Johann Georg (1638 - 1710), Germanmystic.Johann Georg Gichtel (1638-1710), Germanmystic and religious teacher. Opposed to orthodox beliefs of his time, Gichtel founded a mystical Christianmovement that survived in Holland and Germany for many years. His beliefs were published in the book Theosophia Practica (PracticalTheosophy) which included diagrams and descriptions of man, the relationship between the body, mind and soul and their various conditions, as well as points of the body considered to be places of spiritual power.