Building a new world order, about which Hitler discussed many times in his political manifestos, aroused an understandable terror among many. Especially since the reign of terror was exercised by the Aryan superhumans - a race of masters, as the followers of the distorted ideas of the Third Reich used to say about themselves. It turns out that there were also completely fantastic elements in the sick ideology of German society. Not of this world, but of dark legends, of Norse cults. Find out about the history behind the occult Thule Society.
An almost perfectly functioning empire, in which fullitarian power was exercised by a totalitarian party "taking care" of various aspects of everyday life of ordinary citizens ... Nazi Germany, headed by Adolf Hitler from January 30, 1933 - acting as both leader and chancellor - even in modern imaginations, they take the form of a state colossus. Could it be that superstition, superstition and, finally, belief in magic and supernatural phenomena were at the root of the greatness of the Third Reich?
The birth of evil, the magic of symbols - the swastika and the community of madmen
For a good start, let's consider the symbolism itself. Swastika, a sign present in most of the world's religions, especially Asian ones, where it refers to happiness and prosperity, a sacred symbol of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. However, in circles of Western cultures, where the historical memory of the terror of two global conflicts is still alive, the meaning is quite different. It is a symbol associated primarily with neo-fascist structures and groups which refer to a murderous ideology.
Anton Drexler
It is believed that the person who persuaded Hitler to use the swastika as a symbol of emerging power was the co-founder of the DAP (German Workers' Party), Anton Drexler. Hitler wanted the Nazis to be united not only by common values and philosophical ideas, but also by a visual foundation. Signs that meant power caused fear, also fascination. The sources of such assumptions should be sought in the unique community of mystics and madmen.
The deceitful baron is the head of the order - Thule, or on the border of the worlds
As early as the beginning of the 20th century, the mystical German nationalists, concentrated in the so-called Thule Society, began to use the swastika as a symbol of the Aryan master race. The ancestors of the Nordic and Germanic peoples, in a sense, functioned as patrons of a community of madmen led by Baron Rudolf von Sebottendor.
Von Sebottendor is a character with an exceptionally colorful biography. The real name of the said one is Adam Alfred Rudolf Glauer, and what is even more interesting, he assumed the title of baron without justification. Initially, he studied engineering in Berlin, but his father's premature death deprived him of the funds necessary to complete his education at the polytechnic. He collected his life experience in other ways - for example as a smoker on freighters, and then retrained into the role of an electrician-mechanic. He made cruises to the USA and Mediterranean countries, and the two-year episode in today's Turkey was particularly important.
Rudolf von Sebottendor.
Because it was in the former Ottoman Empire that Glauer came into contact with the philosophy and spirituality of the Orient. Sufism, which is the term for the multitude of different mystical currents in Islam, as well as the Kabbalah, the mystical school of Judaism. After returning to his homeland, von Sebottendor - already as a hypocritical baron - joined the Germanenorden Association, which was founded in 1912 in Berlin. The idea for the followers of the German elite was ariosophy, a racist doctrine that proclaimed the superiority of the Aryan race over other ethnic and national groups.
Baron von Sebottendor quickly became an important member of the conspiracy organization, assuming the role of one of the leaders in the Bavaria region. As early as 1918, Glauer decided that his part of the organization would be called the Thule Association. The enigmatic sounding name refers to the mythical island, which for the ancient Greeks was the northernmost land, a peculiar border of the then world - in antiquity identified with today's Iceland, the Shetland archipelago or the coast of Norway.
The representatives of the organization wanted to know the history of the first Germans, for whom the island of Thule could be their homeland. Von Sebottendor, however, took care not only of the philosophical foundations of his movement, but also of the organization, financial support and armed arm, creating the Kampfbund Thule militia. The baron, while leading the followers, also contributed to the creation of the German Workers' Party, because one of the leaders of the DAP was a Thule member, Karl Herrer. Soon after, in September 1919, a certain Adolf Hitler joined the party, who later changed the name to the well-known abbreviation of the NSDAP, the National Socialist German Workers' Party ...
Occult politics and secrets written in the walls of a medieval castle
Perhaps Baron von Sebottendor was right, who noted in his memoirs that Hitler made use of some of the structures as well as a community vision enshrined in the Thule Association. Suffice it to say that the group of the Führer's closest associates linked their past with the occult sect. Among them are Rudolf Hess, Alfred Rosenberg and Hans Frank.
Heinrich Himmler was also a member of the Thule occult society who - appointed in January 1932 head of security at the party's central headquarters in Munich - took to heart the task of being the guardian and trustee of the secrets of the Third Reich. Wewelsburg was a place that was supposed to be a kind of base, or rather a fortress for activities.
Heinrich Himmler was a member of the Thule
societyMedieval castle located near Paderborn in North Rhine-Westphalia. During the Third Reich period, it was known primarily as a center of Nazi mysticism, but above all as the center of the SS. Himmler cared about the communal character of his militaristic organization - Wewelsburg, for the development of which prisoners held in the nearby Niederhagen-Wewelsburg concentration camp were used, became the venue for various ceremonies, ranging from baptisms, through marriage, to funerals.
Although historians do not find any concrete evidence that would indicate that occult rituals were carried out in the chambers of a medieval castle, the significance of the place is peculiar. The fortress was Himmler's private treasury, and the most important place in the castle was the stone chamber, a meeting place for the highest-ranking SS officers . Moreover, the names of key rooms were derived from the names of Germanic heroes - knights, chiefs and rulers.
Researchers of history, or devilish freemasonry
Heinrich Himmler, one of the main leaders of Nazi Germany and the greatest criminals of the era, might have passed as a lover of art and science. Because it was on his initiative, together with Richard Walter Darré, agronomist and animal scientist, Minister of the Third Reich for Food and Agriculture) and Dutch pseudo-scientist, Hermann Wirt, the Ahnenerbe organization was created.
Under this name, there was a place for a para-scientific association whose members were engaged in carrying out devilish medical experiments on prisoners of concentration camps. But not only. In the Ahnenerbe it is also planned to recover scientific and cultural achievements by force in the countries occupied by the Third Reich. Because at the very beginning, the society developed as a kind of research center focused on archeology, anthropology, ethnology, in other words - researching the historical heritage of the Germans.
Ahnenerbe emblem
We need to know that the members of the Ahnenerbe carried out successive looting of scientific collections, archaeological artifacts, and valuable works of art, for example from occupied Poland. The group officially functioned as a research organization for the heritage of ancient Germanic peoples, which was very similar to the founding of the Thule Society, which actually functioned as a Masonic sect. But the secret organization's influence was not limited to its historical heritage. Did occultists have a measurable influence on the politics of the Third Reich? You will find out about it soon.