Black Sun : Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity

by Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas

• ISBN13: 9780814731550
• ISBN10: 0814731554
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-07-01
• Publisher: New York University Press

Summary

More than half a century after the defeat of Nazism and fascism, the far right is again challenging the liberal order of Western democracies. Radical movements are feeding on anxiety about economic globalization, affirmative action, and third-world immigration, flashpoint issues to many traditional groups in multicultural societies. A curious mixture of Aristocratic paganism, anti-Semitic demonology, Eastern philosophies and the occult is influencing populist antigovernment sentiment and helping to exploit the widespread fear that invisible elites are shaping world events.Black Sunexamines the new neofascist ideology, showing how hate groups, militias and conspiracy cults attempt to gain influence. Based on interviews and extensive research into underground groups,Black Sundocuments the new Nazi and fascist sects that have sprung up from the 1970s through the 1990s and examines the mentality and motivation of these far-right extremists. The result is a detailed, grounded portrait of the mythical and devotional aspects of Hitler cults among Aryan mystics, racist skinheads and Nazi satanists, Heavy Metal music fans, and in occult literature.Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke offers a unique perspective on far right neo-Nazism viewing it as a new form of Western religious heresy. He paints a frightening picture of a religion with its own relics, rituals, prophecies and an international sectarian following that could, under the proper conditions, gain political power and attempt to realize its dangerous millenarian fantasies.

Author Biography

Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke is the author of several books on modern history and politics. His book, The Occult Roots of Nazism, has remained in print since its publication in 1985 and has been translated into eight languages

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(6)
1 American Neo-Nazism	7	(23)
2 The British Nazi Underground	30	(22)
3 Julius Evola and the Kali Yuga	52	(20)
4 Imperium and the New Atlantis	72	(16)
5 Savitri Devi and the Hitler Avatar	88	(19)
6 The Nazi Mysteries	107	(21)
7 Wilhelm Landig and the Esoteric SS	128	(23)
8 Nazi UFOs, Antarctica and Aldebaran	151	(22)
9 Miguel Serrano and Esoteric Hitlerism	173	(20)
10 White Noise and Black Metal	193	(20)
11 Nazi Satanism and the New Aeon	213	(19)
12 Christian Identity and Creativity	232	(25)
13 Nordic Racial Paganism	257	(22)
14 Conspiracy Beliefs and the New World Order	279	(24)
Conclusion: The Politics of Identity	303	(4)
Notes	307	(48)
Acknowledgments	355	(2)
Index	357	(14)
About the Author	371