The Occult Roots of Nazism
Secret Aryan Cults and Their Influence on Nazi Ideology
Published on 30. January 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-86064-973-8 (ISBN)
Description
Over half a century after the defeat of the Third Reich the complexities of Nazi ideology are still being unravelled. This text is a serious attempt to identify these ideological origins. It demonstrates the way in which Nazism was influenced by powerful occult and millenarian sects that thrived in Germany and Austria at the turn of the century. Their ideas and symbols filtered through to nationalist-racist groups associated with the infant Nazi party and their fantasies were played out with terrifying consequences in the Third Reich: Auschwitz, Sobibor and Treblinka are the hellish museums of the Nazi apocalypse. This bizarre and fascinating story contains lessons we cannot afford to ignore.
Reviews / Votes
"astounding work of scholarship... BIG revelation if you've never come across this stuff before... Thank you Tauris Parke" -The Pillbox (Australian Journal) "This book provides the first serious account of the way in which Nazism was influenced by powerful occult and millenarian sects that thrived in Germany and Austria... This bizarre and fascinating story contains lessons we cannot afford to ignore." -The Anglo-German ReviewMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-86064-973-8 (9781860649738)
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Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
The Occult Roots of Nazism
Secret Aryan Cults and Their Influence on Nazi Ideology
Book
12/1997
Barbara Ward & Associates
€36.08
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Person
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke wasa specialist on Nazi ideology and Research Fellow in the Western Esoteric Tradition, University of Wales Lampeter.
Content
The background - the Pan-German vision, the modern German occult revival 1880-1910; the ariosophists of Vienna - Guido von List, Wotanism and Germanic theosophy, the armanenschaft, the secret heritage, the German millennium, Jorg Lanz von Liebenfels and theozoology, the order of the new templars; ariosophy in Germany - the Germanenorden, Rudolf von Sebottendorff and the Thule society, the holy Runes and the Edda society, Herbert Reichstein and ariosophy, Karl Maria Wiligut - the private magus of Heinrich Himmler, ariosophy and Adolf Hitler. Appendices: genealogy of Lanz von Liebenfels; genealogy of the Sebottendorff family; the history of ariosophy, new templar verse; the modern mythology of Nazi occultism.