This is a video i created for a history multimedia assignment in year 11. Seemingly crazy laws outlaw the display or discussion of these societies in europe today. Click download or read online button to get the occult roots of nazism book now. The thule society originally the studiengruppe fur germanisches altertum was a german occultist and volkisch group founded in munich right after world war i.
In the story, the thule society are under the guidance and leadership of the red skull, which he uses to protect the hammer of skadi when it is summoned to the earth. So, while we cannot show a document stating that the dap and nsdap were subsidiaries of the thule gesellschaft or the germanenorden, it is safe to say that the dap and, by extension, the nsdap was originally a creature of both the thule society and sebottendorff as claimed by sebottendorff and as admitted by toland, and, certainly the aims. Hitler had already espoused basic elements of the nazi supernatural imaginary when he joined the dap in september 1919. The name thule referred to the old ultima thule, the land of the north, the mythological homeland of the teutons. The thule society was originally a german study group headed by walter nauhaus, a wounded world war i veteran turned art student from berlin who had become a keeper of pedigrees for the germanenorden in 1917, nauhaus moved to munich. The thule society has been underestimated and virtually censored from our history books. German mysticism was loosely inspired by historical germanic paganism and traditional concepts of occultism. It makes for a good story, but avoids the hard work of understanding history. Many highranking members of the nazi regime, including hitler, but especially himmler and hess, held convoluted occult beliefs. German mysticism is a development of late 19th and early 20th century german romanticism. Bulwerlyttons book vril, the power of the coming race was published in credited with giving rise to nazi mysticism, it also contributed to the birth of science fiction. Not only did david luhrssen write a work on the relatively unknown volkisch group, but he also refrained from using any of the numerous pseudohistorical works on nazi occultism as references. The thule society thule gesellschaft was a german occultist group in munich, named after a mythical northern country from greek legend.
In reality, the thule society was much more than an innocent study group. Thule society archives auricmedia blogmans wonderland. In the secret world chronicle 28 by mercedes lackey, the ule society is behind the a9a cks on echo facilities on february 15. I then began researching the thule society when i discovered they were the exact counterpart of skull and bones. Full text of the nazi connection with shambhala and tibet. Many occult ideas found favour with heinrich himmler who, unlike hitler, had a great interest in mysticism, but the schutzstaffel ss under himmler emulated the structure of ignatius loyolas jesuit order rather than the thule society. A complete ignorance of the primary sources was common to most authors and inaccuracies and wild claims were repeated by each newcomer to the genre until an abundant literature existed, based on wholly spurious facts concerning the powerful thule society, the nazi links with the east, and hitlers occult initiation.
Monists believed the universe was intelligent and thus god but there was no afterlife. The part of nazi mysticism covering vril is just a rehash of this article and should be deleted too. Esotericism in germany and austria, national socialism and occultism, germanic paganism, armanen runes, the occult roots of nazism, religious aspects of nazism, timeline of german history, nazi party, thule society, nazi eugenics, germanic neopaganism, germanische glaubens gemeinschaft, list of terms in germanic mysticism. Some of the thule society s teachings were expressed in the books of alfred rosenberg. He chose the remote and mysterious wewelsburg castle as their nazi fortress. The nazi party, the thule society, the occult, and freemasonry. Thule society thule contemplative society of hitler. Many occult ideas found favour with heinrich himmler, who had a great interest in mysticism, unlike hitler, but the schutzstaffel ss under himmler emulated the structure of ignatius loyolas jesuit order rather than the thule society, according to hohne. This idea has been part of popular culture since 1959 there are many documentaries made about this belief. In some respects, it reminds me of the new age movement of more recent times. Nazi mysticism simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The regime enlisted astrology and the paranormal, paganism, indoaryan mythology, witchcraft, miracle weapons, and the lost kingdom of atlantis in reimagining german politics and society and recasting german science and religion.
This secret female society was responsible for nazi ufo. Thule society dedicated to the rebirth of aryanteutonic supremacy, the resurrection of nordic mysticism, and the defeat of christianity, the thule society prepared. There is a link in the history of mystic and political thought between late 19th century racist ariosophists, the thule society and the birth of the nationalsocialist party after wwi. The ancestral heritage research and teaching society, or ahnenerbe forschungsund lehrgemeinschaft, was founded in july 1935 by heinrich himmler, hermann wirth a dutch historian obsessed with atlantean mythology, and richard walter darre creator of the nazi blood and soil ideology and head of the race and settlement office. Nazi mysticism from wikipedia, the free encyclopedia redirected from nazi mystic jump to. Twisted relations between nazis and occult realclearhistory. Furthermore, nobody denies nowadays that himmler liked. The occult roots of nazism download ebook pdf, epub. Pdf this overview provides a summary of popular and farright literature about the relationship between national socialism and the occult. The thule society appears in steve gerbers brief run on marvels cloak and dagger. He was able, by means of spiritual strength, to hover in the air. Similar to thule society adolf hitler the thule society, or the order of thule, was a racist group and which inspired the nazi occult mysticism and nazi ideology. Thus, the connections between nazism and the occult are not straightforward. The vril society was an inner circle of women psychics, in 1919, who shared a common interest with other germans at the timeto restore and regenerate germany after having lost world war i and being subjected to heavy sanctions.
Finally, someone has written a book exclusively on the thule society. Hitler was surrounded by thule society members and influence. This group, as it rose in prominence in german culture, united three major societies. The association of nazism with occultism occurs in a range of theories, speculation and research into the origins of nazism and into nazisms possible. The society is notable chiefly as the organization that sponsored the deutsche arbeiterpartei dap, which was later reorganized by adolf hitler into the national socialist german workers party nazi. The roots of nazi mysticism, the nazi doctors science, the religion of the ss. Jun 24, 2018 its three chapters discuss the ariogermanic religion, the pseudoscience called border science here up to 1914. Nevertheless, the sociopolitical and intellectual networks between the early nazi party and the thule society were richer and more complex than. Steampunk movies steampunk cosplay best books of all time good books women in history ancient history thule society the coming race steampunk festival. The emblem of the thule society, which was founded by felix niedner in 1910 as an occult society that eventually turned to an agenda of aryan supremacy, planting the seeds of the nazi party. Of these five, two were especially noted for their occult connections, the vril society and its purely german offshoot the thule society.
One of the founders of both groups, the nazi party and the thule society, was dietrich eckart. Thulegesellschaft, originally the studiengruppe fur germanisches altertum study group for germanic antiquity, was a german occultist and volkisch group founded in munich right after world war i, named after a mythical northern country in greek legend. Some nazis embraced occultism, while others rejected it. Preposterous though it was, however, supernatural thinking was inextricable from the nazi project. The thule society plays a role in the marvel comics series, fear itself. Oct 31, 2017 join eric kurlander, professor of history at stetson university and author of hitlers monsters. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want.
Thule society project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. The nazi party was founded by men who were also involved in several movements and secret societies, among them. The nazi connection with shambhala and tibet study buddhism. The definitive history of the supernatural in nazi germany, exploring the occult ideas, esoteric sciences, and pagan religions touted by the third reich in the. Whereas the link to the thule society is well documented in historical literature, absolutely nothing can be found in standard works covering the third reich and hitler about the vril society. Thulegesellschaft, originally the studiengruppe fur germanisches altertum study group for germanic antiquity, was a german occultist and volkisch group in munich, notable chiefly as the organization that sponsored the deutsche arbeiterpartei, which was later transformed by adolf hitler into the nazi party. It was named after ultima thule a country in northern europe found in ancient greek and roman mythology. The membership was as scarce as the original daps and the meetings were reduced to the local beer houses. But it is a fact that thule was largely responsible for creating the nazi party so much so that their occult symbols are synonymous with the third reich. Adolf hitler joined this society in 1919, becoming an adept under the leadership of dietrich eckhart. Public interest in adolf hitler and all aspects of the third reich continues to grow as new generations ponder the moral questions surrounding.
A supernatural history of the third reich, for an eyeopening look at the occult ideas, esoteric. The black sun was actually a secret society within the thule society. The emblem of the thule society was the swastika facing counterclockwise like the nazi symbol and a dagger. Each of these five societies, although based in secrecy and mysticism, had its role and function. German secret societies hid ancient super weapons from. Sebottendorff wrote that thule members were the first persons that helped hitler on his way to power and also the first ones that supported the future leader of germany. In the area 51 novels, the society is mentioned as being the occult force behind the nazi party. Thule society article about thule society by the free.
In their book the morning of the magicians, they claimed that the vril society was a secret community of occultists in pre nazi berlin that was a sort of inner circle of the thule society. Adolf hitler and nazis were in touch with aliens, shock claims. The thule society identified ultima thule as a lost ancient landmass in the extreme north, near greenland or iceland, said by nazi mystics to be the capital of ancient hyperborea. Maria orsic was a medium and the leader of a nazi secret society, known as the vril, that existed in the wwii era. Subsequently, hitler distanced the nsdap, as it became, from the thule society, presumably so that the myth that he had created it virtually by himelf could be developed. The game drew themes of nazi mysticism, among other things, from its predecessors, wolfenstein 3d and its sequel, spear of destiny, the latter of which also featured a storyline concerning nazi mysticism. Helena blavatsky was a russian mystic, founder of the theosophical society and writer of number of books on the subject of mysticism.
Daniel douglas home 18331886 was the most famous spiritualist in the 19 th century. The thule society, was a german occultist and volkisch group in munich, named after a mythical northern country from greek legend. Thule gesellschaft, originally the studiengruppe fur germanisches altertum study group for germanic antiquity, was a german occultist and volkisch group in munich, notable chiefly as the organization that sponsored the deutsche arbeiterpartei, which was later transformed by adolf hitler into the nazi party. Nazi leadership and the thule society 53 in the middle of the 1930s.
The thule society was a strange and inconsistent blend of nordic mythology, eastern mysticism, the occult, belief in aryan supremacy, antisemitism and probably two or three things ive forgotten. The thule society attracted about 250 followers in munich and about 1,500 elsewhere in bavaria. A century ago today, seven hostages taken from the german pre nazi thule society were executed by the shortlived munich soviet just before it was crushed by rightwing militias. Prompted by those beliefs, the germans sent an official expedition to tibet between 1938 and 1939 at the invitation of the tibetan government to attend the losar new year celebrations. The thule society, another secret society with similar ideologies and symbols was also closely linked to this. Public interest in adolf hitler and all aspects of the third reich continues to grow as new generations ponder the moral questions surrounding nazi germany and its historical legacy.
Alexander berzin many highranking members of the nazi regime, including hitler, held convoluted occult beliefs. May 17, 2016 the thule society sponsored the founding of the nazi party and many of its members went on to become prominent nazis including deputy fuhrer rudolf hess. Aug, 2009 this video explains the origins of the nazi party and is very imforming. The occult history of the third reich, starring patrick allen and directed by dave flitton, is a 1991 fourpart history channel documentary regarding the occult influences and history of nazi germany and early 20th century germany. The documentary was originally shown and released in four parts in 1991. Nazi mysticism is a commonly held belief that hitler and the nazi party practiced the occult. German secret societies hid ancient super weapons from nazis. The nazi ahnenerbe organization was created by heinrich himmler in 1935 as a research foundation. George lincoln rockwell was the legendary founder of the american nazi party in 1959. A wikiarticle about the germanenorden secret society, whos the thule society was a branch of.
This video explains the origins of the nazi party and is very imforming. His mentor, dietrich eckart, was a thule society member as were many founding members of the dap. The german brotherhood of death society is the thule society. Like vril, prominent secret societies sought the metaphysikal world. With the victory of the nazi party, the occult tradition was carried on in the third reich mainly by the ss, who reichsfuhrer, himmler, was an avid student of the occult. As the schutzstaffel grew in numbers, their leader, heinrich himmler, needed a base. Later, the thule society selected hitler to be their leader of the new world order, as eckhart revealed on his deathbed, saying. Thule is the farthest north location mentioned in ancient greek and roman literature and cartography.
A complete ignorance of the primary sources was common to most authors and inaccuracies and wild claims were repeated by each newcomer to the genre until an abundant literature existed, based on wholly spurious facts concerning the powerful thule society, the nazi links with the. The thule society was created on august 17, 1918, and the vril society formed soon after as an offshoot. The thule society and the birth of nazism luhrssen, david on. One aspect of nazism that has not received sufficient attention from historians. Glauer eventually became the prime mover behind the thule society, which was one of the most important precursors of the nazi party, although the nazi party itself, once it had become ascendant, obliterated the thule society.
Public interest in adolf hitler and all aspects of the third reich continues to grow as new generations ponder the moral questions surrounding nazi germany. Among the secret societies burgeoning in germany immediately after world war i. Nazi mysticism is a term used to describe a philosophical undercurrent of nazism that denotes the combination of nazism with occultism, esotericism, cryptohistory, andor the paranormal. The vril society was established after orsic received communication from extraterrestrials who had once lived in what is now sumeria. Thulegesellschaft signs and symbols of cults, gangs and. Further, there is no evidence that hitler ever attended the thule society, though hess who was committed to occultism was a member and several other nazi leaders attended thule society meetings on occasion.
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