Occultism and National Socialism
Occultism and National Socialism
By David Myatt
Preface
In fundamental terms, this means that any and all attempts to link
National-Socialism with Occultism, or with any aspect of Occultism,
modern or otherwise, are doomed, just as any and all attempts to
"explain" or "understand" National-Socialism is psychological terms
are also doomed. This is so because Occultism and psychology - like
Christianity itself and the Judaism from which Christianity derives - are
founded upon the fundamentally abstract and flawed notion of
opposing, or contradictory, opposites, and because, in the case of
Occultism, Occultism does not represent or express what actually
exists, in ourselves, in Nature and in the cosmos. In simple terms - and
as outlined in Chapter I of this present work - National-Socialism and
the Occult are incompatible, just as National-Socialism has rendered
the Occult, Christianity and even modern psychology, obsolete.
The second reason that National-Socialism and the Occult are opposed
is because what makes National-Socialism unique - and thus of
fundamental importance - is that National-Socialism is a unity, a
wholeness, a genuine expression of what exists, being both spiritual
and civilized. That is, National-Socialism does not champion or uphold
a lifeless materialism or a lifeless logic - rather, it champions and
upholds the ordered, living, vital essence of existence itself, composed
as this essence is of what is both spiritual, or numinous, and what is
ordered, rational and thus civilized. In simple terms, National-
Socialism and National-Socialism alone represents and upholds the
original, organic, unity which has been lost, and out of which all other
beliefs, creeds, philosophies or religions abstracted opposing
opposites, to the detriment of our understanding, our well-being, our
evolution and our very existence as human beings. This unity is
essential to a fulfilling human existence, and only from it can further
upward evolution occur.
However, the term 'paganism' has over recent years been used -
incorrectly - by people who adhere to extreme 'Left-wing', or
Marxist-type, causes, as well as by those mis-guided Aryans who have
rejected those creations of our present civilization, science and reason.
Accordingly, the term 'pagan' has now become associated with various
'trendy' causes and various weird, beliefs. These types of people are
not genuine pagans.
What do you think was the esoteric current behind the Third Reich and
Hitler/the NSDAP? Did this derive from an ancient tradition, or was it of fairly
recent origin via Thule, for example?
He did this naturally, not mystically. That is, he was in a profound way
supra-human and self-contained: the cosmos in evolution and being
made manifest in an individual. I do not mean this in a 'theological'
sense, but in a naturalistic way: he was what most of us have the
potential to become; a more highly evolved being. What existed,
esoterically or otherwise, before his emergence is now irrelevant - he
himself, and his movement, are the esoteric current of our times and of
the next Aeon. He relied on no previous esoteric current, and was not
part of any - he was and is the current. This was why esoteric groups,
including Thule, were banned in the Third Reich - they were not
necessary, were irrelevant or were detrimental to the energies
National-Socialism had unleashed and was using to re-shape us and
the cosmos. In some ways, Thule helped prepare the way for Adolf
Hitler - with his emergence, Thule was no longer necessary. The
various NS organizations, such as the SS, became the practical means
to achieve the transformations necessary. What has not even now been
understood, except by a very few, is that National-Socialism was and is
a practical alchemy which can achieve the goal that all genuine
'esoteric' groups seek to achieve: a new, higher, being. Moreover, and
importantly, National-Socialism seeks to and can make this goal real
for the majority, not just a select few.
I can only repeat that all esoteric groups which existed before Adolf
Hitler are either now irrelevant, or, if they still exist, are now
detrimental to future development: to the creation of higher beings.
The only significant and important esoteric groups which now exist are
those which, understanding the cosmic importance of Adolf Hitler,
covertly or otherwise prepare the way for, and encourage, the future
triumph of National-Socialism and 'esoteric Hitlerism'. Notice I did not
restrict myself to mentioning 'Aryan' esoteric groups, for ultimately
National-Socialism will enable our evolution as a whole species, as I
have briefly explained in my 'The Enlightenment of National-Socialism'.
Considering the archetypal scope of NS and Hitler, do you consider that the
persecution and hatred directed against these might actually be empowering
them psychically? And, in general, if persecution actually serves to empower its
target, could this not also be said for overt opposition to, for example,
Christianity and Zionism? If correct, how can this paradox be resolved?
Few people really understand archetypes. They are living - they are
born, they flourish, and they die. They are not an 'intellectual
abstraction' for people to pretend to understand and try to use. Neither
are they mystical in the sense of being 'incomprehensible'.
After the banning of esoteric groups by the Third Reich, what occult influence
continued to impact upon the Third Reich, and did it have tangible
organizational form? Who were its principal exponents?
There was no occult influence - for Adolf Hitler and the National-
Socialist movement expressed all that was necessary, with the various
National-Socialist organizations giving tangible form to the
evolutionary energies which Adolf Hitler unleashed and controlled.
What needs to be understood is that all these various organizations
were necessary for the correct balance to be achieved and thus a
numinous society, or State, created. National-Socialist Germany was
more than just another State - it was the first time, in the history of our
evolution as a species, that a State-form was used in an evolutionary
way. Indeed, a new form was thereby created, and this form is so
revolutionary, so crucial for our future as a species and as 'thinking-
beings', that its importance cannot at this time be over-estimated.
There has been a tendency to try and identify the SS as the most
important 'esoteric-type' organization of the Reich - as some sort of
'mystical' organization which embodied the principles of National-
Socialism in a higher form. This tendency shows a basic
mis-understanding of National-Socialism, the SS itself, and in
particular what National-Socialist Germany was. The SS was a warrior
organization, with an Aryan warrior ethos, and as such exemplified
some of the highest Aryan ideals. It was also intended to be archetypal
- creating its own traditions, and bringing about, partly through the
test of combat, the development of higher beings. But other
organizations embodied other Aryan ideals, and all of them together
were necessary and vital for a healthy, balanced society to be achieved.
The SS was a vital and necessary part of the practical organic whole
that was National-Socialist Germany.
Were Hitler and others such as the mystically-inclined Hess and Himmler fully
conscious themselves of their Aeonic roles, and perhaps even of their fated
Destiny?
Adolf Hitler and Rudolf Hess certainly were aware of these things.
Hess himself wrote, in 57 yf, after the victorious allies had hanged
eleven Germans at Nuremberg: "What the death of these Eleven will
one day mean, but few today can suspect, much less can I write about.
We are standing on the threshold of a great new age. What we are all
going through are its birth-pangs. Everything seems negative - yet
despite it all, the time is coming when something new and great will be
born."
How do you perceive the Third Reich and its defeat in Aeonic terms? Was it a
premature experiment for something that did not belong to this Aeon - or
perhaps the seeding for something centuries hence that was required to be
established in this century in order to work itself upon future centuries?
Adolf Hitler has left us a great legacy. We can either use that legacy,
and so achieve greatness; or we can ignore that legacy, and so choose
doom as a race. If we as a race reject this legacy, we deserve to perish.
We either survive, flourish and create new civilizations; or we endure
oppression, and gradually die out. Using this legacy, it is possible for
us, or our descendants, to win back our freedom, and so create another
National-Socialist Reich, within twenty to fifty years from now. If this is
not done - because we or our descendants prefer oppression and
self-indulgence - then this legacy can still be used by others some time
in the future to create a new Reich, provided of course there are still
pure Aryans around then. But unless we act soon, the one great
possibility which awaits - and which will secure civilization forever -
will be postponed and may never arise again. I refer of course to a
Galactic Empire. We are uniquely placed, given our Thorian technology
and our understanding, to begin the process which will ensure the
creation of this Empire. But if this is not done soon - if there is a long
period of Zionist oppression, an interregnum - then this will no longer
be feasible for many, many centuries; and may indeed never be feasible
again, even if sufficient Aryans survive. This will be so because during
this interregnum the Thorian ethos will decline and die, as will the
technology which exemplifies that ethos. It would probably be over a
millennia before the same level is reached again.
Ever since I was twelve or thirteen years of age I have known that our
ultimate Destiny lies in the exploration and conquest of Outer Space.
Since those years, the prospect has excited and intrigued me - as it
excites and intrigues many young people. It was this which led me to
study Physics and join a scientific society dedicated to encouraging
Space travel. Like millions of others, I sat for hours on end to watch
the live television broadcasts of the first human ever to walk on the
surface of the moon. But I was also aware, at that time, that only a
certain type of society could pursue and make real this ultimate
Destiny - that it needed a new type of person, and a society dedicated
to something more than self-gratification and materialism. What was
needed was a society composed of noble individuals who strove to
work together for the common good and who were ennobled by
pursuing idealistic goals such as exploration and conquest.
I have written and said what I have written and said about the Galactic
Empire and National-Socialism because I feel these things deep within
my own being. As to there being any philosophical or scientific
precursors to this, I do not know.
Will there ever be a danger of stagnation and decay in the New Aeon as in all
previous Aeons and their civilizations, or will the Galactic scope of the New
Aeon give in an enduring (even eternal) quality that is unique to it?
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