The Occult and the Third Reich: The Mystical Origins of Nazism and the Search for the Holy Grail

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First French language edition 1971, Editions Robert Laffont, S.A. Translated into English by Lewis A.M. SUMBERG. Reconstructed at 200dpi from the landscape 150dpi / trucolor PDF at https://archive.org/details/jean-michel-angebert-the-occult-and-the-third-reich-the-mystical-origins-of-nazi Human-legible but owing to original scan being at only 150dpi, searchable text layer only approximately 80% accurate. Other than bookmarking, no attempt at reformat beyond splitting the PDF landscape version into standard one-up book format and rendering pages at a uniform dpi. [rear dustwrapper:] "The Occult and the Third Reich marks a giant step forward in Hitler scholarship. It is the first work to demonstrate that the Nazi cosmology was an intricate synthesis of the . . . occult, nurtured by an ancient neo-Paganism. . . . The ability of neo-Paganism to militantly reaffirm itself and contest with Christianity for men’s minds and bodies tells us that the Nazi nightmare is only the last, but not the final act in a larger human tragedy still being played out. . . . the authors are doubtless right in predicting that certain practitioners of the black arts will yet play a major role in determining the shape of a not too-distant future." —Lewis A. M. Sumberg JEAN-MICHEL ANGEBERT is the joint signature of Michel Bertrand and Jean Angelini, two French scholars who have extenslvely researched the role of mystical cults in European history. Their fields of specialization include regional history, law, political science, and the history of religions. LEWIS A.M. SUMBERG, the translator, holds his doctorate in French medieval history and literature from the University of Paris. A professor and consultant to the Office of Educational Planning at the University of Tennessee, his publications range from literary criticism to the history of Ihe Crusades. The Occult and the Third Reich - Dustwrapper: Front Flyleaf: Front Flyleaf: Rear Title Page Printer's Imprint Contents Translator's Preface Introduction PART ONE: Otto Rahn and the Crusade against the Grail 1. The Grail: Christian Relic, Pagan Relic The Satanic Quest The Seeker The Grail: Myth or Reality? The Cathar Phenomenon 2. The Grail: Neo-Pagan Relic The Book of the Key The Mysterious Mission PART TWO: The Great Tradition 3. The Myth of the Beginnings Atlantis and Hyperborea The Theories Concerning the Creation of the World 4. The Gnosis, or Supreme Knowledge The Questioning Zoroaster and the Religion of Light Manes and His School Christianity and Gnosis 5. The Centers of Initiation Sanctuaries of Antiquity Asgard (“Center of the World”) and the King of the World The Templars and the Rose-Cross The Order of the Rose-Cross The Signs of the Times PART THREE: The New Era 6. Nietsche and Superman Nietzsche and Wagner Man-God and Religious Freedom Creation of the Superman 7. Wagner the Troubadour The Master of Bayreuth and the Principal Wagnerian Themes Wagner’s Work as a Philosophy Hitler’s Interpretation of Wagner 8. The Secret Origins of Nazism The Esoteric Societies: German Freemasonry and Theosophy The Racist Groups Birth of the National Socialist Party 9. The Hitlerian Cosmogony False Interpretations Materialism and Spiritualism Man and the Universe The Means for Moving Forward The Final Goal 10. The Myth Realized Symbols and Emblems The Three Degrees of Initiation The Orders Rosenberg and the Myth of the Twentieth Century The Events 11. Catharism and Hitlerism Hitler’s Personality The Concordances The Metaphysical Affinities 12. Apocalypse: The Twilight of the Gods Apocalypse and Johannite Tradition Neo-Albigensianism or Counterfeit? The New Tablets of the Law Notes Index Bibliography Dustwrapper: Rear