism. ==Adolf Schleipfer==