Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity

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NYU Press, 2001 M08 1 - 379 pages

A comprehensive and revealing study of the mindset and motives that drive far-right extremists in the post-World War II West.

Black Sun examines the new neofascist ideology, showing how hate groups, militias and conspiracy cults gain influence. Based on interviews and extensive research into underground groups, the book documents new Nazi and fascist sects that have sprung up from the 1970s to the 1990s and examines the mentality and motivation of these far-right extremists. The result is a detailed, grounded portrait of the mythical and devotional aspects of Hitler cults among Aryan mystics, racist skinheads and Nazi satanists, and disciples of heavy metal music and occult literature.

 

Contents

Introduction
American NeoNazism
The British Nazi Underground
Julius Evola and the Kali Yuga
Imperium and the New Atlantis
Savitri Devi and the Hitler Avatar
The Nazi Mysteries
Wilhelm Landig and the Esoteric
Nazi Satanism and the New Aeon
Christian Identity and Creativity
Nordic Racial Paganism
Conspiracy Beliefs and the New World Order
The Politics of Identity
Notes
About the Author
Acknowledgments

Nazi UFOs Antarctica and Aldebaran
White Noise and Black Metal

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About the author (2001)

Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke is the author of several books on ideology and the Western esoteric tradition, including Hitler’s Priestess and Occult Roots of Nazism, which has remained in print since its publication in 1985 and has been translated into eight languages.

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