His esoteric treatise Runenhäuser (Rune Houses), published in 1912, "extended the Listian thesis of 'armanist' relics with the claim that the ancient runic wisdom had been enshrined in the geometric configuration of beams in half-timbered houses throughout Germany".
His enigmatic publication Runenhäuser (Rune Houses), published in 1912, "developed the Listian concept of 'armanist' relics by positing that ancient runic knowledge was preserved in the spatial arrangement of beams found in German half-timbered houses".