THE RAINBOW SWASTIKA - Scattered Seed Ministries

[One of the best sources I have seen is the Angeberts' book quoted above. The strength of
their work is ironically due to their positive attitude toward the occult: it appears they rather
admire the "Ancient Wisdom" as expressed in Gnosticism, Catharism and other esoteric
movements, and they trace its threads through history with nostalgia as well as academic
interest. Their far-ranging documentation allows them to conclusively show that Nazism
was/is an initiation into the classical Gnostic "path of enlightenment", but unlike me the
authors do not fault the "Ancient Wisdom" itself for the infamous results. On the contrary,
"the prime lesson to be learned is that the practice of occultism and magic is fraught with
danger and, therefore, not to be entrusted to just anyone." (p.160) This book is valuable for its
uninhibited look at the many movements and occultists - including unlikely names like Plato,
Nietzsche, Goethe and Pythagorus - who shared Hitler's dream of the Holy Grail and a newage
return of the ancient Hyperborean godmen with their "sacred sciences". The English
publisher is MacMillan (1974), McGraw-Hill (1975) in paperback.]
Hitler turned against Christianity from his early teens and sought his destiny in the occult. He
later joined with associates who also embraced those teachings, and together they built a state
guided by the same occultic principles and goals repeated in today's NA. And no wonder,
because he drew on the same esoteric sources as the NAers of today. [How have so many
scholars overlooked this all-important key to understanding the Nazi mentality? In the words
of the Angeberts' English translator, Lewis A.M. Sumberg, nearly all historians missed the
"militant neo-Paganism" and "Gnostic racism" in Nazism "because they have brought
conventional outlooks and methodologies to their examination of an unconventional
phenomenon." (_The Occult and the Third Reich_, p.x) We must either re-assess the Nazi
philosophy with these roots exposed, or be forced to settle for theories which fail to
completely explain Nazi priorities. Its unconventional nature lay in "magic thought allied to
science and know-how" (Angeberts, p.179) - exactly the hybrid being encouraged today by
NA leaders like Peter Russell. Sumberg's observation in 1974 about this blind spot among
historians fell mostly on deaf ears, which makes it more difficult now - but more urgent than
ever - to recognize that not only is Nazism not dead, we are now surrounded by a "kinder,
gentler" version of the same philosophy, sprouted from the same roots and having the same
priorities.]
1. Hitler and the Occult
According to available sources (see above), Hitler first made contact in 1909 with other
occultists, the first of these being Goerg Lanz von Lieberfels and Guido von List, after
coming across their occultic-racist magazine _Ostara_ in Vienna. (Sklar, p.5. For samples of
the typical copy published in _Ostara_, and how Hitler later echoes it, see p.17-22) Besides
his publishing activities, Lanz was known for starting a society called the "Order of New
Templars" which imitated the traditions of occultic Grail lore. (Angeberts, p.237) Lanz would
later claim credit for influencing Nazi ideology - a claim which has some merit considering
that one of his books was found in Hitler's personal library (now archived in the Library of
Congress in Washington, DC). As for List, he founded the "Armanen", a Germanic pagan
priestly order which apparently accepted Hitler into their brotherhood; evidence is in another
occultic book from Hitler's library bearing an inscription from a comrade to Adolf, "my dear
Armanen brother." (Sklar, p.48) Books by List were found stamped with the insignia of the
SS Ahnenerbe (the Nazi Ancestral Research division), indicating that his teachings were
studied by SS candidates. (As an aside, Angeberts note that the documents dealing with the
Ahnenerbe itself, which they identify as "the Nazi Occult Bureau", are listed in the U.S.
National Archives but for some reason are not available to researchers - p.259-260) Both
Lanz and List were obsessed with blood purity, the Jewish threat, Grail legends and a "new