Nazi occultism : between the SS and esotericism / Stéphane François ; translated by Eriks Uskalis.

"Published in French as 'L'occultisme nazi' by CNRS Editions, Paris, 2020."

Part 1 -- Studies -- The esoteric origins of Mein Kampf: Myths and realities -- Nazi esotericism: Between völkisch thought and fantasy -- Neopaganism and Nazism -- The 'mysterious history' and the French extreme right -- Part 2 -- Portraits -- Evolian anthropology, the 'spirit of the race' and Judaism -- Jacques de Mahieu: Between biological racism and the 'mysterious history' -- Miguel Serrano: A Chilean neo-nazi between diplomacy and racial occultism -- Counter-culture and 'nazi esotericism': The Thulean cycle of Wilhelm Landig -- Between freak thinking and an identitarian world view: The writer Jean-Paul Bourre -- Michael Moynihan and the Wulfing Kindred.

"Nazi Occultism provides a serious scholarly study of a topic that is often marred by sensationalism and misinformation. The Morning of the Magicians by Pauwels and Bergier (1960) gave rise to the idea that a secret society with wide powers, the "Thule society", was the hidden and ignored centre of Nazism. The influence of this very real small group is, however, only a fantasy, a myth. The author, a historian specializing in neo-Nazism, looks back on this speculative construction, its origins, its ideological tinkering, and the practices which have succeeded in forming a sort of radical and sulphurous counterculture which has created a fascination with esotericism and Nazism and the SS. To better understand it, he also paints a portrait of some of the authors who contributed to this extremist subculture, such as the Italian esotericist Julius Evola, the Argentine anthropologist Jacques-Marie de Mahieu, Chilean neo-Nazi Miguel Serrano, and the writer Jean-Paul Bourre. This book will appeal to scholars, researchers, and activists as well as general readers with an interest in the history of Nazism and the occult"-- Provided by publisher.