1st Edition

Nazi Occultism Between the SS and Esotericism

By Stéphane François Copyright 2023
152 Pages
by Routledge

152 Pages
by Routledge

152 Pages
by Routledge

Nazi Occultism provides a serious scholarly study of a topic that is often marred by sensationalism and misinformation. The Morning of the Magicians by Pauwels and Bergier (1960) gave rise to the idea that a secret society with wide powers, the "Thule society", was the hidden and ignored centre of Nazism. The influence of this very real small group is, however, only a fantasy, a myth. The... Read more

Introduction

Part 1 – Studies

1. The esoteric origins of Mein Kampf: Myths and realities

2. Nazi esotericism: Between völkisch thought and fantasy

3. Neopaganism and Nazism

4. The ‘mysterious history’ and the French extreme right

Part 2 – Portraits

5. Evolian anthropology, the ‘spirit of the race’ and Judaism

6. Jacques de Mahieu: Between biological racism and the ‘mysterious history’

7. Miguel Serrano: A Chilean neo-nazi between diplomacy and racial occultism

8. Counter-culture and ‘nazi esotericism’: The Thulean cycle of Wilhelm Landig

9. Between freak thinking and an identitarian world view: The writer Jean-Paul Bourre

10. Michael Moynihan and the Wulfing Kindred

Conclusion

Biography

Stéphane François is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Mons, Belgium. He is also an associate member of the CNRS, France, and a researcher in the Groupe Sociétés, Religions, Laïcités (Societies, Religions, Secularism Group).