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waggling. It is less easy to find the books from ‘our side’ that argued along similar lines. This is [was!] one of the
more famous, and you may still uncover an occasional copy in the back room of a used-book store or in the darkest
corners of obscure libraries. Grant was not exactly a nonentity or lunatic-fringe fanatic. He was Chairman of the
New York Zoological Society, Trustee of the American Museum of Natural History, and a Councilor of the American
Geographical Society. In this book [by a prominent publisher] he argues a forceful case for a European race history
that would have done credit to Hitler and Rosenberg. The most interesting aspect of this book is that only a very few
years ago it was accepted as a respectable contender in the academic/scientific community. After World War II it
was, in Orwell’s terms, guilty of Crimethink and thus condemned to be an Unperson. There is a lesson to be learned
here concerning the durability and invulnerability of ‘established scientific fact’ when it becomes politically or
socially inconvenient. I hereby suggest that you make up your own mind as to whether the book is convincing. After
all, I wouldn’t want to get in trouble for even appearing to endorse it ...”
14O. Race and Race History and Other Essays by Alfred Rosenberg (Robert Pois, Ed.). NY: Harper & Row
(Harper Torchback #TB-1820), 1974. (TOS-5) MA: “Extracts from the major race-history writings of the Nazis’
‘official philosopher’ - with a finger-waggling introduction, of course. It is O.K. for this book to be in print; it has the
appropriate editorial condemnation. [See also #14S.]”
14P. Geopolitics: The Struggle for Space and Power by Robert Strausz-Hupe. NY: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1942.
(TOS-4) MA: “The study of international relations on the basis of power politics is academically known as political
realism ( Realpolitik), and before reading #14P you might want to flip through the bible of this school, Hans
Morgenthau’s Politics Among Nations, for a general familiarity with its principles. In 1926 and 1928 Oswald
Spengler published his powerful indictment of contemporary Western civilization, The Decline of the West, and this
made a great impression on a German General named Karl Haushofer. Haushofer became a professor who gained
increasing fame in Germany as the master-theoretician of ‘Geopolitics’, being a part-political, part-geographic, and
part-mystical rationale for aggressive state expansionism. Haushofer was considered by many to be the evil genius
behind Hitler’s ‘blood and soil’ and ‘living-space’ programs. He wrote no single, coherent text of his philosophy. This
book was commissioned in order to explain Geopolitics to a still-uncomprehending U.S. diplomatic community, and
it does a good job. Geopolitical thinking was out of favor in the West until reintroduced by Henry Kissinger (a
Morgenthau enthusiast), but it has always been the lynchpin of Eastern (Soviet/Chinese) foreign policy. Strausz-
Hupe summarizes: ‘World policy evolves towards several continental systems, and technology accentuates the
strategic importance of large, contiguous areas. Thus the era of overseas empires and free world trade closes. If this
reasoning is pushed to its absolute conclusion, the national state is also a thing of the past, and the future belongs to
the giant state. Many nations will be locked in a few vast compartments. But in each of these one people, controlling
a strategic area, will be master of the others.’”
14Q. Wewelsburg 1933 bis 1945: SS Kult- und Terrorstätte by Prof. Dr. Karl Hüser. Paderborn: Verlag
Bonifatius Druckerei, 1982 (German language edition only). (TOS-5) (TRP-5) MA: “The first in-depth documentary
study of the role of the Wewelsburg Castle in the mythological and Black Magical practices of the SS. This is a
historical, not an ‘occult’ publication; in the first few paragraphs it easily discounts the fanciful, ignorant accounts of
the Wewelsburg such as appear in #14B/D/N/R, etc. Here is bedrock: bewildering to some, but a Gate to the Order
of the Trapezoid. [See also #14AC.]”
14R. Hitler: The Occult Messiah by Gerald Suster. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1981. [Deutschland: WU: B-45-197]
(TOS-3) MA: “This is a short (200-page) hardcover book which brings together most if not all of the occult
speculations concerning Nazi Germany, with a reasonable degree of footnoting. Hence it is included here as a good
introductory survey of the field. Extensive quotations from Crowley and an ‘Æon of Horus’ theme throughout the
text expose the author’s Thelemite bias.”
14S. The Myth of the Master Race: Alfred Rosenberg and Nazi Ideology by Robert Cecil. London: B.T.
Batsford Ltd, 1972. (TOS-4) (TRP-3) MA: “The best biography and critical analysis concerning Alfred Rosenberg,
‘official philosopher’ of the Nazi movement. Much of the material otherwise in existence concerning Rosenberg is
suppressed by the Soviet Union, while previous Western biographies and editions of his memoirs were crudely
edited to portray him as more of a monster than a human being, much less a philosopher. Nevertheless Cecil is no
apologist for Rosenberg, bringing out his weaknesses as well as his strengths. This book also describes the
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ideological background and climate of Nazi Germany as a whole, and summarizes the main arguments of
Rosenberg’s Myth of the Twentieth Century. [A 1982 English translation by Vivian Bird of Rosenberg’s The Myth of
the Twentieth Century: An Evaluation of the Spiritual-Intellectual Confrontations of our Age is available from
Noontide Press, 1822-1/2 Newport Blvd. #183, Costa Mesa, CA 92627, USA.][See also #14O.]”
14T. Metapolitics from the Romantics to Hitler by Peter Viereck. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941. [Deutschland:
WU: 25/16-504] (TOS-4) (TRP-1) MA: “This is quite simply the definitive history and analysis of the Germanic
mystical and magical tradition as it has been applied to society and politics. No other political analysis of Nazi
Germany compares with it, and an understanding of the Nazi phenomenon is impossible without it. Major sections
deal with Romanticism, life-worship, Kultur, dynamism, Wagner, Chamberlain, Fichte, Hegel, Rosenberg, and
Hitler.”
14U. For Freedom Destined: Mysteries of Man’s Evolution in the Mythology of Wagner’s Ring Operas and
Parsifal by Franz E. Winkler. Garden City, NY: Waldorf Press, 1974. (TOS-4) (TRP-1) MA: “The definitive study of
the magical and philosophical aspects of the Ring and Parsifal operas. From the book: ‘When we think of the origin
of man, we insist illogically on confusing the history of his purely biological being with the history of his spirit; the
latter defies any attempt at investigation by methods we now call scientific. Darwin and his followers deal with the
emergent evolution of visible man, while on the other hand religion and mythology deal with the evolution of his
invisible soul. In his cycle of the Ring and Parsifal, Wagner uses the magic power of music, words, and scenery to
open man’s heart to the history of the hidden essence of his own self, and to the changing forces that are active
behind the sensory phenomena of man and Earth.’”
14V. The True Believer by Eric Hoffer. NY: Harper & Row, 1951. [Deutschland: Der Fanatiker: Eine
Pathologie des Parteigängers, Rowohlt-Verlag, Hamburg, 1965] (TOS-3) (TRP-3) MA: “Hoffer’s thoughtful study of
the mind of the fanatic and of the various media through which such a mind attempts to fulfill itself - religious,
political, or social. It is particularly instructive t
o compare Hoffer’s theses with the experiences of Hitler, Himmler,
and Rosenberg as treated elsewhere in this reading-list category. The book’s strong point is Hoffer’s famed
common-sense, but this same feature is also its weak point, because it is obvious that Hoffer is not aware of [or does
not understand] the principles discussed, for example, in #14T.”
14W. Astrology and the Third Reich by Ellic Howe. Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Aquarian Press,
1984. (TOS-3) (TRP-3) MA: “A historical study of astrological beliefs in Western Europe since 1700, with special
emphasis on German astrology during 1919-1930 and in Nazi Germany. A revised and expanded edition of Howe’s
earlier Urania’s Children, this book also presents and critiques basic astrological theory and explores the Lesser
Magical use of astrology as a psychological warfare device during World War II. Howe, in addition to being the
author of #10F and a contributor to #4E, served in Britain’s Political Warfare Executive during World War II.”
14X. The Occult Roots of Nazism: The Ariosophists of Austria and Germany 1890-1935 by Nicholas
Goodrick-Clarke. Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Aquarian Press, 1985. (TOS-3) (TRP-3) MA: “This new and
very scholarly book fills a crucial need in the study of 20th-century Germanic occultism, namely a detailed and non-
sensationalistic account of Guido von List’s Armanenschaft, Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels’ Order of New Templars, and
Rudolf von Sebottendorff’s Thule Gesellschaft. Also profiled is SS-Oberführer Karl Wiligut, occult counselor to
Heinrich Himmler and architect of such projects as the Wewelsburg restoration and the SS-Totenkopf ring. This
book is a revised version of the author’s doctoral thesis at Oxford.”
14Y. Adolf Hitler and the Secrets of the Holy Lance by Col. Howard A. Buechner and Capt. Wilhelm Bernhart.
Metairie, Louisiana: Thunderbird Press, Inc., 1988 (ISBN: 0-1913159-05-0). (TOS-3) (TRP-3) MA: “Buechner was a
surgeon in the U.S. Army during World War II; Bernhart was a German U-boat officer and recipient of the Knight’s
Cross in the same war. This intriguing collaboration by them expands upon the themes of #14D. An initial section
traces the [legendary] history of the Spear of Longinus through its arrival in the Hofburg Museum of Vienna.
Subsequent sections deal with the disposition of the Spear during the Third Reich & thereafter, the Wewelsburg,
Nazi/SS occultism in general, the death of Adolf Hitler, and the dispostion of his body and/or the Lance and/or
Nazi/SS treasure at the end of the war. As is the case with #14D, how much of this book is fact and how much is
either speculation or outright fiction is open to debate. Nevertheless, also like #14D, it tells a colorful tale and is an
entertaining read. It even ends on a suitably ominous note, proclaiming that the Knights of the Holy Lance exist
even today (underground), and will, Barbarossa-like, remanifest themselves at the proper magical moment. This
book is privately published and unlikely to be found in your local bookstore, so if you are interested in it, write to the
Thunderbird Press at 300 Cuddihy Drive, Metairie, LA 70005 for purchase information.”
14Z. The Nazi Connection: Eugenics, American Racism, and German National Socialism by Stefan Kuehl.
NY/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994, ISBN: 0-19-508260-5. (TOS-4) MA: “One of the most criticized
elements of Nazi Germany was its attempt to ‘purify the Aryan race’ through all manner of breeding-control and
non-‘Aryan’ suppression policies. All of this was based upon a concept of ‘race’ that went only skin/appearance deep,
ignoring actual genetic factors. As a result the Nazi program, and earlier/later ones like it by other states, descended
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into mere arbitrary prejudice and cruelty. An unfortunate by-product of this is the stigma that hangs over all human
genetic engineering research - which critics attack as ‘genocide’ rather than as a scientific means for the gradual
improvement of human physiology and health. In this remarkable book Kuehl, who is a sociologist and historian at
the University of Bielefeld in Germany, shows how the Nazi eugenics programs were inspired by original programs
in the United States and elsewhere at the turn of the century, and analyzes the ‘new scientific racism’ which societies
are grappling with today.”
14AA. Trading with the Enemy: The Nazi-American Money Plot 1933-1945 by Charles Higham. NY: Barnes &
Noble, 1983 (ISBN: 0-76070-009-5). (TOS-3) MA: “While World War II was being orchestrated by the politicians
and fought & endured by the masses, many large companies and financial institutions on both sides continued to
do business with all sides, maximizing their profits through the demands and stresses of the war. Indeed the
remarkable thing is how little notice they took of the war, save as a changing economic ‘playground’. Higham, a
former _New York Times_ writer, calmly documents this astonishing ‘peek behind the curtain’, offering the reader
sobering insights into what any international war really means, and to whom. The importance of this book lies not
just in its historical cynicism, but in the lessons it implies for present and future ‘national conflicts’.”
14AB. Al Khemi: Hermetic, Occult, Political, and Private Aspects of R.A. Schwaller de Lubicz by André
VandenBroeck Hudson. NY: Lindisfarne Press, 1987. (TOS-5) DW: “This book is essential for fully understanding all
of the work of R.A. Schwaller de Lubicz. Schwaller began his magical/political career as a fascist, trying to work out
the dilemma of a people becoming self-empowered, godlike beings yet cooperating in a nationalistic group. He was a
member of the Tala, the esoteric core of Les Veilleurs, a group which also included Rudolph Hess and possibly had
ties to the Thule Society. When pressure was brought to bear on his group, he emigrated to Egypt and became an
advocate of ancient Egyptian wisdom. A couple of notable quotes from the book: ‘Black Magic is a Pandora’s box,
not because the practitioner is evil, but because he lacks the “sense of the temple” as safeguard of ideas.’ ‘“Il faut
voir cela dans sa nue crudité” was all the moral advice he would ever offer. It implies a free vista of the existing state
of affairs, unhindered and unembellished by an artificial code of morals.’ VandenBroeck was Schwaller’s student the
last two years of the latter’s life. The book explains the experiment of social alchemy to create empowered
individuals: His magical work was an attempt to recreate the pharaonic secret. This is the hidden ground behind
Fulcanelli, Lucie Lamy, Bika Reed, John Anthony West, Robert Lawlor, Ronald K. Barrett, and many other
transformational elitists in the New Age movement, including the Temple of Set. A great study of the Word Al-
Khemi, meaning both the secret of the pharaohs and the method of its attainment. The powers and dangers of
symbolism are revealed by this book.”
14AC. Heinrich Himmler’s Camelot by Stephen Cook and Stuart Russell. Kressmann-Backmeyer LLC, 1999.
(TOS-3) (TRP-3) MA: “Subtitled The Wewelsburg: Ideological Center of the SS 1934-1945, this book is a superb
historical & pictorial documentary, packed full of all of the information to date on this topic. One of the authors has
lived for years in Paderborn, the other in Australia, and both have been famously fixated on the castle. That they
would come together to collaborate on this magnificent book is literary, if not indeed poetic justice. HHC is also
another of the books which ref
reshingly and courageously makes its historical statement without paying the
expected text-tax to “Holocaust” hand-wringing.”
14AD. Secret King by Stephen E. Flowers, Ph.D. (Trans.) and Michael Moynihan (Ed.). Dominion Press/
Runa-Raven Press, 2001. (TRP-4) MA: “Subtitled Karl Maria Wiligut, Himmler’s Lord of the Runes: The Real
Documents of Nazi Occultism. This unusual, unprecedented, and intriguing study explores the role of the runic
scholar Wiligut in early 20th-Century Germany and particularly the early [to 1939] years of the SS, wherein he had
the especial regard of Heinrich Himmler. While it is evident that Wiligut’s Odinism had some impact, just how
enduring it would have been became a moot point with the destruction of the SS. A well-presented selection of
Wiligut’s writings is included.”
14AE. We Break the Sword by Michael A. Aquino. San Francisco: Barony of Rachane, 2016. (TOS-3) (TRP-3)
Introduction by Stephen E. Flowers, Ph.D. MA: “MindWar is the art and science of resolving international political
and military crises through the application of Psychological Control (PSYCON) techniques to the electromagnetic
architecture of the human brain, replacing violent irrationality with constructive and cooperative creativity. The
result is the elimination of the bloodshed of conventional physical war (PhysWar). My book MindWar (#19AD)
introduced and detailed this methodology. We Break the Sword is one of a series of theoretical case studies of how
MindWar could have been applied to historical conflicts, in this case the European theater of World War II in 1940.
It also addresses prevention of the subsequent development of atomic warfare, delaying if not eliminating that
worldwide international danger. An ‘alternative history’ of what might have been - instead of the horrors that were.”
http://www.amazon.com/Michael-A.-Aquino/e/B01GEWRIMU
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F14A. The Keep. Paramount, 1983. Paramount Home Video #VHS 1563. Jurgen Prochnow, Scott Glenn. MA:
“During World War II a German army detachment occupies a small village in a remote pass of the Romanian
Balkans, only to accidentally let loose an ancient Form (dæmon/ neter/god) imprisoned in a trapezoidal ‘Keep’ by its