Description: This is an account of how Nazism was influenced by powerful occult and millenarian sects that thrived in Germany at the turn of the century.
Brief description: Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke (1953-2012) was Professor of Western Esotericism and Director of the Centre for the Study of Esotericism (EXESESO) within the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Exeter.
Review Quotes:
"Goodrick-Clarke's now classic work triumphantly demonstrates that scrupulous scholarship and sound judgement can illuminate a crucial episode in the genesis of Nazism. The political dangers of the new century posed by the mixture of modernity with faith and esoteric mysticism make it particularly timely." --Professor Roger Griffin, author of The Nature of Facism
"An extensive survey of...theology, astrology, and 'ariosophy' (Aryan-racists-occult-theories)... An intriguing study of apocalyptic fantasies..." --Times Literary Supplement "If anyone still questions the power which myth exercises over the human mind, he should read The Occult Roots of Nazism. " --Anthony Storr, Fellow, Royal College of Psychiatrists