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The global power of freemasonry - Gnostic Liberation Front

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In 1917, the Soviet Union considered using this symbol on the uniforms<br />

<strong>of</strong> its soldiers.<br />

Hitler was, however, impressed by the magnificence <strong>of</strong> the com-<br />

munist reversed, right-angled swastika, and began using it as the<br />

Nazi symbol on 20 May 1920. <strong>The</strong> dentist Friedrich Krohn <strong>of</strong> the party<br />

leadership (who also was a member <strong>of</strong> the Germanenorden) had sug-<br />

gested using the sauwastika, which promoted health and would have<br />

brought balance and success to the male organization. It occurs in<br />

Buddhism as symbolic <strong>of</strong> Buddha's esoteric teachings, the wheel <strong>of</strong><br />

life, but Hitler insisted on using the male swastika. In Buddhism the<br />

female yin swastika is used for certain purposes to attain spiritual<br />

balance. <strong>The</strong> Thule Society was, however, mainly interested in using<br />

the male swastika. It held secret courts and condemned people to<br />

death.<br />

But fatally, the swastika did not work in the hands <strong>of</strong> these evil<br />

men. It reduced the aura <strong>of</strong> the fighting male masses. <strong>The</strong> Nazi lea-<br />

ders, however, took measures for their own security - producing<br />

<strong>power</strong> without gathering <strong>power</strong>. For the Nazis therefore, this magic<br />

symbol functioned as exploitation strength through joy (Kraft durch<br />

Freude).<br />

<strong>The</strong> Nazis, however, saw the swastika as a symbol <strong>of</strong> national<br />

renaissance. In 1935, the Swastika with the original German colours<br />

431

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