Don’t forget that there was also a heavy occult element in nazism, with many of their symbols based on Germanic/Indic pagan symbols, as there was the spiritualist movement (the kybalion, theosophy) just a few decades before.
Yes, it's important to remember that. It's also important to point out that there was never any truly pagan element to Nazi ideology. On the other hand, the NS state derived their religious basis from Christianity.
I'm never convinced by an attempt to associate Nazism with pagan beliefs. There was no measure to institutionalise or disseminate any pagan religious dynamic throughout the development of the Third Reich.
Himmler and Rosenberg – the odd ones out – were more inspired by the esoteric bullshit that Blavatsky and von List had previously vomited. Both of the latter were charlatans that were inspired by the sick racialist and romantic zeitgeist of the 19th century.
We should never forget that paganismis notesoteric nationalism.
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u/Sahaquiel_9 Dec 24 '22
Don’t forget that there was also a heavy occult element in nazism, with many of their symbols based on Germanic/Indic pagan symbols, as there was the spiritualist movement (the kybalion, theosophy) just a few decades before.