Unholy alliance : a history of Nazi involvement with the occult / Peter Levenda ; with a foreword by Norman Mailer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levenda, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National socialism and occultism.

Occultism--Germany--History.

Occultism.

Secret societies.

History.

Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.

Germany.

Politics and government.

Mythology, Germanic.

Secret societies--Germany.

Physical Description:

viii, 423 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum, 2002.

Summary:

Noted occult expert and author Peter Levenda has translated numerous Nazi documents relating to the exploitation of the occult for political and military purposes. He has compiled a chilling and comprehensive history of a would-be "Master Race's" slavish devotion to Satanism, human sacrifice and Black Magic. Original.

Contents:

Introduction: At the Mountains of Madness 13

Part 1 The By-Paths to Chaos

1 Of Blood, Sex, and the Rune Magicians 29

2 Volk Magic 55

3 The Occult Messiah 80

4 The Order of the Temple of the East: Sex, Spies, and Secret Societies 108

5 Cult War 1934-1939 141

Part 2 The Black Order

6 The Dangerous Element: The Ahnenerbe and the Cult of the SS 167

7 Lucifer's Quest for the Holy Grail 203

8 The Psychics Search: For Mussolini, the Bismarck, Assassins, and the Human Mind 225

9 Cult Counterstrike 240

Part 3 Witches' Sabbath in America

10 Walpurgisnacht, 1945 261

11 Aftermath 280

12 Is Chile Burning? The Overthrow of Allende, the Murder of Letelier, and the Role of Colonia Dignidad 309

13 Nazi Occultism Today 327

Epilogue: Hasta La Vista, Baby 354.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-397) and index.

ISBN:

0826414095

OCLC:

49320282