According to the Adonistic tradition, Sättler was accepted into the "secret Adonistic lodge" by oriental adepts he called "Chakimîm" while on a trip to the Middle East after the first world war. With "Chakimîm," he supposedly visited the temple city "Bit Nur" (house of light) in "Nuristan" (land of light), which according to him housed the world's largest library of secret sciences. There, he claims to have studied the "primordial religion of mankind". In addition to the oriental adepts, Sättler also based his claims on Zarathustra.