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Paris, Picard, 1968. Broché. xxxii-388 p. Avec un plan dépliant.

Zustand: Neuf.

A.et J. Picard, Paris, 1968. 385 S., kartoniert (Namensstempel auf Vorsatz/Rücken mit privatem Papierschild)--- 516 Gramm.

xxxii + 388pp. + 1 carte dépliante, 23cm., brochure originale, bon état, R102657.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. xx, 306 pages. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. The dust jacket is in a plastic sleeve. Jean-Michel Angebert is the joint signature of Michel Bertrand and Jean Angelini, two French scholars who have extensively researched the role of mystical cults in European history. Their fields of specialization include regional history, law, political science, and the history of religions. Lewis A. M. Sumberg, the translator, holds his doctorate in French medieval history and literature from the University of Paris. A professor and consultant to the Office of Educational Planning at the University of Tennessee, his publications range from literary criticism to the history of the Crusades. Among some of the topics addressed are Occult, Otto Rahn, Holy Grail, Pagan, Satanic, Cathar, Atlantis, Hyberborea, Zoroaster, Gnosis, Asgard, Templars, Rose-Cross, Nietzsche, Bayreuth, Freemasonry, theosophy, Racism, National Socialism,Materialism, Spiritualism, Symbols, Emblems, Rosenberg, Metaphysics, and Johannite. "The Occult and the Third Reich marks a giant step forward in Hitler scholarship. It is the first work to demonstrate that the Nazi cosmology was an intricate synthesis of the occult, nurtured by an ancient neo-Paganism. The ability of neo-Paganism to militantly reaffirm itself and contest with Christianity for men's minds and bodies tells us that the Nazi nightmare is only the last, but not the final act in a larger human tragedy still being played out. The authors are doubtless right in predicting that certain practitioners of the black arts will yet play a major role in determining the shape of a not-too-distant future." -Lewis A. M. Sumberg. The text explains the influences of alternative belief systems (occult, paganism, mysticism, etc.) on the Nazi ideology and Hitler's personal philosophy. It also documents the history and development of ideas and symbols used by the Nazi Party and of the Nazi eugenics program. In the early 20th century, the young Adolf Hitler was just one of many German-speaking people attracted by a new Germanic mythology that combined ancient legends and esoteric cosmologies with cutting-edge theories of genetic science. In the hands of the Nazis, the result was a new ideology that saw racial purity as the key to human destiny. This was a belief system of arcane rituals and potent symbols, with the ancient swastika appropriated for the Nazi cause. By the time of the Third Reich, Hitler and the Nazis had evolved an entirely new faith, complete with holy book, venerated relics, and a priestly elite in the form of Himmler's SS. It was a religion based on obedience, power, and the cult of the leader, with Hitler himself conceived in Messianic terms. First American Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing.