Black Sun Aryan Cults Esoteric Nazism And The Politics Of Identity Nicholas Goodrickclarke by Nicholas Goodrick-clarke 9780814731550, 0814731554 instant download after payment.

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More than half a century after the defeat of Nazism and fascism, the far right is again challenging the liberal order of Western democracies. Radical movements are feeding on anxiety about economic globalization, affirmative action, and third-world immigration, flashpoint issues to many traditional groups in multicultural societies. A curious mixture of Aristocratic paganism, anti-Semitic demonology, Eastern philosophies and the occult is influencing populist antigovernment sentiment and helping to exploit the widespread fear that invisible elites are shaping world events.

Black Sun examines the new neofascist ideology, showing how hate groups, militias and conspiracy cults attempt to gain influence. Based on interviews and extensive research into underground groups, Black Sun documents the new Nazi and fascist sects that have sprung up from the 1970s through 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, Heavy Metal music fans, and in occult literature.

Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke offers a unique perspective on far right neo-Nazism viewing it as a new form of Western religious heresy. He paints a frightening picture of a religion with its own relics, rituals, prophecies and an international sectarian following that could, under the proper conditions, gain political power and attempt to realize its dangerous millenarian fantasies.

About the Author

Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke is the author of several books on the Western esoteric tradition and ideology, including Hitler’s Priestess and The Occult Roots of Nazism: Secret Aryan Cults and Their Influence on Nazi Ideology, which the Times Literary Supplement dubbed “an intriguing study of apocalyptic fantasies.” It has remained in print since its publication in 1985 and has been translated into eight languages.

Dr. Goodrick-Clarke has been associated with the University of Oxford since 1975 and is now a full-time author and historian. He lives in a farmhouse on the Berkshire Downs in southern England.