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1260: 127: 25: 409: 579:. In his concept of Armanism, the religion of the theocratic elite in his image of the ancient Germanic past, List borrowed material from Freemasonry and Rosicrucianism. Since his manuscript, proposing the research into the runes by the "means of occult insight", was rejected from the Imperial Academie of Sciences in Vienna, the supporters of List formed a List Society ( 489:. Before that, a publisher with the name Wilhelm Friedrich had already published the works of Hartmann and Hübbe-Schleiden, as well as translations of the English Theosophists at Leipzig. Wilhelm Friedrich had also published the occult works of Max Ferdinand Sebaldt von Werth (1859–1916). Initially, this author had collaborated with Moritz von Egidy on the periodical 583:) to finance his research. The Society was founded officially on 2 March 1908. Its members included völkisch authors as well as occultists (for example Franz Hartmann and the complete membership of the Vienna Theosophical Society). Some inner members of the List Society participated in the activities of the 1010:
Within the Nazi ideology it was alleged that Freemasonry was part of "the Jewish conspiracy". Since many esoteric groups emulated the lodge structure of Freemasonry, they were "caught in the National Socialist anti-Masonic law of 1935". Even "the German Order of Druids" was closed down, "protesting
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as its symbol. After 1938 the use of the swastika became prohibited and the group was no longer allowed to hold public meetings. However, unlike many other esoteric groups in Nazi Germany, the GGG was not forced to disband, partly "because of Fahrenkrog's international status as an artist."
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mounted a "slanderous campaign" to strip the Order of its economic and political influence. The Templars were accused of Satanic practices, perversions and blasphemy and ruthlessly suppressed; Its leaders were burned on March 18, 1314. The circumstances of their suppression gave rise to
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On 11 November 1932, influenced by Ariosophy, an industrialist with the name Johann Walthari Wölfl also founded an association called the Lumenclub in Vienna, which overlapped in membership with the ONT. The ideological sympathy of the Lumenclub to
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and Anthroposophy. However, the suppression of esoteric organisations began very soon after the Nazis acquired governmental power. Dr. Anna Bramwell points out that "occultist racialists were banned as early as 1934."
1179:(Before Hitler Came: Documents from the Early Days of the National Socialist Movement). Nazi authorities disliked the book, which was banned in the following year. Sebottendorff was arrested but managed to flee to 469:"It may have been a desire to counter Steiner's influence in the occult subculture which led Hartmann to encourage the publication of several new periodicals." A Theosophical Publishing House was established by 1042:) and a false prophet had been published by Gregor Schwartz-Bostunitsch in 1930. Schwartz-Bostunitsch had been an "enthusiastic Anthroposophist" from 1923, but was disaffected by 1929 and later joined the SS. 541:
in December 1913, the vast majority of the German membership of the Theosophical Society following them into the new group; the breakaways were excluded from the Theosophical Society in January 1914.
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is beyond question, as it acted as growth centre for the Nazi party that was illegal in Austria since 1934. Nevertheless, they were later suppressed like other esoteric groups. After the
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Whether the Nazi ideology had a special view concerning the various esoteric doctrines (aside from confusing them with Freemasonry) is not clear. Concerning
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was dissolved still in the 1920s, well before Hitler's rise to power, and the anti-Masonic legislation of 1935 closed down esoteric organisations including
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enjoyed a revival. Astrological texts by Karl Brandler-Pracht, Otto Pöllner, Ernst Tiede, and Albert Knief appeared at the Theosophical Publishing House at
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and the alt-right to protest government regulations. Anthroposophy has "a proximity to the mindset of conspiracy theorists", according to Helmut Zander.
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Astrology was officially interdicted in Nazi Germany after 1938. However, the Nazis had sympathizing astrologers write favourable interpretations of
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In the years following the military defeat, there was a burgeoning occult movement in Germany, and Austria. Significant figures in this milieu were
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wrote his research reports on the "Aryo-Germanics" (Ario-Germanen) between 1908 and 1913, but in 1917 two later articles written by him appeared in
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in Germany did not wish to encourage forms of paganism which did not serve to further their goals of promoting pan-Germanic ethnic consciousness.
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Other measures against esoteric groups were most probably the result of the general Nazi policy of suppressing lodge organizations.
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tract, while the other two (for which the authorship of Valentin Andreae is not finally proven) announce the existence of the
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The idea of chivalric Freemasonry first occurred ca. 1737 in France. In 1775 Baron Gotthelf von Hund (1722–76) founded the
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began in the 1970s. Since the 1980s, mainstream esotericism in German-speaking Europe has been dominated by generic
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focused more on the practical side of rune occultism. In 1936 Friedrich Bernhard Marby was arrested and sent to a
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flourished in varying degrees. Rosicrucianism goes back to the beginning of the 17th century, when three works by
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travelled through Europe. Its president was Franz Hartmann, who also founded a Theosophical lay-monastery at
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and runic row was a schismatic false religion, but this does seem to be unconnected to the arrest of Marby.
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in 1938, Lanz von Liebenfels had his writings banned. The Lumenclub and the ONT were suppressed by the
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during 1933-1945 propagated a move away from Christianity towards an "Aryan-Nordic religion", partly
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Day 1900, but Goodrick-Clarke does not consider this statement reliable. Goodrick-Clarke 1985: 245.
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The book of psalms, German: The book of prayer of the Ariosophists, Race mystics, and Antisemites
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in March 1942, following the party edict of December 1938 that applied to many sectarian groups.
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Christopher Hodapp. 2005. Freemasons for Dummies, Wiley Publishing Inc., Indianapolis, p.85.
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ideology and occultism into the type of esoteric doctrine that is now collectively labelled
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The first German Theosophical Society was established in July 1884, under the presidency of
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Das Buch der Psalmen teutsch: das Gebetbuch der Ariosophen, Rassenmystiker, und Antisemiten
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between 1893 and 1899. In 1903 he published a long article "Anthropozoon biblicum" in the
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Telegram from Hitler to Dr. Korsch, President of the International Astrological Congress.
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was continued by Rudolf Arnold Spieth, who also published one of his works posthumously.
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Marcus Wolff, "Ludwig Fahrenkrog and the Germanic Faith Community: Wodan Triumphant" in
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to the last that they were not Freemasons but good, German Druids." In her biography of
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The full focus of the state was not aimed at religious groups until 9 June 1941 when
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Goodrick-Clarke 1985: 161; Weisthor (Willigut) to Himmler, letter dated 2 May 1934,
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Bevor Hitler kam: Urkundlich aus der FrĂĽhzeit der Nationalsozialistischen Bewegung
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and was incarcerated in a concentration camp for three and a half months in 1945.
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Since the esoteric importance of the runes (that first had been developed by
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Here two authors stand out, as they engaged the runes in "a less explicitly
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Lanz von Liebenfels has claimed that the founding of the ONT occurred on
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had applauded the advent of the third reich in their esoteric magazines.
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The modern German occult revival owes its inception to the popularity of
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The German and Vienna occult subculture was well developed before the
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In either 1747 or 1757 a quasi-masonic Rosicrucian order of the name
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heritage into disrepute and ridicule". Wiligut also had identified
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had been important in the foundation of Nazi racist ideology, and
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Blood and Soil: Richard Walther Darré and Hitler's 'Green Party'
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between 1895 and 1906." Theodor Reuss had been in contact with
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was founded in Berlin, having a 9-grade hierarchy based on the
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path suitable for the modern era, and professed commitment to
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and its usage in divination within the northern tradition of
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groups as predecessor. It was founded and led by the painter
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achieved more significance: the "new Templar lodge", called
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Goodrick-Clarke 1985: 161; Friedrich Bernhard Marby, 1975,
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in Germany and Austria, gave his first occult session with
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grew steadily. In 1912, Rudolf Steiner broke away to found
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protested to Himmler and Heydrich, "despite a letter from
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Influenced by Guido von List and Lanz von Liebenfels (see
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According to their private writings, the leaders of the
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interest of the theosophists under the leadership of
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Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL)
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Goodrick-Clarke, The Occult Roots of Nazism, p. 197
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